Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Weekly Rundown – February 21, 2024

February 21, 2024 News, Pac 12 Basketball

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>>  Latest AP Top-25 poll: No. 3 Stanford, No. 7 USC, No. 9 Oregon State, No. 11 Colorado, No. 12 UCLA and No. 18 Utah.
   >> The Pac-12 has placed five or more teams in the AP Top-25 in every poll this season.

>>  NET rankings (through games 2/19): No. 2 Stanford, No. 6 Utah, No. 7 UCLA, No. 11 USC, No. 16 Colorado, No. 18 Oregon State, No. 25 Washington State, No. 42 Arizona, No. 53 Washington, No. 61 California, No. 92 Oregon and No. 114 Arizona State.

>>  The Pac-12 had five teams selected in the first NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Top-16 reveal of the season last week: No. 1-seeds Stanford (No. 2 overall) and Colorado (No. 4 overall), No. 2-seed UCLA (No. 7 overall) and No. 3-seeds USC (No. 9 overall) and Oregon State (No. 11 overall).
   >> The five selections are the most of any other conference.

>>  Five Pac-12 coaches were named to the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Watch List: Colorado’s JR Payne, Oregon State’s Scott Rueck, Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, UCLA’s Cori Closeand USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb.

>>  Stanford can clinch at least a share of the 2023-24 Pac-12 regular-season title with victories this Friday and Sunday.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)

Thursday, February 22NetworkTimeTalent
No. 18 Utah at No. 12 UCLAESPN6:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. MTRyan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe
Friday, February 23   
Arizona State at CaliforniaPac-12 Arizona7 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. MTTracy Warren & Angela Taylor
Arizona at No. 3 StanfordPac-12 Bay Area7 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. MTKrista Blunk & Mary Murphy
No. 11 Colorado at No. 7 USCPac-12 Network, Pac-12 Los Angeles, Pac-12 Mountain7 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. MTAnn Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
No. 9 Oregon State at Washington StatePac-12 Oregon7 p.m. PTGreg Heister & Stephanie Hawk-Freeman
Oregon at WashingtonPac-12 Washington7 p.m. PTElise Woodward & Alyssa Charlston
Sunday, February 25
Arizona State at No. 3 StanfordPac-12 Bay Area12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MTTracy Warren & Angela Taylor
Arizona at CaliforniaPac-12 Arizona12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MTKrista Blunk & Mary Murphy
No. 9 Oregon State at WashingtonPac-12 Oregon12 p.m. PTElise Woodward & Alyssa Charlston
Oregon at Washington StatePac-12 Washington12 p.m. PTGreg Heister & Stephanie Hawk-Freeman
No. 18 Utah at No. 7 USCPac-12 Network, Pac-12 Los Angeles, Pac-12 Mountain12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MTAnn Schatz & Tammy Blackburn
Monday, February 26   
No. 11 Colorado at No. 12 UCLAESPN26 p.m. PTBeth Mowins & Stephanie White

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings)

TeamsPac-12 RecordOverall Record
No. 3 Stanford12-223-3
No. 9 Oregon State10-421-4
No. 7 USC10-420-4
No. 11 Colorado10-420-5
No. 9 UCLA9-520-5
No. 18 Utah9-519-7
Arizona6-814-12
Washington State5-916-11
California5-915-11
Washington3-1113-12
Arizona State3-1111-15
Oregon2-1211-16

2023-24 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva

 Player of the WeekFreshman of the Week
Nov. 13Aaronette Vonleh, COLOJuJu Watkins, USC
Nov. 20Cameron Brink, STANJuJu Watkins, USC
Nov. 27Cameron Brink, STANJuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 4JuJu Watkins, USCJuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 11Alissa Pili, UTAHJuJu Watkins, USC
Dec. 18Kailyn Gilbert, ARIZJenna Villa, WSU
Dec. 26McKenzie Forbes, USCJuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 2Jaylyn Sherrod, COLOJuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 8Cameron Brink, STANJuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 15Raegan Beers, OSUJuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 22Kiki Iriafen, STANJuJu Watkins, USC
Jan. 29Cameron Brink, STANDonovyn Hunter, OSU
Feb. 5JuJu Watkins, USCJuJu Watkins, USC
Feb. 12Raegan Beers, OSUJuJu Watkins, USC
Feb. 19JuJu Watkins, USCJuJu Watkins, USC

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