PAC-10 CONFERENCE WASHINGTONWASHINGTON HUSKIES HUSKIES 2006-07 2006-07 WOMEN'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BASKETBALL MEDIA MEDIA GUIDE GUIDE PAC-10 CONFERENCE TheSection Pac-10 Page Conference Header Section Page Header Entering the 2006-07 season, the Pacific-10 Confer- schools (more than any other conference), 49 tennis titles, 45 ence continues to uphold its tradition as the “Conference of outdoor track and field crowns, and 25 baseball titles. Pac-10 Champions.”® Pac-10 members have claimed an incredible members have won 25 of the last 37 NCAA titles in volleyball, Pac-10 CONFERENCE 138 NCAA team titles over the past 16 seasons, for an average 32 of the last 47 in water polo, and 20 total swimming and of more than eight championships per academic year. diving national championships. MEMBERSHIP GENERAL INFO. Even more impressive is the breadth of the Pac-10’s Individually, the Conference has produced an impressive success, as those 138 team titles have come in 24 different number of NCAA men’s individual champions as well, claiming men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-10 has led the nation in 1,127 NCAA individual crowns. ARIZONA NCAA Championships 40 of the last 46 years and finished On the women’s side, the story is much the same. Since McKale Center second five times. the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 25 years Spanning nearly a century of outstanding athletics ago, Pac-10 members have claimed at least four national titles Tucson, AZ 85721 achievement, the Pac-10 has captured 351 NCAA titles (251 in a single season on 17 occasions. Overall, the Pac-10 has (520) 621-2200 men’s, 100 women’s), far outdistancing the runner-up Big Ten captured 100 NCAA women’s crowns, easily outdistancing the Director of Athletics: Jim Livengood Conference’s 205 titles. Southeastern Conference, which is second with 66. Pac-10 OUTLOOK The Conference’s reputation is further proven in the an- members have dominated a number of sports, winning 18 nual United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup competition, softball titles, 17 tennis crowns, 11 of the last 16 volleyball ARIZONA StatE the prestigious award that honors the best overall collegiate titles, 11 of the last 17 trophies in golf and eight in swimming Intercollegiate Athletics Complex athletics programs in the country. STANFORD continued its and diving. Tempe, AZ 85287-2505 remarkable run in the 2005-06 season, winning its 12th con- Pac-10 women athletes shine nationally on an individual (480) 965-6360 secutive Directors’ Cup. In the 2005-06 competition, seven of basis as well, having captured an unmatched 464 NCAA in- the Top-25 Division I programs were Pac-10 members: No. 1 dividual titles, an average of more than 18 champions per Director of Athletics: Lisa Love PLAYERS STANFORD, No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 CALIFORNIA, No. 9 USC, No. 10 season. ARIZONA, No. 13 ARIZONA STATE and No. 17 WASHINGTON. The roots of the Pacific-10 Conference go back nearly CALIFORNIA The Pac-10 landed six programs in the Top-15, three more than 90 years to December 15, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Confer- Memorial Stadium the second-place SEC (3). ence (PCC) was founded at a meeting at the Oregon Hotel in The Pac-10 captured nine NCAA titles in 2005-06 to lead Portland, Ore. Original membership consisted of four schools Berkeley, CA 94720 the nation. It should be noted that the Pac-10 total does not - the University of California at Berkeley, the University of (510) 642-0580 include CALIFORNIA’s national championship in rugby or men’s Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon State Director of Athletics: Sandy Barbour crew, as they are not counted as NCAA titles. The Pac-10 led College (now Oregon State University). All still are charter COACHES the nation with the most NCAA titles in women’s sports with members of the Conference. six. Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916. One OREGON NCAA team champions from the Pac-10 in 2005-06 year later, Washington State College (now Washington State Casanova Athletic Center came from UCLA (men’s volleyball and women’s water polo), University), was accepted into the Conference, and Stanford 2727 Leo Harris Parkway STANFORD (women’s cross country and women’s tennis), University joined in 1918. Eugene, OR 97401 ARIZONA (softball), CALIFORNIA (women’s rowing), USC In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the (men’s water polo), WASHINGTON (women’s volleyball) and admission of the University of Southern California and the (541) 346-4481 OREGON STATE (baseball). The Pac-10 also had runners-up University of Idaho. Montana joined the Conference in 1924, Director of Athletics: Bill Moos in six NCAA Championship events: men’s basketball (UCLA), and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of women’s soccer (UCLA), women’s golf (USC), women’s outdoor UCLA. OREGON StatE track and field (USC), men’s swimming and diving (ARIZONA) The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-team and women’s indoor track and field (STANFORD). The Trojans league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45, when World Gill Coliseum 2005-06 REVIEW also competed in the BCS National Championship Game, War II curtailed intercollegiate athletic competition to a Corvallis, OR 97331 but football is not recognized as an NCAA title. Overall, the minimum. In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and (541) 737-2547 78 Conference had 15 teams finish in the top three at NCAA joined the Mountain States Conference. The PCC continued Director of Athletics: Bob De Carolis Championship events. as a nine-team Conference through 1958. Participation in the postseason was a common occur- In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and a new Conference rence for the Conference in 2005-06. Of the 22 sports sponsored was formed - the Athletic Association of Western Universities. StaNFORD by the Pac-10, 18 witnessed at least half its teams participating Original AAWU membership consisted of California, Stanford, Arrillaga Family Sports Center in NCAA or other postseason action. The men sent 56 of a Southern California, UCLA, and Washington. Washington State Stanford, CA 94305 possible 92 teams into the postseason (60.8 percent), while became a member in 1962, while Oregon and Oregon State PAC-10 the women sent 61 of a possible 100 teams (61.0 percent). joined in 1964. In 1968, the name Pacific-8 Conference was (650) 723-4591 The Pac-10 also showed its worth on the basketball adopted. Director of Athletics: Bob Bowlsby court. On the women’s side, six teams competed in the NCAA Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona Tournament for the first time in Conference history. STAN- and Arizona State University were admitted and the Pacific-10 UCLA FORD reached the Elite Eight for the third straight year, while Conference became a reality. In 1986-87, the league took on UCLA picked up its first-ever State Farm Pac-10 Tournament a new look, expanding to include 10 women’s sports. Morgan Center Trophy. Currently, the Pac-10 sponsors 11 men’s sports and 11 405 Hilgard Avenue On the men’s side, Pac-10 members have won 251 women’s sports. Additionally, the Conference is a member of Los Angeles, CA 90024-1639 NCAA team championships, far ahead of the the 190 claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in four other (310) 825-8699 OPPONENTS by the runner-up Big Ten. Men’s NCAA crowns have come at men’s sports and two other women’s sports. Director of Athletics: Daniel G. Guerrero a phenomenal rate for the Pac-10 - 15 basketball titles by five SOuthERN CALIFORNIA PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE Heritage Hall 1350 Treat Boulevard, Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0602 HISTORY Phone: (925) 932-4411 Fax: (925) 932-4601 (213) 740-3843 Commissioner: Thomas C. Hansen Director of Athletics: Michael Garrett Associate Commissioner, Administration and Women's Basketball Administration: Christine Hoyles Associate Commissioner, Communications and Football Administration: Jim Muldoon WashINGTON Associate Commissioner, Electronic Communications: Duane Lindberg Graves Building, Box 354070 Associate Commissioner, Compliance: Mike Matthews Seattle, WA 98195 Associate Commissioner, Business and Finance: Ben Jay (206) 543-2210 Associate Commissioner, Governance and Enforcement: Ron Barker Associate Commissioner, Olympic Sports and Student-Athlete Programs: Chris Dawson Director of Athletics: Todd Turner Assistant Commissioner, Communications and Men's Basketball Administration: Dave Hirsch POSTSEASON Assistant Commissioner, Communications: Bri Niemi WashINGTON StatE Assistant Commissioner, Governance and Enforcement: Tammy Newman Bohler Gym Assistant Commissioner, Compliance: Erik Price Pullman, WA 99164-1610 Assistant Commissioner, Office Management: Sandra Safford (509) 335-0311 Assistant Director of Championships: Kevin D. Anderson Assistant Director of Business and Finance: Lina Diaz Director of Athletics: Jim Sterk Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating: Gooch Foster Administrative Assistants: Wendy Heredia, Yvonne Halvorson, Michelle Zumalt EXPERIENCE Receptionist: Erin Heiney Communications Interns: Rebecca Faulds, Mike Bruscas Administrative Fellow: Kristine Lara Historian: Wiles Hallock WASHINGTON HUSKIES 2006-07 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE PAC-10 CONFERENCE Section Page Header Section2005-06 Pac-10Page Header Review GENERAL INFO. FINAL STANDINGS Pac-10 Games Overall W L Pct. Home Away W L Pct. Home Away Neu 1. Stanford (NCAA) 15 3 .833 9-0 6-3 26 8 .765 12-1 8-5 6-2 2. Arizona State (NCAA) 14 4 .778 9-0 5-4 25 7 .781 15-0 7-4 3-3 OUTLOOK 3. UCLA (NCAA) 12 6 .667 8-1 4-5 21 11 .656 10-2 5-8 6-1 4. Washington (NCAA) 11 7 .611 7-2 4-5 19 11 .633 12-2 6-7 1-2 USC (NCAA) 11 7 .611 6-3 5-4 19 12 .613 9-4 7-6 3-2 6.