The Pac-12′s high-quality women’s basketball programs is a big part of Utah coach Lynne Roberts’ pitch to recruits. The tradeoff is the Utes’ actually having to play against those teams.
The conference's scheduling rotation did Utah a partial favor last season, but not so in 2019-20. The Utes are booked for eight games against teams listed in the top half of the preseason AP Top 25: No. 1 Oregon, No. 3 Stanford, No. 7 Oregon State and No. 11 UCLA.
“This league is no joke,” Roberts said. “But it's what we all signed up for, so don't feel sorry for us.