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The Athletic names Arizona’s Aari McDonald one of the ‘most intriguing players’ in women’s basketball

Fans of the Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball team know how important Aari McDonald is to the success of the program. Does the rest of the country? That’s still uncertain based on Zac Boyer’s article ($) in The Athletic naming the 25 “most intriguing” players in women’s college basketball.

In a rather interesting list that sets out with a specific objective: “The point of this entirely subjective exercise is to identify the players whose performances will be crucial to their teams’ success over the next several months,” Boyer wrote. “It is not meant to be a list of the best players in the country, even though some overlap is inevitable.