2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fifth-year head coach Adia Barnes, play their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford 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 UCLA 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 Texas A&M in the Sweet Sixteen, they won their region with a win over no. 12 ranked Indiana in the first-ever Elite Eight, knocked off no. 1 ranked UConn 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.

2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, runner-up
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 11
Record21–6 (13–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tamisha Augustin
  • Salvo Coppa
  • Jackie Nared
Home arenaMcKale Center
2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Stanford192 .905312  .939
No. 11 Arizona134 .765216  .778
No. 9 UCLA124 .750176  .739
No. 23 Oregon107 .588159  .625
Oregon State76 .538128  .600
Colorado88 .5001211  .522
Washington State910 .4741212  .500
USC810 .4441112  .478
Arizona State69 .4001112  .478
Utah415 .211516  .238
Washington313 .188714  .333
California112 .077116  .059
2021 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2021
Rankings from AP poll
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