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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \\ Thursday, April 1, 2021 Contact \\ John Cantalupi ([email protected]), Christine Jacobsen ([email protected]) 2020-21 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 5 TOP 10 TOP 25 Stanford (2) 19 2 .905 5-0 13-1 29 2 .935 6-0 13-1 10-1 Won 18 5-0 5-1 8-1 Arizona (11) 13 4 .764 9-1 4-3 20 5 .800 11-1 4-3 5-1 Won 4 4-1 3-3 5-3 UCLA (9) 12 4 .750 7-2 5-2 17 6 .736 8-2 6-2 3-2 Lost 1 3-2 2-3 5-3 Oregon (23) 10 7 .588 5-4 5-3 15 9 .625 7-4 6-2 2-3 Lost 1 2-3 1-5 2-7 Oregon State 7 6 .538 2-4 5-2 12 8 .600 4-4 5-2 3-2 Lost 1 3-2 2-3 4-4 Colorado 8 8 .500 5-3 3-5 12 11 .522 7-3 3-6 2-2 Lost 1 3-2 1-3 1-4 Washington State 9 10 .474 5-5 4-5 12 12 .500 7-5 4-5 1-2 Lost 2 3-2 2-5 3-8 USC 8 10 .444 5-4 3-5 11 12 .478 7-5 3-5 1-2 Lost 1 1-4 0-6 1-8 Arizona State 6 9 .400 5-4 1-5 12 12 .500 10-4 1-5 2-2 Lost 1 2-3 1-5 1-5 Utah 4 15 .211 1-7 3-8 5 16 .238 2-7 3-8 0-1 Lost 6 0-5 0-7 1-7 Washington 3 13 .188 1-6 2-7 7 14 .333 2-6 2-6 3-2 Lost 1 2-3 0-6 0-7 California 1 12 .077 1-6 0-6 1 16 .059 1-9 0-6 0-1 Lost 2 1-4 0-4 0-6 THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL - APRIL 1, 2021 FINAL FOUR • Friday, April 2 No. 1 STANFORD vs. No. 1 South Carolina ............................ESPN ............................................................................ 3 p.m. PT No. 3 ARIZONA vs. No. 1 UConn ..........................................ESPN ...................................................................... 6:30 p.m. MT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP • Monday, April 4 STANFORD/South Carolina vs. ARIZONA/UConn ...................ESPN ............................................................................ 3 p.m. PT Total Final Four berths since 2013 u With Elite Eight victories by ARIZONA and STANFORD, the Pac-12 will be repre- sented by multiple women’s basketball programs in the Final Four for the second time in Conference history. In 2016, OREGON STATE and WASHINGTON were among the 1. Pac-12 – 8 last four standing in Indianapolis. A Pac-12 school has been in 11 of the past 13 Final 2. ACC – 7 Fours. 3. American – 6 4. SEC – 5 u Since 2013, Pac-12 teams have advanced to the Final Four a nation-leading eight 5. Big East – 4 times overall, unequaled postseason success that has not been limited to a small num- T6. Big 12 & Ben Ten – 1 ber of programs. ARIZONA is the sixth different Pac-12 school to advance to the Final Four all-time and all six have earned a Final Four trip over the past eight NCAA Tourna- Teams to appear in a Final Four since 2013 ments, two more than any other conference. 1. Pac-12 – 6 u The Pac-12, which again paces all conferences in wins (12) in the 2021 NCAA (Arizona, Cal, Oregon, Oregon St., Stanford, Washington) Tournament, also tops the country in both wins (67) and winning percentage (.705) in 2. ACC – 4 the NCAA Tournament since 2016. (Louisville, Maryland, Notre Dame, Syracuse) 3. Big East – 3 u ARIZONA will be making its national semifinal debut and is the first team to -ad (Connecticut, Louisville, Notre Dame) vance to the Final Four after missing the previous 10+ tournaments. The Wildcats have 4. SEC – 2 faced UConn once previously, when head coach Adia Barnes was a senior forward for (Mississippi State, South Carolina) the Wildcats in 1998. Barnes had a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double in that year's T5. American, Big 12 & Big Ten – 1 East Region Semifinal on March 21, 1998, a 74-57 UConn win. (Connecticut, Baylor & Maryland) u After trailing by 12 at halftime in the Elite Eight against Louisville, STANFORD ad- NCAA Tournament winning % since 2016 vanced to its 14th Final Four by storming back for a 78-63 win. That's the largest win by any team in the NCAA Tournament (women's or men's) after trailing by double digits 1. Pac-12 - .705 (67-28) at halftime since the Notre Dame women beat UConn by 15 in the Final Four in 2001. 2. American - .667 (20-10) The Cardinal's 30 points in the fourth quarter against Louisville are the second-most of 3. ACC - .635 (61-35) any team in a single quarter in Elite Eight history. 4. SEC - .617 (58-36) 5. Big 12 - .613 (38-24) CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK u This season marks the 24th time one league has placed multiple teams in the Final PAC-12 IN THE Four and the second for the Pac-12 (2016). The Pac-12 is the fourth conference to NCAA TOURNAMENT have multiple teams in more than one Final Four. A year-by-year listing of Pac-12 teams advancing to the Sweet 16 and beyond. Multiple participants in a Final Four all-time Note: Teams listed in italics were not a Conference 1. SEC – 10 (last in 2017) member that season. 