Arizona head coach Adia Barnes, right, yells to her team during an NCAA college basketball game against Colorado, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Boulder, Colo. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP) 

 Jeremy Papasso

Progress: Although first-year UA women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes didn’t have time to properly recruit for the 2016-17 season, she engineered one of the most impressive victories in the school’s last five years. The Wildcats beat 12-2 Utah in Salt Lake City last Sunday. How unexpected was that? Under former coach Niya Butts, the Wildcats had gone 1-32 in Pac-12 road games dating to 2013. 

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