Sign of success: attendance soaring for UA women’s basketball
Winning games is vital to the success of any coach. But at the college level there is another key to his/her continued employment, especially when it’s a major sport that … Read More
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UA’s ‘Cinderella’ team falls 6 seconds short of NCAA title
A basketball season in which the UofA women not only got an invitation to the Big Dance, but proved to be the Cinderella of the ball, came down to a … Read More
UA defense stifles UConn, women will play for nat’l title
If there was any concern that the University of Arizona women would be intimidated by playing the most successful program in college women’s basketball, it didn’t take long to realize … Read More
Adia & Aari team up to lead UA women to Final Four
For years, all four of Arizona’s Pac-12 basketball coaches have been trying to take their teams to the Promised Land known as the NCAA Final Four. One of them just … Read More
Historic win: UA women advance to first NCAA Elite Eight
The Wildcat women put on a clinic in defense and added a powerful display of three-point shooting to record the biggest win in the history of the University of Arizona … Read More
Unranked ASU women stun No. 9 UA with OT hoops win
Yesterday’s win in overtime against rival University of Arizona may not have been the most exciting game in the history of Arizona State women’s basketball, but it has to rank … Read More
A historic weekend for UA women’s volleyball, basketball
The 10th-ranked University of Arizona women’s basketball team is coming off a sweep of No. 11 Oregon, something that hasn’t happened in the last 10 years. What could be sweeter? … Read More
UA women’s basketball makes TV history, beats #10 Oregon
Thursday’s victory over the Oregon Ducks was the second time this season that the University of Arizona women’s basketball has beaten a top-10 team. But this one was extra special. … Read More
UA women’s basketball (finally) turning tables on ASU
Ever since Adia Barnes arrived in Tucson four years ago to take over the University of Arizona women’s basketball program, her rival in Tempe has been keeping an eye on … Read More
UA women’s hoops: Aari stays, says ‘Best is yet to come’
It’s probably safe to assume that Adia Barnes is breathing easier these days.
UA women’s basketball 10-0, sets school & Pac-12 records
You don’t have to look at won-loss records to know whether Adia Barnes, the fourth-year head coach, is turning around the University of Arizona women’s basketball program. You just have … Read More
Record crowd watches UA women claim WNIT title
They didn’t finish up the season where they had hoped, playing in the NCAA Tournament. But where the University of Arizona women’s basketball team did end up wasn’t all … Read More
Wipe-out: AZ women’s teams ousted early from tourneys
This postseason has not been kind to the women’s basketball teams in Arizona. More to the point, the conference tournaments have left a wasteland of Arizona’s college teams, long … Read More
UA women’s basketball, 7-1, making an early statement
For the last two basketball seasons, Adia Barnes has been taking her lumps. This year, her Wildcats are dishing them out instead. Her first two seasons as the new … Read More