The Arizona women’s basketball took another step toward officially beginning its Big 12 era Thursday morning when the conference announced home and away schedule pairings for the 2024-25 season.
Coach Adia Barnes’ Wildcats will play an 18-game conference slate. While the number of games is the same as when the UA was part of the Pac-12, the makeup of games is, of course, much different.
There are only three teams the Wildcats will see both home and away in conference play this season: rival Arizona State, former Pac-12 opponent Utah, and BYU.
The Wildcats will play six teams at McKale Center, without seeing any on the road: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.
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And the UA will play road games against UCF, former Pac-12 opponent Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State; Arizona won’t face of those teams in Tucson.
Arizona forward Breya Cunningham (25) is defended by Utah Utes forward Alissa Pili (35) and Utah Utes guard Kennady McQueen (24) in the first half of the Wildcats’ 71-70 overtime upset of the No. 15 Utes on Jan. 7 at McKale Center.
Dates are still to be announced, but this is the first time in recent years that the Arizona women’s basketball team’s conference pairings were announced this early in the summer.
