2017-18 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Standings
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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Molly Babcock ([email protected]) 2017-18 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 10 TOP 10 TOP 25 Oregon* 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 32 4 .889 18-1 9-3 5-0 W11 10-1 1-2 7-4 Stanford 14 3 .824 9-0 5-3 24 10 .706 14-2 6-5 4-3 W2 8-2 1-5 4-7 UCLA 14 4 .778 8-1 6-3 26 7 .788 15-2 8-4 3-1 W2 7-3 1-3 5-5 Oregon State 14 4 .778 8-1 6-3 25 7 .781 14-2 8-4 3-1 W2 9-1 1-3 6-6 California 11 7 .611 7-2 4-5 21 11 .656 12-3 8-6 1-2 L2 6-4 0-2 1-6 Arizona State 10 8 .556 6-3 4-5 22 13 .629 13-3 5-7 4-3 L1 5-5 0-4 2-11 USC 9 9 .500 5-4 4-5 20 11 .645 7-5 9-5 4-1 L1 5-5 0-3 2-6 Utah 8 10 .444 3-6 5-4 18 14 .563 11-6 7-7 0-1 L1 4-6 0-3 1-7 Colorado 5 13 .278 3-6 2-7 15 16 .484 9-7 5-8 1-1 L1 4-6 0-2 0-5 Washington State 3 14 .176 2-6 1-8 10 20 .333 4-8 4-10 2-2 L7 1-9 0-2 0-8 Arizona 2 16 .111 2-7 0-9 6 24 .200 5-10 1-11 0-3 L7 1-9 0-3 0-8 Washington 1 17 .056 1-8 0-9 7 23 .233 5-9 1-11 1-3 L11 0-10 0-4 0-8 * regular-season, tournament champion FOUR IN THE NCAA SWEET 16 FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE THIRD-STRAIGHT YEAR NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN FRIDAY, MAR. 23 • For the third-consecutive year, at least four Pac-12 teams advance to the Lexington Regional NCAA Sweet Sixteen as OREGON, OREGON STATE, STANFORD and UCLA Friday, March 23 • Sweet Sixteen each go 2-0 to open the Big Dance. It ties for the most representation of any #2 Baylor vs. #13 OREGON STATE ..........................ESPN2 ............4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET conference. Six Pac-12 teams earned NCAA Tournament bids when the brack- #3 Louisville vs. #15 STANFORD .............................ESPN ...6:30 p.m. PT/ 9:30 p.m. ET ets were announced last week, marking the ffth-consecutive year at least fve Sunday, March 25 • Elite Eight league teams garnered berths. Sweet Sixteen winners, TBD • The No. 2 seed in the Spokane Regional, the Ducks are making their second- Kansas City Regional straight trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 and second all-time. The third-seeded Bru- Friday, March 23 • Sweet Sixteen ins head to Kansas City for their third-straight trip to the round of 16 looking to #1 Mississippi State vs. #4 NC State ........................ESPN ..............4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET make its frst Elite Eight appearance since 1999. The Beavs are also making #9 UCLA VS. #8 Texas ............................................ ESPN2 .6:30 p.m. PT/ 9:30 p.m. ET their third-consecutive trip to the Sweet 16, heading to Lexington as the No. 6 seed while the fourth-seeded Cardinal’s trip to Lexington is its 11th-straight. Sunday, March 25 • Elite Eight Sweet Sixteen winners, TBD • The Pac-12 owns the most wins (38) and the best winning percentage (.731) Spokane Regional in the NCAA Tournament over the last three years. That span includes three Saturday, March 24 • Sweet Sixteen different NCAA Final Four teams, 13 Sweet 16 appearances (including the four #1 Notre Dame vs. #4 Texas A&M ...........................ESPN ..............1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET this week) and fve Elite Eight teams. #11 Central Michigan vs. #2 OREGON .................... ESPN ....3:30 p.m. PT/6:30 p.m. ET • Four Pac-12 teams appear in the fnal Associated Press poll, the fourth- Monday, March 26 • Elite Eight straight year the Conference has at least four teams in the fnal ranking. The Sweet Sixteen winners, TBD Ducks are No. 6, making its frst appearance in the fnal poll since 2000. UCLA is No. 9, its second top-10 showing in three years. OSU is ranked 13th and NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Stanford is 15th. The Beavs’ top-15 ranking is their fourth-straight and the FIRST ROUND (Regional) Cardinal are in the fnal writers’ ranking for the 17th-straight year. #7 CALIFORNIA vs. #10 Virginia (Albany) .......................................................VIR, 68-62 #2 OREGON at #15 Seattle (Spokane) ..........................................................ORE, 88-45 • Three Pac-12 teams earned the right to host frst- and second-round games, #13 Gonzaga at #4 STANFORD (Lexington) ................................................STAN, 82-68 with Pac-12 Champion Oregon garnering the program’s best seed ever. The #6 OREGON STATE vs. #11 Western Kentucky (Lexington) ...........................OSU, 