The 2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Wildcats, led by fifth-year head coach

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, play their home games at the

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and are members of the

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. The Wildcats finished the season second behind

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in the Pacific-12 conference with a 13–4 record. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to no. 9 ranked

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and As a no. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament where they defeated Stony Brook and BYU in the first and second rounds, no. 4 ranked

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in the Sweet Sixteen, they won their region with a win over no. 12 ranked

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in the first-ever Elite Eight, knocked off no. 1 ranked

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in the first-ever Final Four. Arizona reached the first-ever National Championship game, losing to no. 2 ranked Stanford (in a rematch from earlier this season) 54–53 and finishing the season with a 21–6 record.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the season 24–7, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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Offseason

Departures

Recruits

2021 recruiting class

2022 recruiting class

Personnel

Roster

* Madison Conner was only on the roster for the spring semester of 2020/2021 season, joining the team in March 2021, after reclassify from 2021 season class.

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons