PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE PAC-10 CONFERENCE1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Alex Kaufman ([email protected]) 2012-13 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*%^ 17 1 .944 8-1 9-0 33 3 .917 12-2 15-0 5-1 L1 4-1 3-2 10-3 California*^ 17 1 .944 8-1 9-0 32 4 .889 15-1 12-1 4-2 L1 4-1 1-2 7-4 UCLA^ 14 4 .778 7-2 7-2 26 8 .765 11-4 10-2 5-2 L1 3-2 1-6 4-6 Colorado^ 13 5 .722 7-2 6-3 25 7 .781 15-3 9-3 1-1 L2 3-2 1-5 1-6 Washington@ 11 7 .611 6-3 5-4 21 12 .636 11-5 9-6 1-1 L1 2-3 0-2 0-7 Utah@ 8 10 .444 5-4 3-6 23 14 .622 12-6 10-7 1-1 L1 4-1 0-4 0-7 USC 7 11 .389 3-6 4-5 11 20 .355 5-12 5-7 1-1 L1 2-3 0-6 0-11 Washington State 6 12 .333 3-6 3-6 11 20 .355 6-7 4-11 1-2 L1 1-4 0-3 1-8 Arizona State 5 13 .278 3-6 2-7 13 18 .419 7-8 4-8 2-2 L3 2-3 0-2 0-6 Arizona 4 14 .222 2-7 2-7 12 18 .400 5-8 6-8 1-2 L5 0-5 0-2 0-6 Oregon State 4 14 .222 2-7 2-7 10 21 .323 6-9 2-8 2-4 L2 1-4 0-5 0-11 Oregon 2 16 .111 1-8 1-8 4 27 .129 3-13 1-11 0-3 L5 0-5 0-5 0-10 * Pac-12 Co-Champions; Stanford earns No. 1 seed in Pac-12 Tournament due to tie-breaker rules; % Pac-12 Tournament Champion; ^ NCAA Tournament participant; @ WNIT participant. THIS YEAR IN PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CALIFORNIA capped the season with an impressive NCAA Women’s Final Four run. It was the Bears’ !rst-ever trip and the sixth straight year a Pac-12 team has played in the national semi!nal after STANFORD made !ve consecutive trips from 2008-12…For the !rst time since the 1980-81 season, four teams were in ranked in the !nal Associated Press poll ... Pac-12 teams saw tremendous success this year, with four teams advancing to the NCAA Tournament and two more earning WNIT bids. UTAH fell by just three points in the WNIT !nals ... Pac-12 players also earned postseason recognition after an outstanding season. Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike was a consensus All-American, while !ve others were tabbed honorable mention by the AP ... Throughout the season, !ve of the nation’s top-25 rebounders were from the Pac-12. In all, nine teams occupied a spot in at least one statistical category in the !nal NCAA stats rankings ... Ogwumike was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, while COLORADO’s Arielle Roberson was tabbed the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Stan- ford’s Tara VanDerveer was voted the Pac-12 Coach of the Year by her league colleagues ... Three from the Pac-12 were selected in the WNBA Draft, with Cal’s Layshia Clarendon being picked in the !rst round. ARIZONA’s Davellyn Whyte and the Buff’s Chucky Jeffery were picked in the second round. NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS (cont’d) SPOKANE REGIONAL NORFOLK REGIONAL Saturday, March 23 • First Round (Lubbock, Texas) Saturday, March 23 • First Round (Boulder, Colo.) #2 CALIFORNIA vs. #15 Fresno State ...........................................CAL, 90-76 #5 COLORADO vs. #12 Kansas ................................................... KAN, 67-52 #7 Texas Tech vs. #15 South Florida ............................................USF, 71-70 OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL Monday, March 25 • Second Round (Lubbock, Texas) Saturday, March 23 • First Round (Columbus, Ohio) CALIFORNIA vs. South Florida ............................................. CAL, 82-78 (OT) #6 Oklahoma vs. #11 Central Michigan ......................................OKLA, 78-73 #3 UCLA vs. #14 Stetson .......................................................... UCLA, 66-49 Sunday, March 24 • First Round (Stanford, Calif.) #1 STANFORD vs. #16 Tulsa ......................................................STAN, 72-56 Monday, March 25 • Second Round (Columbus, Ohio) #8 Michigan vs. #9 Villanova ..................................................... MICH, 60-52 UCLA vs. Oklahoma ...................................................................OKLA, 85-72 Tuesday, March 26 • Second Round (Stanford, Calif.) STANFORD vs. Michigan ............................................................STAN, 73-40 WNIT SCHEDULE/RESULTS First Round Saturday, March 30 • Sweet Sixteen (Spokane, Wash.) UTAH at Long Beach State ........................................................ UTAH, 56-49 STANFORD vs. #4 Georgia ..........................................................UGA, 61-59 Eastern Washington at WASHINGTON ...............................WASH, 65-60 (OT) CALIFORNIA vs. #6 LSU ..............................................................CAL, 73-63 Second Round Monday, April 1 • Elite Eight (Spokane, Wash.) San Diego at UTAH ................................................................... UTAH, 61-50 CALIFORNIA vs. Georgia ...................................................... CAL, 65-62 (OT) Paci!c at WASHINGTON ................................................................UP, 85-78 Sunday, April 7 • Final Four (New Orleans, La.) Third Round CALIFORNIA vs. #5 Louisville ...................................................... LOU, 64-57 March 28 • UTAH at Paci!c .............................................. UTAH, 60-55 (OT) WNBA DRAFT Semi!nals 1st Rd/9th: Layshia Clarendon, CAL, Indiana April 3 • UTAH at Kansas State ................................................. UTAH, 54-46 2nd Rd/16th: Davellyn Whyte, ARIZ, San Antonio 2nd Rd/24th: Chucky Jeffery, COLO, Minnesota Saturday, April 6 • Championship Game UTAH at Drexel ............................................................................. DU, 46-43 NATIONAL HONORS PAC-12 IN THE POLLS STATE FARM/WBCA WADE TROPHY Preseason Candidates Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA TOP-25 (FINAL) TOP-25 (FINAL) SENIOR CLASS AWARD • Preseason Candidates Layshia Clarendon, California Team Record Points Team Record Points 1. Baylor (40) 32-1 1,000 1. Connecticut (30) 27-3 774 STATE FARM WBCA WADE WATCH 2. Notre Dame 31-1 959 2. Notre Dame 28-1 719 Gennifer Brandon, California 3. Louisville 23-7 703 Layshia Clarendon, California 3. Connecticut 29-4 901 4. Baylor (1) 29-1 675 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford 4. STANFORD 31-2 891 5. Duke 30-2 846 5. CALIFORNIA 27-2 658 WOODEN AWARD • Preseason Candidates 6. CALIFORNIA 28-3 776 6. Duke 27-2 604 Jasmine Dixon, UCLA 7. Kentucky 27-5 743 7. STANFORD 28-2 588 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford 8. Penn State 25-5 669 8. Kentucky 25-4 557 9. Texas A&M 24-9 663 9. Tennessee 23-6 527 NAISMITH AWARD CANDIDATES 10. Tennessee 24-7 642 10. Georgia 24-5 468 Layshia Clarendon, California (Pre/Midseason) 11. Maryland 23-6 448 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford (Pre/Midseason) 11. UCLA 25-7 593 Markel Walker, UCLA (Preseason) 12. Maryland 24-7 564 12. Penn State 24-4 411 13. North Carolina 28-6 491 13. Delaware 27-3 391 USBWA ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE AWARD 14. Georgia 25-6 461 14. Texas A&M 21-9 333 Midseason Candidates 15. Delaware 30-3 426 15. UCLA 23-6 305 Gennifer Brandon, California 16. Louisville 24-8 367 T16. Dayton 26-1 270 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford 17. South Carolina 24-7 349 T16. South Carolina 23-6 270 18. Dayton 27-2 317 18. Nebraska 22-7 228 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA 19. North Carolina 26-5 197 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford ............................ AP 19. COLORADO 25-6 299 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford ........................ESPN 20. Green Bay 29-2 233 20. Purdue 21-8 153 21. Purdue 24-8 227 21. LSU 19-10 150 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK 22. Syracuse 24-7 135 22. Iowa State 21-7 140 Chiney Ogwumike, STAN ............. ESPNW/Nov. 18 23. Iowa State 23-8 106 23. Oklahoma 21-9 96 Chucky Jeffery, COLO ...ESPNW & USBWA/Dec. 17 24. Nebraska 23-8 104 24. Green Bay 26-2 82 Gennifer Brandon, CAL ............... ESPNW/Jan. 22 25. Florida State 22-9 79 25. Kansas 17-12 81 LSU 55, Michigan State 40, Gonzaga 36, RV: COLORADO 65, Syracuse 46, Florida State COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA RV: 42, Oklahoma State 37, South Florida 35, Iowa 9, Chiney Ogwumike, STAN ........................ 1st team Oklahoma State 12, Florida 3, Quinnipiac 3, To- ledo 3, San Diego State 2, Marist 2, Princeton 1, Drexel 6, Michigan State 3, Toledo 2, Marist 1, San WBCA ALL-REGION 8 Albany 1, Chattanooga 1. Diego State 1. Gennifer Brandon, California Layshia Clarendon, California WEEKLY AP & USA TODAY/WBCA Chucky Jeffery, Colorado Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford PRE N19 N26 12/3 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/19 2/26 3/5 3/11 CAL 12/12 11/11 10/10 11/11 9/11 8/9 8/8 7/7 7/7 7/7 7/7 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 5/5 6/6 NAISMITH COACH OF THE YEAR FINALIST COLO -/- -/- -/- -/- RV/- 25/RV 23/RV 20/25 23/RV 21/25 20/23 22/23 21/25 21/25 20/23 19/19 18/18 19/19 Lindsay Gottlieb, California STAN 4/4 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/3 5/4 6/6 6/6 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/4 4/4 UCLA RV/RV 19/22 19/21 17/19 14/19 12/16 16/18 16/17 14/15 14/15 19/20 18/19 17/17 15/16 17/16 17/16 14/13 11/11 WBCA REGION 8 COACH OF THE YEAR UTAH -/- -/- RV/- RV/RV -/RV -/- RV/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- Tara VanDerveer, Stanford WASH -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- RV/- RV/- RV/- -/- -/- -/[ ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICAN Chiney Ogwumike, STAN .......................