For Immediate Release \\ Friday, April 15, 2016 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Jocelyn Perry ([email protected]) 2015-16 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 9-0 7-2 32 5 .865 16-1 9-3 7-1 L1 4-1 1-2 5-5 Arizona State*# 16 2 .889 9-0 7-2 26 7 .788 14-3 11-2 1-2 L1 2-3 2-2 6-4 Stanford# 14 4 .778 8-1 6-3 27 8 .771 15-2 8-4 4-2 L1 3-2 2-2 5-5 UCLA# 14 4 .778 9-0 5-4 26 9 .743 15-1 8-5 3-3 L1 3-2 1-6 4-7 Washington# 11 7 .611 6-3 5-4 26 11 .703 12-4 7-4 5-2 L1 4-1 1-3 6-9 Oregon$ 9 9 .500 5-4 4-5 24 11 .686 18-5 6-6 0-0 L1 4-1 0-1 2-7 Utah$ 8 10 .444 4-5 4-5 18 15 .545 12-6 6-7 0-2 L1 3-2 0-3 1-7 USC 6 12 .333 4-3 2-7 19 13 .594 12-5 3-7 4-1 L1 1-4 0-5 1-6 Washington State 5 13 .278 3-6 2-7 14 16 .467 7-6 6-9 1-1 L2 2-3 0-2 1-6 California 4 14 .222 4-5 0-9 15 17 .469 10-6 3-9 2-2 L1 3-2 2-2 3-10 Arizona 3 15 .167 2-7 1-8 13 19 .406 8-7 4-9 1-3 L1 2-3 0-3 1-8 Colorado 2 16 .111 2-7 0-9 7 23 .233 7-9 0-13 0-1 L3 1-4 0-3 0-8 * Co-Pac-12 regular-season Champions; ^ Pac-12 Tournament Champion; # NCAA Tournament participant; $ WNIT participant PAC-12 CAPS HISTORIC SEASON WITH TWO NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS FINAL FOUR TEAMS FIRST ROUND (Regional) #14 Hawai’i at #3 UCLA (Bridgeport) ......................................... UCLA, 66-50 The 2015-16 Pac-12 women’s basketball historic season will be a memorable #15 Troy at #2 Oregon State (Dallas) ........................................... OSU, 69-40 one, capped by two NCAA Women’s Final Four teams, national recognition #15 New Mexico State at #2 Arizona State (Sioux Falls) ............... ASU, 74-52 across the Conference and seven WNBA picks. Here is what Pac-12 teams accomplished this season: #10 Pennsylvania vs. #7 Washington (Lexington) .......................WASH, 65-53 #13 San Francisco at #4 Stanford (Lexington) ............................STAN, 85-58 • No. 1 RPI in the country by the Pac-12. • 1 national freshman of the year, CALIFORNIA’s Kristine Anigwe earning SECOND ROUND (Regional) the honor from the USBWA. #6 South Florida at #3 UCLA (Bridgeport) ................................. UCLA, 72-67 • 2 NCAA Final Four teams for the first time in Pac-12 history, OREGON #10 St. Bonaventure at #2 Oregon State (Dallas) ......................... OSU, 83-71 STATE and WASHINGTON making their first-ever appearances. #7 Tennessee at #2 Arizona State (Sioux Falls) ...............................UT, 75-64 • 2 WBCA All-Americans in UW’s Kelsey Plum and OSU’s Jamie Weisner. #7 Washington at #2 Maryland (Lexington) ................................WASH, 74-65 • 3 NCAA Elite 8 teams for the first time. #12 South Dakota State at #4 Stanford (Lexington) .....................STAN, 66-65 • 3 Pac-12 players named AP All-Americans and another three earning honorable mention. SWEET SIXTEEN (Regional) • 4 NCAA Sweet 16 teams for the first time in Pac-12 history. #3 UCLA vs.#2 Texas (Bridgeport) ............................................TEXAS, 72-64 • 4 Pac-12 teams ranked in the finalAssociated Press poll, the most ever. #6 DePaul vs. #2 Oregon State (Dallas) ....................................... OSU, 83-71 • 5 NCAA Tournament bids with Pac-12 teams going undefeated in #7 Washington vs. #3 Kentucky (Lexington) ..............................WASH, 85-72 the first round. #4 Stanford vs. #1 Notre Dame (Lexington) ................................STAN, 90-84 • 5 Pac-12 teams ranked in the finalUSA Today/WBCA poll. • 5 Pac-12 players on the NCAA Tournament All-Lexington Region team. ELITE EIGHT (Regional) • 7 WNBA Draft picks, the most since 2002. #6 DePaul vs. #2 Oregon State (Dallas) ....................................... OSU, 60-57 • 8 three-pointers made by WASHINGTON’s Talia Walton against Syracuse, #7 Washington vs. #4 Stanford (Lexington) ................................WASH, 85-76 setting a NCAA Final Four record. • 9 NCAA Tournament wins after the first weekend, tying the Pac-12 NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR • INDIANAPOLIS record for most tournament wins in a season. #1 Connecticut (Bridgeport) vs. #2 Oregon State (Dallas) ........UCONN, 80-51 • 14 NCAA Tournament wins in 2016, a Pac-12 record. #4 Syracuse (Sioux Falls) vs. #7 Washington (Lexington) ..............SYR, 80-59 • 20 