Women's Basketball Pac-12 Conference

Pac-12 Women's Basketball Weekly Rundown - January 3, 2024

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>> Latest AP Top-25: No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 Colorado, No. 8 Stanford, No. 9 USC, No. 8 Colorado and No. 15 Utah. Washington and Oregon State are receiving votes.
>>UCLA received one first-place vote, Colorado returns to the top five for the third time this season. UCLA has been ranked in the top five for a program-record nine-straight AP polls.

>> The Pac-12 wrapped up non-conference action, going 119-21 (.850) on the year which is the second-best regular-season non-conference winning percentage in league history. The conferences best non-conference winning percentage came last season when the Pac-12 went 115-20 (.852).
>> 2023-24 non-conference records:
>> Big 12: .822 (134-29)
>> SEC: .798 (150-38)
>> Big Ten: .735 (114-41)
>> ACC: .727 (128-48)
>> Big East: .667 (82-41)

>> Then-No. 8 Colorados big win over then-No. 12 Utah came in front of a crowd of 7,383 fans, which set the highest regular-season attendance for a Colorado womens basketball game since 2002. No. 2 UCLAs win over then-No. 6 USC featured a sellout crowd of 13,659.

>> NET rankings (through games 1/1): No. 2 Stanford, No. 4 Utah, No. 5 UCLA, No. 12 USC, No. 19 Colorado, No. 22 Washington State, No. 28 Oregon State, No. 30 Washington, No. 46 Arizona, No. 50 California, No. 90 Oregon and No. 139 Arizona State. The leagues three teams in the top 10 NET tops all conferences.

>> Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer is five victories away from surpassing Mike Krzyzewski (1,202 career wins) as the winningest coach in college basketball history.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE ( Full Schedule )

Friday, January 5
No. 5 Colorado at Arizona Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Mountain 5 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. MT
No. 15 Utah at Arizona State Pac-12 Arizona 6 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. MT
RV Oregon State at No. 9 USC Pac-12 Los Angeles 7 p.m. PT
Oregon at No. 2 UCLA Pac-12 Oregon 7 p.m. PT
Washington State at No. 8 Stanford Pa-12 Network, Pac-12 Washington 7 p.m. PT
RV Washington at California Pac-12 Bay Area 7 p.m. PT
Sunday, January 7
No. 5 Colorado at Arizona State Pac-12 Arizona 11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT
No. 15 Utah at Arizona Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Mountain 11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT
Oregon at No. 9 USC Pac-12 Los Angeles 12 p.m. PT
Washington State at California Pac-12 Washington 12 p.m. PT
RV Oregon State at No. 2 UCLA Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon 1 p.m. PT
RV Washington at No. 8 Stanford Pac-12 Bay Area 1 p.m. PT

CONFERENCE STANDINGS ( Expanded Standings )

Teams Pac-12 Record Overall Record
RV Oregon State 1-0 12-0
No. 2 UCLA 1-0 12-0
No. 8 Stanford 1-0 12-1
No. 5 Colorado 1-0 11-1
RV Washington 1-0 11-1
Arizona 1-0 9-4
No. 9 USC 0-1 10-1
Washington State 0-1 11-3
California 0-1 10-3
No. 15 Utah 0-1 10-3
Oregon 0-1 9-5
Arizona State 0-1 8-5

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