For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Heather Ward ([email protected]) 2018-19 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 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 31 4 .886 16-1 12-2 3-1 W2 4-1 2-2 8-2 Stanford 15 3 .833 8-1 7-2 30 4 .882 15-1 10-3 5-0 W11 5-0 4-1 6-2 Oregon State 14 4 .778 8-1 4-3 26 7 .788 17-1 6-3 3-3 W2 3-2 1-2 4-5 UCLA 12 6 .667 5-4 5-4 22 12 .647 11-5 9-3 2-4 W2 4-1 2-5 7-7 Arizona State 10 7 .588 6-3 4-4 22 10 .688 11-4 7-4 4-2 W2 3-2 2-6 4-7 Utah 9 9 .500 6-3 3-6 20 10 .667 13-3 5-6 2-1 L3 2-3 1-2 1-5 California 9 9 .500 7-3 1-6 20 13 .606 9-5 7-7 3-1 L1 3-2 1-5 2-8 Arizona 7 11 .389 5-4 2-7 20 13 .606 13-5 4-7 3-1 W2 3-2 0-7 2-8 USC 7 11 .389 5-4 2-7 17 13 .567 10-4 6-8 1-1 L1 2-3 0-5 1-9 Washington State 4 14 .222 4-3 1-10 9 21 .300 6-9 1-10 2-2 L5 0-5 0-5 0-8 Washington 2 15 .118 1-7 1-8 11 21 .344 6-9 2-9 3-3 L1 2-3 0-7 1-8 Colorado 2 16 .111 2-7 0-9 12 18 .400 10-7 1-10 1-1 L4 1-4 0-3 0-8 LEAGUE-RECORD TYING FIVE PAC-12 2016. UCLA was ranked for the frst time this season on Feb. 26 and ends at No. 20, the fourth-straight year the Bruins are in the fnal top 25. Five teams TEAMS ADVANCE TO NCAA SWEET 16 also appear in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches poll. • For the second time in three years, fve Pac-12 teams advance to the NCAA Sweet 16, the most Sweet 16 teams of any conference in the 2019 tournament. It also NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE marking the fourth-straight year at least four Pac-12 teams have advanced that far. ALBANY REGIONAL Friday, March 29 • Sweet 16 • Six Pac-12 teams earned NCAA Tournament bids marking the sixth-consec- #6 UCLA (22-12) vs. #2 Connecticut (33-2) ................ ESPN ................. 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET utive year the Conference sent at least fve to the Big Dance, and one more is #4 OREGON STATE (26-7) vs. #1 Louisville (31-3) ...... ESPN ................. 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET participating in the WNIT. Since 2016, the Pac-12 boasts the most wins (52) Sunday, March 31 • Elite Eight and best winning percentage (.732) in the NCAA Tournament of any confer- First round game winners, TBA ence during that span. PORTLAND REGIONAL • The Pac-12 is 11-1 in the tournament, the best record for a conference that Friday, March 29 • Sweet 16 has played at least 10 early-round games since 1997, according to ESPN Stats #5 ARIZONA STATE (22-10) vs. #1 Mississippi St. (32-2) ESPN2 .............. 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET #6 South Dakota State (28-6) vs. #2 OREGON (31-4).. ESPN2 ............ 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET & Info, and the second-best all-time. Pac-12 teams went a perfect 6-0 in the Sunday, March 31 • Elite Eight frst round, the third time in four years the Conference was perfect in the frst First round game winners, TBA round. The Pac-12 is 23-1 since 2016 in the opening round. CHICAGO REGIONAL • OREGON (No. 2/Portland), OREGON STATE (No. 4/Albany) and STANFORD Saturday, March 30 • Sweet 16 (No. 2/Chicago) each received a top-16 seed and advanced to the NCAA Sweet #4 Texas A&M (26-7) vs. #1 Notre Dame (32-3).......... ESPN2 .............. 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET 16. Joining the trio are ARIZONA STATE (No. 5/Portland) and UCLA (No. 6/ #11 Missouri State (25-9) vs. #2 STANFORD (30-4) .... ESPN2 .............. 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET Albany) who each pulled off upsets to get to the round of 16. All but ASU has Sunday, April 1 • Elite Eight advanced that far the last three seasons, while ASU is back for the frst time First round game winners, TBA since 2015. Stanford is making its 12th-consecutive trip to the Sweet 16, and OSU and UCLA are making their fourth-straight trips. NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS FIRST ROUND (Regional) • Heading to the third round of the WNIT, ARIZONA is in the postseason for the frst #4 OREGON STATE vs. #13 Boise State (Albany) .........................................OSU, 80-75 (OT) time since 2011. The Wildcats’ picked up their frst postseason win since 2005. #6 UCLA vs. #11 Tennessee (Albany) ......................................................... UCLA, 89-77 #2 STANFORD vs. #15 UC Davis (Chicago) ................................................ STAN, 79-54 • Pac-12 regular-season champion Oregon equalled its best-ever seeding, #8 CALIFORNIA vs. #9 North Carolina (Greensboro) ..............................................CAL, 92-72 and league tournament champion Stanford is making its 32nd-consecutive #2 OREGON vs. #15 Portland State (Portland) .............................................. ORE, 78-40 appearance and 33rd all-time. OSU extended its NCAA Tournament appear- #5 ARIZONA STATE vs. #12 Central Florida (Albany) .................................... ASU, 60-45 ance streak to a progra-record six-consecutive years. ASU is also making a sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and UCLA is in the tournament SECOND ROUND (Regional) for the fourth year in a row. CALIFORNIA advanced to the second round before #4 OREGON STATE vs. #5 Gonzaga (Albany) .......................................................OSU, 76-70 #6 UCLA vs. #3 Maryland (Albany) ............................................................. UCLA, 85-80 being knocked out. It was their seventh tournament appearance in the last #2 STANFORD vs. #7 BYU (Chicago) ......................................................... STAN, 72-63 eight years for the Golden Bears. #8 CALIFORNIA vs. #1 Baylor (Greensboro) ......................................................... BAY, 102-63 #2 OREGON vs. #10 Indiana (Portland) ........................................................ ORE, 91-68 • Eight Pac-12 teams have recorded 20-win campaigns, the most for any confer- #5 ARIZONA STATE vs. #4 Miami (Fla.) (Albany) .......................................... ASU, 57-55 ence. The Pac-12 is also one of two conferences with two 30-win teams. • For the frst time ever, fve teams appear in the Associated Press fnal poll. WNIT SCHEDULE/RESULTS The writers’ ranked the Cardinal and the Ducks at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, Idaho State at ARIZONA (First Round) ......................................................... ARIZ, 66-56 extending the Conference’s streak with two top-10 ranked teams in the fnal Pacifc at ARIZONA (First Round) ................................................................ ARIZ, 64-48 poll to fve-consecutive years. The Beavs are No. 11 for their ffth-straight top- 15 fnal AP ranking and ASU appears in the fnal poll for the frst time since Thursday, March 28 • Third Round Idaho at ARIZONA .............................................................................6:30 p.m. PT/MST 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 (3/18) and pertinent links. Team Record Points Team Record Points 1. Baylor (28) 31-1 700 1. Baylor (32) 31-1 800 WEEKLY RELEASES: Pac-12 Weekly Releases will 2. Connecticut 31-2 665 2. Connecticut 31-2 764 be available at the Conference’s official website at 3. Notre Dame 30-3 648 3. Notre Dame 30-3 733 www.pac-12.com starting Thursday, Nov. 2 and 4. Mississippi State 30-2 614 4. Mississippi State 30-2 705 then every Tuesday afternoon starting Nov. 6 and 5. Louisville 29-3 579 5. Louisville 29-3 670 continuing through to the end of the season. Weekly 6. STANFORD 28-4 568 6. STANFORD 28-4 641 releases will include the Pac-12 Player of the Week 7. OREGON 29-4 531 7. OREGON 29-4 601 and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, updated confer- 8. Iowa 26-6 509 8. Iowa 26-6 585 ence statistics, the latest polls and conference and 9. Maryland 28-4 456 9. Maryland 28-4 541 team notes. Updated stats will be available on the 10. NC State 26-5 450 10. NC State 26-5 503 website following each night of competition. 11. OREGON STATE 24-7 376 11. OREGON STATE 24-7 442 12. Syracuse 24-8 324 12. Syracuse 24-8 395 MEDIA GUIDE: The 2018-19 Pac-12 Women’s 13. Iowa State 25-8 369 Basketball Media Guide is available online only 13. Iowa State 25-8 312 14. Gonzaga 28-4 332 at www.pac-12.com, visit the women’s bas- 14. Texas A&M 24-7 301 15. Miami 24-8 327 ketball page and scroll down to end and click 15. South Carolina 21-9 291 16. Marquette 26-7 321 “Media Guide.” Or click on the following link: 16. Gonzaga 28-4 284 17. Kentucky 24-7 294 https://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1037804- 17. Kentucky 24-7 261 2018-19-womens-basketball-media-guide. 18. Marquette 26-7 259 18.