It seems like an ideal situation. No. 14 Arizona needs just one win this weekend to guarantee a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament next week. The Wildcats get things started against an Oregon Ducks team that is on a seven-game losing streak and has lost nine of its last 10 games.
No one is getting ahead of themselves, though.
“These are the hardest games, I think,” said Arizona head coach Adia Barnes. “They have lost like 10 of 11 and I think seven in a row. So, those are the teams that you can relax against and lose to.