# 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.

## 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.

## 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. ||||||

## 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 |