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Arizona's Adia Barnes excited about being part of Final Four history

The Arizona women's basketball team has already made history by reaching the Final Four for the first time, but coach Adia Barnes will be part of individual history as well.

It will be the first time the Final Four has featured two teams headed by Black coaches in Barnes and South Carolina's Dawn Staley.

Barnes is rounding our her fifth year and comes in with a team ranked 11th nationally and seeded third in its region. Staley is wrapping up her 13th season with the Gamecocks, who are a No. 1 seed and ranked sixth nationally.

The Wildcats (20-5) will face storied power Connecticut (28-1) at 6:30 p.