2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fourth-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	24–7 (12–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tamisha Augustin Salvo Coppa Jackie Nared
Home arena	McKale Center
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Oregon†	17	–	1		.944			31	–	2		.939
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	5		.839
No. 7 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	6		.818
No. 13 Arizona	12	–	6		.667			24	–	7		.774
No. 14 Oregon State	10	–	8		.556			23	–	9		.719
No. 25 Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			20	–	11		.645
USC	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Utah	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			16	–	14		.533
Washington	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
California	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
† 2020 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of December 14, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

They finished the season 24–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.

Roster

2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Amari Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr St. John's College Penn State Washington, D.C. G 1 Shaina Pellington   5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Dunbarton Oklahoma Pickering, ON G 2 Aari McDonald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Brookside Christian HS Washington Fresno, CA G 3 Tara Manumaleuga 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Hillcrest Christian Gold Coast, QLD, Australia G 4 Lucia Alonso 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo León, Spain G 10 Tee Tee Starks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Hopkins/Iowa State Brooklyn Park, MN G 11 Mara Mote 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr TTT Riga Cēsis, Latvia F 12 Sevval Gul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Turkey G 13 Helena Pueyo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Segle XXI Palma de Mallorca, Spain F 14 Sam Thomas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Centennial Bloomfield Hills, MI F 15 Birna Benonysdottir 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Keflavík Keflavík, Iceland F 20 Dominique McBryde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Bedford North Lawrence Purdue Bedford, IN G 24 Bryce Nixon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Arcadia Phoenix, AZ F 25 Cate Reese 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Cypress Cypress, TX C 34 Semaj Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So St. Anthony Long Beach, CA	Head coach Adia Barnes (Arizona) Assistant coach(es) Tamisha Augustin (Alabama A&M) Salvo Coppa (IULM) Jackie Nared (Saint Mary's) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 27, 2019* 4:30 pm		Eastern New Mexico	W 85–38		McKale Center  Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 6:30 pm		North Dakota	W 74–42	1–0	McKale Center (3,450) Tucson, AZ
Nov 8, 2019* 6:30 pm		Santa Clara	W 65–52	2–0	McKale Center (4,225) Tucson, AZ
Nov 12, 2019* 5:00 pm		at Chicago State	W 82–50	3–0	Jones Convocation Center (122) Chicago, IL
Nov 17, 2019* 12:00 pm, LHN		at No. 22 Texas	W 83–58	4–0	Frank Erwin Center (3,147) Austin, TX
Nov 20, 2019* 11:00 am		Prairie View A&M	W 83–48	5–0	McKale Center (8,542) Tucson, AZ
Nov 24, 2019* 2:00 pm		at Montana	W 77–42	6–0	Dahlberg Arena (2,758) Missoula, MT
Nov 29, 2019* 4:00 pm	No. 24	UC Riverside	W 70–27	7–0	McKale Center (4,417) Tucson, AZ
Dec 2, 2019* 6:30 pm	No. 20	Monmouth	W 86–34	8–0	McKale Center (3,525) Tucson, AZ
Dec 7, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 20	at UTEP	W 54–43	9–0	Don Haskins Center (1,019) El Paso, TX
Dec 12, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 18	Tennessee State	W 77–42	10–0	McKale Center (3,891) Tucson, AZ
Dec 21, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 18	UC Santa Barbara	W 61–42	11–0	McKale Center (4,498) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
Dec 29, 2019 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at Arizona State	W 58–53	12–0 (1–0)	Desert Financial Arena (4,009) Tempe, AZ
Jan 3, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at USC	W 65–57	13–0 (2–0)	Galen Center (509) Los Angeles, CA
Jan 5, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at No. 10 UCLA	L 58–70	13–1 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (3,011) Los Angeles, CA
Jan 10, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 3 Oregon State	L 61–63	13–2 (2–2)	McKale Center (5,694) Tucson, AZ
Jan 12, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 2 Oregon	L 64–71	13–3 (2–3)	McKale Center (7,680) Tucson, AZ
Jan 17, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Washington State	W 74–67	14–3 (3–3)	Beasley Coliseum (704) Pullman, WA
Jan 19, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Washington	W 66–58	15–3 (4–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,151) Seattle, WA
Jan 24, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 16 Arizona State	W 59–53	16–3 (5–3)	McKale Center (10,160) Tucson, AZ
Jan 31, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 8 UCLA	W 92–66	17–3 (6–3)	McKale Center (7,407) Tucson, AZ
Feb 2, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	USC	W 73–57	18–3 (7–3)	McKale Center (5,027) Tucson, AZ
Feb 7, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 3 Oregon	L 52–85	18–4 (7–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (11,692) Eugene, OR
Feb 9, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 9 Oregon State	W 65–58 ^OT	19–4 (8–4)	Gill Coliseum (5,682) Corvallis, OR
Feb 14, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington	W 64–53	20–4 (9–4)	McKale Center (6,381) Tucson, AZ
Feb 16, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington State	W 72–57	21–4 (10–4)	McKale Center (5,658) Tucson, AZ
Feb 21, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Utah	W 85–69	22–4 (11–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,374) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 23, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Colorado	L 38–50	22–5 (11–5)	CU Events Center (3,085) Boulder, CO
Feb 28, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	No. 4 Stanford	W 73–72 ^OT	23–5 (12–5)	McKale Center (7,838) Tucson, AZ
Mar 1, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	California	L 54–55	23–6 (12–6)	McKale Center (6,705) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
Mar 6, 2020 12:30 pm, P12N	(4) No. 13	vs. (12) California Quarterfinals	W 86–73	24–6	Mandalay Bay Events Center  Paradise, NV
Mar 7, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 13	vs. (1) No. 3 Oregon Semifinals	L 70–88	24–7	Mandalay Bay Events Center  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	21	18	16	12	12	11	13	13	13	12
Coaches	RV	RV	24	22	19-T	19	19	18	18	19	22	19	17	12-T	12	11	13	14	12	12

See also

2019–20 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".