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 it’s 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.
>> Colorado’s Jaylyn Sherrod has been named the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2023-24 season.
>> Five Pac-12 teams were among the NCAA Division I Women’s 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 league’s All-Conference awards were announced on Tuesday, as voted on by the league’s 12 head coaches. Stanford’s Cameron Brink has been voted the 2023-24 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in addition to being named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year for the third-straight season. USC’s JuJu Watkins was selected the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Oregon State’s Timea Gardiner has been chosen as the league’s Sixth Player of the Year, Stanford’s Kiki Irirafen is the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player of the Year, and Stanford’s 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 Women’s 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 |