Arizona women’s basketball was picked to finish near the top of the Pac-12 in separate votes by the conference’s coaches and media members.
Arizona placed third in the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll with 100 points, behind Stanford (121) and Oregon (101). Stanford received 11 of 12 first-place votes, the other going to Utah (Stanford is required to award their first-place vote to another program).
UCLA ranked fourth in the coaches poll, followed by Utah and Oregon State to round out the top half of the league. ASU, which is led by first-year head coach Natasha Adair, was picked to finish last in the league.