82-58 Bruins are a top-16 seed for the third-consecutive year and the Cardinal’s is #14 American at #3 UCLA (Kansas City) .................................................... UCLA, 71-60 #7 ARIZONA STATE vs. #10 Nebraska (Kansas City) .................................... ASU, 73-62 making its 31st-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. SECOND ROUND (Regional) • Oregon State and ARIZONA STATE (No. 7 seed Kansas City Regional, ad- #10 Minnesota at #2 OREGON (Spokane) .................................................. ORE, 101-73 vancing to the second round) are making their ffth-consecutive tournament #12 FGCU at #4 STANFORD (Lexington) ....................................................STAN, 90-70 appearances, and CALIFORNIA (No. 7 seed Albany Regional) was in the tour- #6 OREGON STATE vs. #3 Tennessee (Lexington).........................................OSU, 66-59 nament for the sixth time in seven years. UTAH also joined in the postseason, #11 Creighton at #3 UCLA (Kansas City) .................................................... UCLA, 86-64 earning a WNIT bid, advancing to the second round. #7 ARIZONA STATE vs. #2 Texas (Kansas City)..........................................TEXAS, 85-65 • Oregon won its frst-ever Pac-12 Tournament title, adding to its frst regular- WNIT RESULTS season crown since 2000. Ionescu was voted the tournament’s Most Outstand- ing Player. UNLV at UTAH ...........................................................................................UTAH, 78-68 UTAH at Kansas State ..................................................................................KSU, 74-57 MEDIA SERVICES PAC-12 IN THE POLLS COACHES TELECONFERENCES: Audio of the ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA Pac-12 head women’s basketball coaches will be TOP-25 (Mar. 12) TOP-25 (Mar. 12) available for a media is posted on pac-12.com for Team Record Points Team Record Points replay purposes. Visit the women’s basketball page 1. UConn (32) 32-0 800 1. UConn (32) 32-0 800 at pac-12.com and click on the “Teleconferences” 2. Baylor 31-1 743 2. Baylor 31-1 757 link under “More Links.” 3. Louisville 32-2 736 3. Louisville 32-2 734 4. Mississippi State 32-1 720 4. Mississippi State 32-1 700 MEDIA CENTER: Visit the Pac-12 media center 5. Notre Dame 29-3 656 5. OREGON 30-4 664 at pac-12.com/media-center. Click on the sport for 6. OREGON 30-4 640 6. Notre Dame 29-3 646 fltered news releases from the Conference offce 7. South Carolina 26-6 616 7. South Carolina 26-6 617 and pertinent links. 8. Texas 26-6 588 8. Texas 26-6 571 9. UCLA 24-7 509 9. UCLA 24-7 526 WEEKLY RELEASES: Pac-12 Weekly Releases will 10. Ohio State 27-6 482 10. Ohio State 27-6 496 be available at the Conference’s offcial website at 11. Florida State 25-6 463 11. Florida State 25-6 483 www.pac-12.com every Tuesday afternoon starting 12. Tennessee 24-7 426 12. OREGON STATE 23-7 428 Nov. 7 and continuing through to the end of the sea- 13. OREGON STATE 23-7 419 13. Tennessee 24-7 407 14. Texas A&M 24-9 335 son. Weekly releases will include the Pac-12 Player 14. Texas A&M 24-9 353 15. STANFORD 22-10 347 15. Missouri 24-7 332 of the Week, updated conference statistics, the lat- 16. Maryland 25-7 296 16. Maryland 25-7 290 est polls and conference and team notes. Updated 17. Missouri 24-7 292 17. Georgia 25-6 280 stats will be available on the website following each 18. Georgia 25-6 273 18. Duke 22-8 253 night of competition. 19. South Florida 26-7 237 19. STANFORD 22-10 237 20. Duke 22-8 186 20. South Florida 26-7 224 MEDIA GUIDE: The 2017-18 Pac-12 Women’s 21. NC State 24-8 172 21. Green Bay 29-3 184 Basketball Media Guide is available online only 22. Green Bay 29-3 131 22. NC State 24-8 134 at www.pac-12.com, visit the women’s bas- 23. Belmont 31-3 109 23. DePaul 26-7 82 ketball page and scroll down to end and click 24. LSU 19-9 59 24. Mercer 30-2 81 “Media Guide.” Or click on the following link: 25. Mercer 30-2 48 25. Belmont 31-3 33 http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/885609- 2017-18-womens-basketball-media-guide. RV: Gonzaga 16, Iowa 14, ARIZONA STATE 14, RV: Florida Gulf Coast 25, Central Michigan 13, Mi- PDF downloading is also available at that link. Quinnipiac 12, DePaul 9, Minnesota 8, Oklahoma ami 12, Syracuse 10, LSU 9, Michigan 9, Virginia State 7, Central Michigan 6, CALIFORNIA 4, 7, Marquette 5, Oklahoma State 5, Little Rock 3, Buffalo 2, Minnesota 2, Virginia Tech 2, Quinnipiac EMAIL LIST-SERVE: Media members may request Michigan 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3, West Virginia 2.