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

• The Conference of Champions boasted four teams on the NCAA’s 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 ARIZONA’s Adia Barnes, #6 STANFORD’s Tara VanDerveer and #8 UCLA’s Cori Close are among the 15 finalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year award.

• Charlie Creme’s 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.