Women's Basketball Pac-12 Conference

This week in Pac-12 Women's Basketball - Feb. 17, 2021

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The Conference of Champions boasted four teams on the NCAAs Top 16 reveal, led by STANFORD at #3 and a # 1 seed and followed by ARIZONA at #8 (2), UCLA at #9 (3) and OREGON at #11 (3). The four teams in the top 11 are the most of any other conference in the country.


For the third-straight week, Pac-12 teams will battle it out on ESPN/2 with #8 UCLA hosting Oregon State on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. MT on ESPN 2, and #6 STANFORD welcoming #10 ARIZONA to Maples Pavilion on Monday at 6 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. MT on ESPN 2. The contest between the Cardinal and Wildcats will be the 11th league matchup between ranked conference foes this season.

STANFORD holds the top spot once again in the latest NET Rankings, followed by # 5 OREGON, #8 UCLA, #11 ARIZONA, #38 WASHINGTON STATE, #52 OREGON STATE, #56 USC, #57 COLORADO and #74 ARIZONA STATE for nine teams in the top 75. The four teams in the top 11 are the most of any other conference.

STANFORD comes in at #6 in the latest AP poll and is followed by #8 UCLA, #10 ARIZONA and #13 OREGON, and the four teams in the top 13 are the most of any other league. The Pac-12 has now boasted four or more teams in the AP top 25 in all 13 polls this season.

#10 ARIZONAs Adia Barnes , #6 STANFORDs Tara VanDerveer and #8 UCLAs Cori Close are among the 15 finalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Womens Coach of the Year award.

Charlie Cremes latest 2021 NCAA Tournament 64-team bracket prediction has five Pac-12 teams going dancing, including STANFORD as the top seed and followed by ARIZONA as a two-seed, UCLA and OREGON each as three-seed, and WASHINGTON STATE as a nine-seed, which would be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Cougars since 1991. Creme also has USC as one of the first four out and OREGON STATE as a next four out. The updated bracket can be found here .

CONFERENCE STANDINGS ( Expanded Standings )

Teams Pac-12 Record Overall Record
#5 Stanford 16-2 19-2
#10 Arizona 12-2 14-2
#8 UCLA 10-3 12-3
#13 Oregon 9-5 12-5
USC 8-7 10-8
Washington State 7-9 9-9
Colorado 6-8 8-9
Arizona State 5-7 10-7
Oregon State 4-6 6-6
Utah 4-13 5-13
Washington 2-11 5-11
California 0-10 0-13

PAC-12 WEEKLY SCHEDULE  (All games, tip times & TV broadcasts are subject to change)
For the most up-to-date schedules, visit Expanded Schedule

Friday, February 19
Colorado at Washington State Live Stream 12 p.m. PT
#10 Arizona at California P12N 12:30 p.m. PT
Oregon State at USC P12N 2:30 p.m. PT
#13 Oregon at #8 UCLA P12N 5 p.m. PT
Arizona State at #6 Stanford P12N 7 p.m. PT
Utah at Washington Live Stream 7 p.m. PT
Sunday, February 21
Utah at Washington State Live Stream 12 p.m. PT
#11 Oregon at USC P12N 12 p.m. PT
Oregon State at #8 UCLA ESPN2 1 p.m. PT
Arizona State at California Live Stream 1 p.m. PT
Colorado at Washington Live Stream 2 p.m. PT
Monday, February 22
#10 Arizona at #6 Stanford ESPN2 6 p.m. PT

PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week of Player Freshman
Nov. 30 Charisma Osborne, UCLA Tameiya Sadler, WASH
Dec. 7 Haley Jones, STAN Sasha Goforth, OSU
Dec. 14 Brynna Maxwell, UTAH Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Dec. 21 Aari McDonald, ARIZ Sydney Parrish, ORE
Dec. 28 Jordan Sanders, USC Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Jan. 4 Michaela Onyenwere, UCLA Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Jan. 11 Natalie Chou, UCLA Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Jan. 18 Mya Hollingshed, COLO Frida Formann, COLO
Jan. 25 Charisma Osborne, UCLA Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Feb. 1 Endyia Rogers, USC Sasha Goforth, OSU
Feb. 8 Alissa Pili, USC Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Feb. 15 Cate Reese, ARIZ Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU
Feb. 22
March 1