FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \\ Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Contact \\ Jesse Hooker ([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 Arizona State 0 0 - - - 3 0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 Won 3 3-0 - - Colorado 0 0 - - - 2 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 Won 2 2-0 - - #10 Oregon 0 0 - - - 2 0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 2-0 - - Washington 0 0 - - - 2 0 1.000 0-0 0-0 2-0 Won 2 2-0 - - #7 Arizona 0 0 - - - 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 1-0 - - #17 Oregon State 0 0 - - - 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 1-0 - - #2 Stanford 0 0 - - - 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 1-0 - - #9 UCLA 0 0 - - - 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 1-0 - - USC 0 0 - - - 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 1-0 - - Utah 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - Washington State 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - California 0 0 - - - 0 2 .000 0-2 0-0 0-0 Lost 2 0-2 - - PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE ACTION BEGINS THIS WEEK u League play tips off this week starting on Friday with reigning Pac-12 Champion #10 OREGON hosting COLORADO at 2 p.m. PT. #7 ARIZONA hosts #9 UCLA on Friday at 7 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network, giving fans a highly-anticipated top-ten matchup on the first day of conference action. u The Pac-12 once again has five teams ranked in the AP Top-25 poll, with #2 STANFORD, #7 ARIZONA, #9 UCLA and #10 OREGON main- taining their rankings in the week one poll while #17 OREGON STATE moved up one spot. The four teams in the top-ten are the most of any conference in the country. u ARIZONA’s Aari McDonald, STANFORD’s Lexie Hull and Kiana Williams and UCLA’s Michaela Onyenwere have been named to the pres- tigious John R. Wooden Preseason Top 30 Watch List this week. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college basketball, which has been bestowed to a Pac-12 student-athlete in three of the past four seasons (OREGON’s Sabrina Ionescu in 2020 and 2019 and WASHINGTON’s Kelsey Plum in 2017). UPCOMING SCHEDULE NON-CONFERENCE DOMINANCE Pac-12 Women’s Basketball started strong in non-conference play, going 12-2 Friday, December 4 (.857) against countable NCAA Division I opponents to begin the 2020-21 Colorado at #10 Oregon .................. P12N ........................2 p.m. PT campaign. The Conference of Champions has posted an .800-or-better non- Washington State at #2 Stanford ...... P12N ........................4 p.m. PT conference win percentage in three of the last four seasons, leading to the USC at RV Arizona State .................. P12AZ & P12LA .......5 p.m. MT Pac-12 being the No. 1 RPI league in three of the past five years. Washington at California .................. P12BA & P12WA ......6 p.m. PT #9 UCLA at #7 Arizona .................... P12N .......................7 p.m. MT THE GOAT #2 STANFORD head coach Tara VanDerveer is just three victories away from Sunday, December 6 tying Pat Summitt for most career victories in NCAA women’s basketball history. Utah at #10 Oregon ........................ P12N ......................11 a.m. PT VanDerveer is beginning her 42nd season as a head coach and has 1,095 total USC at #7 Arizona ........................... Live Stream ..............1 p.m. MT wins, and four more than UConn’s Geno Auriemma. Washington at #2 Stanford .............. P12BA & P12WA ......1 p.m. PT #9 UCLA at RV Arizona State ........... P12AZ & P12LA .......2 p.m. MT PRESEASON BRACKETOLOGY Washington State at California ......... TBD .................................. TBD ESPN’s Charlie Creme’s preseason bracketology had seven Pac-12 teams in Colorado at #17 Oregon State .......... P12MT & P12OR ......5 p.m. PT the 2021 NCAA Tournament, tied for the second most selections of any other league. Creme has STANFORD earning the No. 1 seed, ARIZONA tabbed as a Tuesday, December 8 No. 2 seed, and OREGON and UCLA each at No. 3. OREGON STATE is select- Denver at Colorado .......................... TBD .........................6 p.m. MT ed as a No. 5 seed (College Park), ARIZONA STATE as a No. 7 seed (Sarkville), Portland State at #10 Oregon .......... TBD .................................. TBD and USC at No. 9 (Storrs). If it holds, the No. 1 seed would be the first for the Utah at #17 Oregon State ................ TBD .................................. TBD Conference since 2013, and the seven selections would be the tied for the most ever in league history (The Pac-12 had seven teams in the 1995, 1997, 1998, * Game times local to site; Live stream of contests is available at pac-12.com. 2006 and 2017 tournaments). Rankings listed are AP. All games, tip times & TV broadcasts are subject to change. For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/ u The Pac-12 Conference has partnered with StatBroadcast for all 12 member schedule schools to utilize its software for Media Stats display for all men’s & women’s basket- ball games for the 2020-21 seasons. All games can be sorted by date, school and sport at: pac12.statbroadcast.com PAC-12 IN THE WEEKLY RANKINGS AP (media)/USA Today (coaches) ARIZ ASU CAL COLO ORE OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU PRE 7/8 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 10/9 18/17 2/2 9/10 RV/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 1 7/- RV/- nr/- nr/- 10/- 17/- 2/- 9/- nr/- nr/- nr/- nr/- PAC-12 IN THE POLLS PRESEASON POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA PAC-12 COACHES POLL TOP-25 (Preseason) 1. Stanford (10) 120 TOP-25 (Week 1) 2. Arizona (2) 103 Team Record Points Team Record Points 2. Oregon 103 1 South Carolina (29) 3-0 749 1 South Carolina 0-0 799 4. UCLA 88 2 Stanford (1) 1-0 704 2 Stanford 0-0 740 5. Oregon State 83 3 Connecticut 0-0 689 3 Connecticut 0-0 732 6. USC 69 4 Baylor 1-0 665 4 Baylor 0-0 702 7. Arizona State 61 5 Louisville 2-0 607 5 Louisville 0-0 663 8. Utah 52 6 Mississippi State 1-0 586 6 NC State 0-0 601 9. Colorado 43 7 Arizona 1-0 566 7 Mississippi State 0-0 567 10. California 31 8 NC State 2-0 564 8 Arizona 0-0 548 11. Washington 24 9 UCLA 1-0 494 9 Oregon 0-0 539 12. Washington State 15 10 Oregon 1-0 477 10 UCLA 0-0 535 11 Kentucky 2-0 466 11 Maryland 0-0 456 PAC-12 MEDIA POLL 12 Texas A&M 2-0 412 12 Kentucky 0-0 451 1. Stanford (10) 120 13 Indiana 1-0 342 13 Texas A&M 0-0 377 2. Arizona (2) 103 14 Maryland 2-1 327 14 Arkansas 0-0 360 2. Oregon 103 15 Northwestern 0-0 289 15 Indiana 0-0 347 4. UCLA 88 16 Arkansas 3-1 265 16 Northwestern 0-0 287 5. Oregon State 83 17 Oregon State 1-0 256 17 Oregon St. 0-0 281 6. USC 69 18 Gonzaga 0-1 193 18 Iowa State 0-0 253 7. Arizona State 61 19 Ohio State 1-0 189 19 DePaul 0-0 219 8. Utah 52 20 DePaul 0-1 187 20 Gonzaga 0-0 192 9. Colorado 43 21 Missouri State 2-1 153 21 Syracuse 0-0 149 10. California 31 22 Syracuse 1-0 142 22 Ohio St. 0-0 135 11. Washington 24 23 Iowa State 1-1 128 23 Notre Dame 0-0 104 12. Washington State 15 24 Michigan 2-0 110 24 Michigan 0-0 84 25 Texas 2-0 65 25 Missouri St. 0-0 76 RV: South Dakota State 31, North Carolina 24, RV: Texas 72; South Dakota 25; Florida State 23; South Dakota 20, Notre Dame 20, Arizona State Iowa 13; North Carolina 11; ARIZONA STATE 11; 10, Wake Forest 9, Ohio 6, South Florida 1, Bos- South Florida 9; Rutgers 7; Middle Tennessee St. 7; ton College 1, Tennessee 1, Rutgers 1, Duke 1 Virginia Tech 6; Tennessee 4; Princeton 3; Florida Gulf Coast 3; Brigham Young 3; South Dakota State 2; James Madison 2; Tenn-Martin 1; Louisiana State 1. 2 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE (12/1/20) PAC-12 vs. OTHER CONFERENCES 2021 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL America East .............................................. 0-0 American Athletic ....................................... 0-0 TOURNAMENT Atlantic Coast ............................................. 0-0 MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER Atlantic Sun ............................................... 0-0 Atlantic 10 ................................................. 1-0 LAS VEGAS, NEV. Big East ..................................................... 0-0 THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 4-7 Big Sky ...................................................... 1-0 After a successful second year in Las Vegas, the 20th-annual Pac-12 Big South ................................................... 0-0 Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life, returns Big Ten ...................................................... 0-0 to the Mandalay Bay Events Center from March 4-7, 2021. Big 12 ........................................................ 0-0 The tournament made its debut in 2002 and has been held annu- Big West .................................................... 2-1 ally since. The University of Oregon campus played host the first sea- Colonial Athletic ......................................... 0-0 son. The Conference’s premier women’s sporting event then moved Conference USA .......................................