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>> Six Pac-12 teams are ranked in the latest AP Top-25 poll: No. 4 Stanford, No. 7 USC, No. 8 UCLA, No. 11 Oregon State, No. 13 Colorado, and No. 18 Utah.
>> NET rankings (through games 2/27): No. 4 Stanford, No. 5 UCLA, No. 7 Utah, No. 11 USC, No. 16 Colorado, No. 19 Oregon State, No. 25 Washington State, No. 33 Arizona, No. 49 Washington, No. 63 California, No. 93 Oregon and No. 111 Arizona State.
>> Eight Pac-12 teams have multiple AP Top-25 wins this year. UCLA’s seven are the most nationally. Oregon State and USC each have five, including three versus top-10 opponents.
>> Stanford clinched at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title on Sunday for the 27th time in program history. The Cardinal controls its own destiny and can secure the outright crown and the No. 1-seed in the Pac-12 Tournament with one win this weekend.
>> Eight Pac-12 players were named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year Award Watchlist: Colorado’s Jaylyn Sherrod, Oregon State’s Raegan Beers, Stanford’s Cameron Brink & Kiki Iriafen, UCLA’s Lauren Betts & Charisma Osborne, USC’s JuJu Watkins, and Utah’s Alissa Pili. >> The eight selections are tied with the ACC for the most of any other conference. >> The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women’s national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale’s honor in the 2011-12 season.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)
CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings)
2023-24 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva
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