The transfer portal season brought panic into the world of Arizona basketball fans for the second straight season. While men’s basketball has been dealing with the fits and starts of the transfer merry-go-round for decades, women’s basketball is relatively new to the disruption. Besides, it has gotten worse for both sexes since the pandemic and the introduction of the transfer portal and name, image, and likeness money.
The merry-go-round has started to slow now. The world isn’t spinning so fast. Fans are getting their bearings back. So is Wildcat head coach Adia Barnes. Her team is taking shape.