Arizona Wildcats head coach Adia Barnes can't believe her team didn't get the call on an out of bounds play against the Utah Utes at McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz., January 21, 2022.

 Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

The eighth-ranked Arizona Wildcats won't play Friday at Cal due to COVID-19 protocols affecting the Golden Bears.Β 

While the two schools will work to reschedule a makeup date for later in the season, it marks Arizona's fourth Pac-12 game postponed due to COVID issues. Cal had to postpone last Sunday's game at Stanford for the same reason.

Arizona had been set for a three-game road trip, playing a makeup game vs UCLA Wednesday before a weekend trip to the Bay Area. With Friday's Cal game off the table, the Wildcats have a few extra days of rest before playing at No. 2 Stanford Sunday.Β 

UA coach Adia Barnes was prepared for that possibility, mentioning after the Colorado game that not playing Cal would mean the Cats would go back to Tucson after playing the Bruins Wednesday, then going to the Bay Area over the weekend.

"(A postponement) changes our whole week because we go from a six-day road trip to going to LA, coming back, and then resting before Stanford," Barnes said.

Arizona has two games it needs to make up (vs. Washington, at Cal) between now and the end of the season.Β 

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