Keynote: Adia Barnes

Through her first four seasons as head coach, Barnes has won 68 games, the most of any Arizona coach in program history in their first four seasons. She is also the only coach in school history to win at least 20 games two times in her first four seasons.
 
In her fourth season at the helm, Barnes led Arizona to one of the most successful seasons in school history as the Wildcats finished the season with a 24-7 record, tied for the second-most wins in school history. Arizona finished in fourth place in a loaded Pac-12 for the first time since 2011 and advanced to their first Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals since the 2011 edition of the tournament.
 
Because of that, Barnes was named a finalist for the WBCA and Naismith Coach of the Year Award.
 
For the first time since 2005, Arizona won at least 20 games for the second year in a row and won at least 24 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history. The Wildcats won three games over top-10 opponents for the first time in school history and also beat their first top-five team in program history after beating No. 4 Stanford in overtime at McKale Center.
 
Additionally, Arizona’s win in Corvallis over No. 9 Oregon State was the first time in school history Arizona beat a top-10 team on the road.
 
The Wildcats entered the AP Poll for the first time since 2004 and spent the final 16 weeks of the season ranked. Arizona finished the year ranked No. 12 in both the AP and Coaches poll, which is the highest final ranking since the 1998 season. The Wildcats reached No. 11 in the AP Poll on Feb. 17.
 
Attendance at McKale Center was the highest it has ever been as the Wildcats finished second in the Pac-12 and 12th in the nation in average attendance (5,944). On Jan. 24, 10,160 fans packed the stands to watch Arizona take down Arizona State in the largest regular season crowd in school history. The top 11 attended games in school history have come during the Adia Barnes era, which six of them came during the 2019-20 season.