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Arizona coach Adia Barnes makes case for college athletes to be fast-tracked for COVID-19 vaccine

Last weekend the Arizona women’s basketball team traveled to two coronavirus hotspots in Colorado and Utah and played a Buffaloes team that, two days later, reported a COVID-19 case in their program.

That had UA head coach Adia Barnes on edge as her team prepared to fly back to Tucson from Salt Lake City.

“I think we’re safe because of the situation and the tracing, but it’s still very scary,” she said after a 77-60 win at Utah. “It’s scary because I don’t know. That could wipe us out for a week or 10 days, I think.