2. Big East – 6 (last in 2013) 1982 2003 ASU ................Sweet Sixteen COLO ..............Sweet Sixteen 3. ACC – 3 (last in 2018) USC ......................Elite Eight 4. Pac-12 – 2 (last in 2021) 2004 T5. Big 12 – 1 (2010) 1983 STAN ....................Elite Eight ASU ................Sweet Sixteen T5. Big Ten – 1 (1993) OSU ................Sweet Sixteen 2005 T5. Sun Belt – 1 (1985) USC ......National Champions STAN ....................Elite Eight ASU ................Sweet Sixteen 1984 u The postseason success of the Pac-12 over the last half decade is an extension of USC ......National Champions 2006 its superb results before the calendar flips to conference play. Since 2016, the Pac-12 STAN ....................Elite Eight 1985 UTAH ...................Elite Eight leads all conference with an .802 winning percentage (574-142) in nonconference, UCLA .....................Sweet 16 regular-season contests. USC .......................Sweet 16 2007 ASU ......................Elite Eight 1986 Winning % in nonconference games since 2016 (regular season) USC ..................... Final Four 2008 STAN ...Championship Game 1. Pac-12 - .802 (574-142) 1988 STAN ..............Sweet Sixteen 2009 2. Big 12 - .788 (494-133) USC ................Sweet Sixteen ASU ......................Elite Eight 3. ACC - .766 (781-238) WASH .............Sweet Sixteen CAL ................Sweet Sixteen 4. SEC - .763 (774-241) STAN ................... Final Four 1989 5. Big Ten - .732 (655-240) STAN ....................Elite Eight 2010 STAN ...Championship Game u ARIZONA's Adia Barnes, who is a combined 10-0 has a head coach in NCAA 1990 STAN...National Champions 2011 Tournament and WNIT games, is one of seven coaches to lead their alma mater to a WASH ...................Elite Eight STAN ................... Final Four Final Four, joining Leon Barmore (Louisiana Tech), Pokey Chatman (LSU), Sonja Hogg 1991 2012 (Louisiana Tech), Wendy Larry (Old Dominion), Scott Rueck (OREGON STATE), and STAN ................... Final Four STAN ................... Final Four Chris Weller (Maryland). WASH .............Sweet Sixteen 2013 1992 CAL ..................... Final Four u Since 2013, three different head coaches have led their teams to the Final Four STAN...National Champions STAN ..............Sweet Sixteen in their first five years as a college head coach and all three come from the Pac-12 UCLA ..............Sweet Sixteen in Lindsay Gottlieb (CAL, 2013), Mike Neighbors (WASHINGTON, 2016) and Barnes USC ......................Elite Eight 2014 STAN ................... Final Four (ARIZONA, 2021). 1993 COLO ....................Elite Eight 2015 u STANFORD is riding an 18-game win streak, which is its longest streak since 2013- STAN ..............Sweet Sixteen ASU ................. Sweet Sixteen USC ................Sweet Sixteen STAN ..............Sweet Sixteen 14 when it won 21 straight. The last Pac-12 women's basketball national champion (1992), the Cardinal last appeared in an NCAA final in 2010. 1994 2016 COLO ..............Sweet Sixteen OSU .......................Final Four STAN ....................Elite Eight STAN ..................... Elite Eight u A two-time Naismith Coach of the Year and a finalist for the award this season, 91 USC ......................Elite Eight UCLA ............... Sweet Sixteen of Tara VanDerveer's NCAA-record 1,123 career wins have come in the NCAA Tourna- WASH ....................Final Four ment. 1995 COLO ....................Elite Eight 2017 STAN ................... Final Four ORE ....................... Elite Eight u Pac-12 teams are 177-126 (.584) in NCAA Tournament games that did not pair OSU ................. Sweet Sixteen current Conference members. League teams have faced each other 14 times in NCAA 1996 STAN .....................Final Four STAN ................... Final Four UCLA ............... Sweet Sixteen Tournament play, most recently when seventh-seeded WASHINGTON beat fourth-seed- WASH .............. Sweet Sixteen ed STANFORD, 85-76, in the Lexington Regional final on March 27, 2016. 1997 COLO ..............Sweet Sixteen 2018 STAN ................... Final Four ORE ....................... Elite Eight u Along with UCLA on the men's side, the Pac-12 boasts a combined three teams in OSU ....................... Elite Eight the national semifinals for the first time. The Conference's 11 total NCAA bids across 1998 STAN ............... Sweet Sixteen its women's and men's programs this season are its second most all-time (12 in 2016). ARIZ ...............Sweet Sixteen UCLA ..................... Elite Eight Pac-12 women's and men's teams are a combined 25-8 in this year's tournaments, ty- 1999 2019 ing the record for wins set in 2017 (Women: 15-7; Men: 10-4; Overall: 25-11).