Women's Basketball Pac-12 Conference

Pac-12 Women's Basketball Weekly Rundown - March 5, 2024

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>>  Six Pac-12 teams are ranked in the latest AP Top-25 poll: No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 USC, No. 7 UCLA, No. 13 Oregon State, No. 18 Colorado, and No. 22 Utah.
>> Stanford is ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll for the 500th time in 861 total polls since 1976-77, and its the third program to reach that 500 mark.
>> The Pac-12 has now had five different teams in the top five at some point this year (Colorado, Stanford, UCLA, USC & Utah) which is a new single-season high for any conference (per Across the Timeline).
>> USC has its best banking since it was ranked No. 4 on Feb. 8, 1994.

>>  NET rankings (through games 3/3): No. 4 Stanford, No. 6 UCLA, No. 9 Utah, No. 13 USC, No. 18 Oregon State, No. 19 Colorado, No. 25 Washington State, No. 36 Arizona, No. 41 Washington, No. 62 California, No. 95 Oregon and No. 112 Arizona State.

>>  Colorados Jaylyn Sherrod has been named the Pac-12 Womens Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2023-24 season.

>>  Five Pac-12 teams were among the NCAA Division I Womens Basketball Committee top-16 reveal on Feb. 29: No. 1 seeds Stanford (No. 3) and UCLA (No. 4), No. 2 seed USC (No. 8), No. 3 seed Oregon State (No. 12) and No. 4 seed Colorado (No. 13).

>>  The leagues All-Conference awards were announced on Tuesday, as voted on by the leagues 12 head coaches. Stanfords Cameron Brink has been voted the 2023-24 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Player of the Year in addition to being named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year for the third-straight season. USCs JuJu Watkins was selected the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Oregon States Timea Gardiner has been chosen as the leagues Sixth Player of the Year, Stanfords Kiki Irirafen is the Pac-12s Most Improved Player of the Year, and Stanfords Tara VanDerveer claimed John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE ( Full Schedule )

Wednesday, March 6 Network Time Talent
Game 1: No. 12 Oregon vs. No. 5 Colorado Pac-12 Network 12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MT Ann Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
Game 2: No. 9 Washington State vs. No. 8 California Pac-12 Network 2:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. MT* Ann Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
Game 3: No. 10 Washington vs. No. 7 Arizona Pac-12 Network 6 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. MT Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Game 4: No. 11 Arizona State vs. No. Utah Pac-12 Network 8:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. MT* Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Thursday, March 7
Game 5: No. 4 Oregon State vs. Game 1 Winner Pac-12 Network 12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MT Ann Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
Game 6: No. 1 Stanford vs. Game 2 Winner Pac-12 Network 2:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. MT* Ann Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
Game 7: No. 2 USC vs. Game 3 Winner Pac-12 Network 6 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. MT Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Game  8: No. 3 UCLA vs. Game 4 Winner Pac-12 Network 8:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. MT* Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Friday, March 8
Semifinal 1: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner Pac-12 Network 5 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. MT Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Semifinal 2: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner Pac-12 Network 7:30 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. MT* Krista Blunk & Mary Murphy
Sunday, March 10
Championship ESPN 2 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. MT Eric Frede, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe

*Approximate tip time

CONFERENCE STANDINGS ( Expanded Standings )

Teams Pac-12 Record Overall Record
No. 2 Stanford 15-3 26-4
No. 7 UCLA 13-5 24-5
No. 5 USC 13-5 23-5
No. 13 Oregon State 12-6 23-5
No. 18 Colorado 11-7 21-8
No. 22 Utah 11-7 21-9
Arizona 8-10 16-14
Washington State 7-11 18-13
California 7-11 17-13
Washington 6-12 16-13
Arizona State 3-15 11-19
Oregon 2-16 11-20

2023-24 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva

Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Nov. 13 Aaronette Vonleh, COLO JuJu Watkins, USC
Nov. 20 Cameron Brink, STAN JuJu Watkins, USC
Nov. 27 Cameron Brink, STAN JuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 4 JuJu Watkins, USC JuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 11 Alissa Pili, UTAH JuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 18 Kailyn Gilbert, ARIZ Jenna Villa, WSU
Dec. 26 McKenzie Forbes, USC JuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 2 Jaylyn Sherrod, COLO JuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 8 Cameron Brink, STAN JuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 15 Raegan Beers, OSU JuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 22 Kiki Iriafen, STAN JuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 29 Cameron Brink, STAN Donovyn Hunter, OSU
Feb. 5 JuJu Watkins, USC JuJu Watkins, USC
Feb. 12 Raegan Beers, OSU JuJu Watkins, USC
Feb. 19 JuJu Watkins, USC JuJu Watkins, USC
Feb. 26 Esmery Martinez, ARIZ Jada Williams, ARIZ
March 4 Cameron Brink, STAN JuJu Watkins, USC