For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Kasey Carlson ([email protected]) 2016-17 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 Oregon State ^@ 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 31 5 .861 16-2 8-1 7-2 L1 8-2 3-0 4-2 Stanford *@ 15 3 .833 7-2 8-1 32 5 .865 12-3 10-2 9-0 W8 9-1 2-1 2-2 Washington @ 15 3 .833 8-1 7-2 29 6 .829 18-1 11-3 0-2 L1 7-3 1-3 4-4 UCLA @ 13 5 .722 9-0 4-5 25 9 .735 16-0 6-7 3-2 L1 6-4 4-3 6-3 Arizona State @ 9 9 .500 5-4 4-5 20 13 .606 11-4 6-7 3-2 L1 5-5 0-4 3-8 Oregon @ 8 10 .444 4-5 4-5 23 14 .639 10-5 7-6 5-3 L1 5-5 0-3 3-6 California @ 6 12 .333 3-6 3-6 20 14 .588 10-6 5-6 5-2 L1 4-6 1-3 1-6 Washington State & 6 12 .333 4-3 2-9 16 19 .457 9-7 5-9 2-3 W4 6-4 1-4 1-8 Arizona 6 13 .316 3-6 2-7 15 16 .484 9-7 5-8 0-1 L1 4-6 0-3 1-9 Utah & 5 13 .278 2-7 3-6 16 15 .516 9-8 6-6 1-1 L3 2-8 0-3 1-8 Colorado & 5 13 .278 4-5 1-8 17 16 .515 12-6 5-9 0-1 L1 4-6 0-3 2-10 USC 5 14 .263 4-5 1-8 14 17 .452 8-6 4-9 2-0 L5 4-6 1-4 3-8 ^ Regular-season champion; * Tournament champion; @ NCAA Tournament participant; & WNIT participant STANFORD HEADED TO NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE • STANFORD makes its return to the NCAA Women’s Final Four since 2014. It NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR • DALLAS is the 13th trip to the national semifnal for the Cardinal. It marks the ninth time Friday, March 31 • National Semifnals • ESPN2 the Pac-12 has had at least one national semifnal team in the last 10 years. #2 STANFORD (35-5) vs. #1 South Carolina (31-4) ........4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET #2 Mississippi State (33-4) vs. #1 Connecticut (36-0) ........... 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET • WASHINGTON STATE is making a run at a title, as well, advancing to the Sunday, April 2 • National Championship Game • ESPN WNIT semifnal after winning its frst-ever postseason game in the frst round. National semifnal game winners1 ........................................... 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET • Pac-12 teams continue to build on a successful season that has been char- NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS acterized by record-breaking moments. The Pac-12 was the best-represented conference in the Sweet Sixteen after a league-record fve teams advanced that FIRST ROUND (Regional) far with two teams earning a spot in the Elite Eight (Oregon and Stanford). #13 Boise State vs #3 UCLA (Bridgeport) ............................................UCLA, 83-56 #7 Temple vs #10 Oregon (Bridgeport) ..................................................ORE, 71-70 #2 Stanford vs #15 New Mexico State (Lexington) ............................... STAN, 72-64 • The Pac-12 has won a league-record 15 NCAA Tournament games, topping last #8 LSU vs #9 California (Oklahoma City) ................................................CAL, 55-52 year’s total of 14. Including the WNIT games, the Pac-12 has posted a combined #3 Washington vs #14 Montana State (Oklahoma City) ....................... WASH, 91-63 record of 21-8 in the postseason so far. #8 Arizona State vs #9 Michigan State (Stockton) ..................................ASU. 73-61 #2 Oregon State vs #15 Long Beach State (Stockton) ............................OSU, 56-55 • Pac-12 teams went 7-0 in the frst round, the second-straight year the league SECOND ROUND (Regional) went undefeated in the opening round. Pac-12 teams have gone 12-0 in the #5 Texas A&M vs #4 UCLA (Bridgeport) ..............................................UCLA, 75-43 frst round the last two years combined. #10 Oregon vs #2 Duke (Bridgeport) .....................................................ORE, 74-65 #7 Kansas State vs #2 Stanford (Lexington) ......................................... STAN, 72-64 • A Pac-12-record seven teams earned NCAA Tournament bids and three more #1 Baylor vs #9 California (Oklahoma City) ......................................BAYLOR, 97-63 #6 Oklahoma vs #3 Washington (Oklahoma CIty) .............................. WASH, 108-82 were also invited to play in the WNIT, giving the Conference a league-record 10 #1 South Carolina vs #8 Arizona State (Stockton) ...................................USC, 71-68 postseason squads. #2 Oregon State vs #7 Creighton (Stockton) ...........................................OSU, 64-52 • For the second time ever and the second-straight year, the Pac-12 has four SWEET SIXTEEN (Regional) teams ranked in the fnal Associated Press poll. STANFORD is No. 6 and is #1 UConn vs #4 UCLA (Bridgeport) ................................................. UCONN, 86-71 #10 Oregon vs #3 Maryland (Bridgeport) ...............................................ORE, 77-63 back in the fnal top 10 since 2013-14. OREGON STATE is No. 8 for its second- #2 Stanford vs #3 Texas (Lexington) .................................................... STAN, 77-63 straight top-10 fnal ranking in program history. WASHINGTON ends the season #3 Washington vs #2 Mississippi State (Oklahoma City) ........................MISS, 75-64 at No. 12, its frst appearance in the fnal AP poll since 1995, and UCLA is No. #3 Florida State vs #2 Oregon State (Stockton) ...................................... FSU, 66-53 15 for its second-straight appearance in the fnal poll. ELITE EIGHT (Regional) #1 UConn vs #10 Oregon (Bridgeport) ............................................ UCONN, 90-52 • For the fourth-consecutive year, the Pac-12 has at least fve NCAA Tourna- #1 Notre Dame vs #2 Stanford (Lexington) .......................................... STAN, 76-75 ment teams. OREGON STATE and STANFORD each earned No. 2 seeds, the highest-seeded Pac-12 teams, and WASHINGTON is a No. 3 seed, earning its WNIT SCHEDULE highest seeding since 1995. UCLA is also a No. 4 seed, the fourth time in seven Wednesday, March 29 years the Bruins have received a top-fve seeding, and No. 10 seed OREGON Washington State at Georgia Tech ................................................... 4 p.m. PT received an invite for the frst tmie since 2005. WNIT RESULTS • The 10th-seeded Ducks advanced to the Sweet 16 for the frst time ever, upsetting No. 7-seed Temple and No. 2-seed Duke in Durham, N.C., to get to UC Davis at Utah (First Round) ...................................................UCD, 72-62 UNLV at Colorado (First Round)................................................. COLO, 66-52 the third round. No. 8 seed ARIZONA STATE and No. 9-seed CALIFORNIA also Washington State at BYU (First Round) .......................................WSU, 72-64 made it out of the frst round. Colorado at South Dakota State (Second Round) ....................... COLO, 81-75 Washington State at Wyoming (Second Round) ...........................WSU, 68-67 • COLORADO, UTAH and WASHINGTON STATE earned WNIT bids. WSU Colorado at Iowa (Third Round) ..................................................IOWA, 80-62 posted its frst-ever postseason win after winning in the frst round. The Cougs UC Davis at Washington State (Third Round) ...............................WSU, 71-62 Washington State at Iowa (Quarterfnals) ......................................WSU, 74-66 advanced to the round of 16 and WSU is in the semifnal. MEDIA SERVICES PAC-12 IN THE POLLS PAC-12 TOURNAMENT HUB: To follow the Pac- 12 Tournament with the latest information, stats, ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA results, photos and exclusive content, visit pac-12. TOP-25 (3/14) TOP-25 (3/14) com/womenstourney. Team Record Points Team Record Points 1. Connecticut (33) 32-0 825 1. Connecticut (32) 32-0 800 MEDIA CENTER: Visit the Pac-12 media center 2. Notre Dame 30-3 787 2. Notre Dame 30-3 763 at pac-12.com/media-center. Click on the sport for 3. South Carolina 27-4 729 3. Maryland 30-2 736 fltered news releases from the Conference offce 4. Maryland 30-2 725 4. South Carolina 27-4 696 and pertinent links. 5. Baylor 30-3 719 5. Baylor 30-3 671 6. STANFORD 28-5 649 6. STANFORD 28-5 632 WEEKLY RELEASES: Pac-12 Weekly Releases will 7. Mississippi State 29-4 619 7. Mississippi State 29-4 601 be available at the Conference’s offcial website at 8. OREGON STATE 29-4 593 8. OREGON STATE 29-4 587 www.pac-12.com every Tuesday afternoon starting 9. Duke 27-5 525 9. Duke 27-5 530 Nov. 8 and continuing through to the end of the sea- 10. Florida State 25-6 498 10. Ohio State 26-6 486 son. Weekly releases will include the Pac-12 Player 11. Ohio State 26-6 485 11. WASHINGTON 27-5 472 of the Week, updated conference statistics, the lat- 12. WASHINGTON 27-5 473 12. Louisville 27-7 454 est polls and conference and team notes. Updated 13. Louisville 27-7 439 13. Florida State 25-6 415 stats will be available on the website following each 14. Texas 23-8 408 14. UCLA 23-8 376 night of competition. 15. UCLA 23-8 365 15. Texas 23-8 358 16. Miami 23-8 353 16. Miami 23-8 314 MEDIA GUIDE: The 2016-17 Pac-12 Women’s 17. NC State 22-8 267 17. NC State 22-8 273 Basketball Media Guide is available online only 18. Kentucky 21-10 230 18. Drake 28-4 220 at www.pac-12.com, visit the women’s bas- 19.