When the NCAA selection committee released its final in-season seeding projections, Arizona women’s basketball was pegged at No. 11 overall. That would have comfortably made the Wildcats a three-seed and given them the right to host the opening rounds for the first time since head coach Adia Barnes was still playing. After losing in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament, will the team still get to play on its home court?
The Wildcats were almost assured of the right to host two years ago, but the pandemic forced the tournament to be called off. Last year, they once again would have hosted, but the pandemic forced them to play in a bubble in San Antonio instead.