The NCAA’s begin

Stanford has won 31 games already, just 6 more to go. A 31-1 record made Stanford a # 1 seed and in the Fresno region. The first game is against Hampton at 10:30 AM PDT, on ESPN 2. Monday, if we win, we play either West Virginia or Texas, who we beat earlier this season at 4PM PDT on Monday. If all goes well we move to Fresno for Saturday-Monday games, hopefully.

Hampton is an unranked team and a 16 seed. However they are located very close to Norfork, where we play this weekend. West Virginia is an 8 seed, ranked # 25 and 30in the 2 polls and have an RPI of 39 (Stanford is 2). West Virginia has a record of 23-9. Texas is unranked with an PRI of 54 and a record of 18-13.

The top ranked teams in our Fresno Regional, are # 2 seed Duke, RPI 10, # 3 seed St John’s RPI 11 and # 4 seed Purdue, RPI 15.

Cal is the only other Pac 12 team in the Tournament. They play Iowa for the right to play Notre Dame. The only other west coast schools are San Diego State, Gonzaga, and Fresno State.

The WNIT has expanded to 64 teams. Pac 12 teams are:
Oregon State
Washington
Utah
ASU
Colorado

Other Western Teams are:
St Mary’s
UNLV
Cal Poly Pacific
USD
CS Northridge

The Pac 12 Tournament is moving to Seattle starting next season and for 3 years. Then maybe another locale or maybe stay. The Tournament will start one week earlier for the Women that it has in the past. With the condensed Schedule the Rival schools will play each other twice in the same week.

The PAC 12 Tournament

Here is the Coaches All Pac 12 team:

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
Jazmine Davis Washington G Fr. San Jose, Calif.
Layshia Clarendon California G Jr. San Bernardino, Calif.
Ashley Corral*** USC G Sr. Vancouver, Wash.
Rebekah Gardner UCLA G Sr. Upland, Calif.
Briana Gilbreath**** USC G Sr. Katy, Texas
Chucky Jeffery Colorado G Jr. Colorado Spring, Colo.
Amanda Johnson Oregon F Sr. Santa Rosa, Calif.
Toni Kokenis Stanford G So. Oak Brook, Ill.
Earlysia Marchbanks Oregon State G Sr. Salem, Ore.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike*** Stanford F Sr. Cypress, Texas
Chiney Ogwumike** Stanford F So. Cypress, Texas
Regina Rogers Washington C R-Sr. Seattle, Wash.
Markel Walker UCLA G/F Jr. Philadelphia, Pa.
Davellyn Whyte*** Arizona G Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.
Taryn Wicijowski Utah F R-So. Regina, Saskatchewan
**two-time All-Pac-12 honoree; ***three-time All-Pac-12 honoree; ****four-time All-Pac-12 honoree
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Kali Bennet (ASU, R-Sr., C/F); Brittany Boyd (CAL, Fr., G); Gennifer Brandon (CAL, R-So., F); Kimberly Brandon (ASU, Sr., G/F); Cassie Harberts (USC, So., F); Jasmin Holliday (ORE, Sr., G/F); Ali Gibson (OSU, Fr., G); Thea Lemberger (UCLA, So., G); Deja Mann (ASU, Jr., G); Jazmine Perkins (WSU, Sr., G); Michelle Plouffe (UTAH, So., F).

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Name School Pos. Hometown
Brittany Boyd California G Berkeley, Calif.
Ariya Crook USC F Los Angeles, Calif.
Jazmine Davis Washington G San Jose, Calif.
Ali Gibson Oregon State G Woodridge, Calif.
Reshanda Gray California F Los Angeles, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Taylor Greendfield (STAN, F); Lexy Kresl (COLO, G); Amber Orrange (STAN, G); Jen Reese (COLO, F); Aley Rohde (ARIZ, C).

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
Kali Bennett Arizona State C/F Sr. Ventura, Calif.
Patricia Bright Oregon State F/C Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.
Briana Gilbreath*** USC G Sr. Katy, Texas
Chucky Jeffery Colorado G Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo.
Chiney Ogwumike** Stanford F So. Cypress, Texas
**two-time All-Defensive team honoree; ***three-time All-Defensive team honoree
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Janita Badon (UTAH, Sr., G); Charmaine Barlow (WASH, Sr., F); Brittany Boyd (CAL, Fr., G); Kimberly Brandon (ASU, Sr., G/F); Toni Kokenis (STAN, So., G); Deja Mann (ASU, Jr., G); Christina Marinacci (USC, So., F); Carly Noyes (WSU, Jr., C); Nnemkadi Ogwumike (STAN, Sr., F); Eliza Pierre (CAL, Jr., G); Jazmine Perkins (WSU, Sr., G).
PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - NNEMKADI OGWUMIKE, SR., F, STANFORD

Coach of the Year: Tara
Defensive Player of the Year: Chiney
Frosh of the Year: Jazmine Davis, Washington

Here are the final Standings:
Standings Conference Overall
Stanford 18-0 1.000 28-1 .966
California 13-5 .752 22-8 .722
USC 12-6 .667 18-11 .621
Arizona St. 10-8 .556 19-10 .655
Oregon St. 9-9 .500 18-11 .621
UCLA 9-9 .500 14-15 .483
Washington 8-10 .444 16-12 .571
Utah 8-10 .444 15-14 .517
Oregon 7-11 .389 15-15 .500
Colorado 6-12 .333 17-12 .586
Washington St. 5-13 .278 11-19 .367
Arizona 3-15 .167 14-16 .467


The Bracket for the Pac 12 Tournament with TV times. Sadly it appears no TV again for Wednesday or Thursday.
Wednesday, March 7 • First Round
Gm 1: #8 Washington vs. #9 Oregon 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 2: #5 UCLA vs. #12 Arizona 2:15 p.m. PT
Gm. 3: #7 Utah vs. #10 Colorado 5 p.m. PT
Gm. 4: #6 Oregon State vs. #11 Washington State 7:15 p.m. PT
live stream: YouTube.com/Pac12Conf

Thursday, March 8 • Quarterfinals
Gm. 5: #1 Stanford vs. Winner 8/9 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 6: #4 Arizona State vs. Winner 5/12 2:15 p.m. PT
Gm. 7: #2 California vs. Winner 7/10 5 p.m. PT
Gm. 8: #3 USC vs. Winner 6/11 7:15 p.m. PT
live stream: YouTube.com/Pac12Conf

Friday, March 9 • Semifinals
Gm. 9: Gm. 5 Winner vs. Gm. 6 Winner (FSN) 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 10: Gm. 7 Winner vs. Gm. 8 Winner (FSN) 2:30 p.m. PT

Saturday, March 10 • Championship
Gm. 11: Championship Game (FSN) 11:30 a.m. PT
FSN - indicates Fox Sports Net