In a perfect world, a schedule is set ahead of time and teams play out those schedules. The world hasn’t been normal the past two years let alone perfect, so it’s understandable that it has impacted women’s basketball. Arizona women’s basketball learned the hard way this season.
The Wildcats lost some games they shouldn’t have, but they still had a strong chance to finish the season as the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament if all of their games had been played. In the end, COVID-19 outbreaks at California and Washington partnered with rescheduling decisions.