postseason wins by Pac-12 teams, six coming in the WNIT. • 29th-consecutive year and 30th overall STANFORD has earned a NCAA Tournament bid. WNIT RESULTS • 425 career blocks by OSU’s Ruth Hamblin, a Pac-12 record and ranked in the top 10 in NCAA history. Montana State at Utah (First Round) ......................................... UTAH, 95-61 • 960 points scored by UW’s Kelsey Plum, the most in the country. Long Beach State at Oregon (First Round) ................................... ORE, 84-76 • 1,712 career rebounds by OREGON’s Jillian Alleyne, setting the Utah at Gonzaga (Second Round) ............................................. UTAH, 92-77 Pac-12 record, ranking third in NCAA history. Fresno State at Oregon (Second Round) ...................................... ORE, 84-59 Utah at Oregon (Third Round) ..................................................... ORE, 73-63 Oregon State claimed its first-ever Pac-12 Tournament title, and shared the Oregon at UTEP (Quarterfinal) ...................................................... ORE 71-67 regular-season crown with Arizona State. The league’s coaches voted OSU’s Oregon at South Dakota (Semifinal) ............................................. USD, 88-54 Jamie Weisner the Pac-12 Player of the Year and Ruth Hamblin the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight year. CALIFORNIA’s Kris- tine Anigwe was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and ARIZONA STATE’s Charli Turner Thorne was voted the John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year. MEDIA SERVICES PAC-12 IN THE POLLS MEDIA CENTER: Visit the Pac-12 media center at pac-12.com/media-center. Click on the sport for ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA filtered news releases from the Conference office TOP-25 (FINAL) TOP-25 (FINAL) and pertinent links. Team Record Points Team Record Points 1. Connecticut (32) 32-0 800 1. Connecticut 38-0 800 2. OREGON STATE 32-5 718 WEEKLY RELEASES: Pac-12 Weekly Releases will 2. Notre Dame 31-1 753 3. Syracuse 30-8 713 be available at the Conference’s official website at 3. South Carolina 31-1 747 4. Baylor 33-1 707 4. Baylor 36-2 680 www.pac-12.com every Tuesday afternoon starting 5. Maryland 30-3 672 5. South Carolina 33-2 666 Nov. 10 and continuing through to the end of the 6. OREGON STATE 28-4 635 6. Notre Dame 33-2 662 season. Weekly releases will include the Pac-12 7. Texas 28-4 595 7. Texas 31-5 599 Player of the Week, updated conference statistics, 8. Louisville 25-7 568 8. WASHINGTON 26-11 536 the latest polls and conference and team notes. Up- 9. Ohio State 24-7 504 9. Maryland 31-4 493 dated stats will be available on the website following 10. UCLA 24-8 475 10. Ohio State 26-8 463 each night of competition. 11. ARIZONA STATE 25-6 443 11. STANFORD 27-8 455 12. Kentucky 23-7 433 12. Florida State 25-8 441 MEDIA GUIDE: The 2015-16 Pac-12 Women’s 13. STANFORD 24-7 390 13. UCLA 26-9 391 Basketball Media Guide is available online only 14. Syracuse 25-7 382 14. Louisville 26-7 377 at www.pac-12.com, visit the women’s bas- 15. Mississippi State 26-7 376 15. Kentucky 25-8 357 ketball page and scroll down to end and click 16. Michigan State 24-8 342 16. ARIZONA STATE 26-7 324 “Media Guide.” Or click on the following link: 17. Florida State 23-7 311 17. DePaul 27-9 298 18. Mississippi State 28-8 297 http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/586845- 18. Texas A&M 21-9 268 19. Tennessee 22-14 NR 2015-16-womens-basketball-media-guide. 19. Miami 24-8 233 20. DePaul 25-8 168 20. Texas A&M 22-10 191 PDF downloading is also available at that link. 21. South Florida 23-9 151 21. Michigan State 25-9 186 22. Colorado State 31-1 135 22. South Florida 24-10 180 EMAIL LIST-SERVE: Media members may request 23. West Virginia 24-9 120 23. Oklahoma 22-11 77 to receive Pac-12 News, Press Releases and Weekly 24. Oklahoma 21-10 73 24. Miami (Fla.) 24-9 71 Releases via email. Media should send an email to 25. Florida 22-8 36 25. West Virginia 25-10 55 [email protected] or [email protected] with the subject “Media News” requesting to be added to the RV: George Washington 20, James Madison 12, RV: Colorado State 42, Duquesne 37, Albany 25, media distribution list. 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