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36 // 2014-15 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE // REVIEW CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 5 TOP 25 Stanford* % 17 1 .944 9-0 8-1 33 4 .892 16-0 11-2 6-2 L1 4-1 9-2 California # 13 5 .722 6-3 7-2 22 10 .688 11-4 8-3 3-3 L1 4-1 3-6 Oregon State # 13 5 .722 9-0 4-5 24 11 .686 14-1 6-5 4-5 L1 3-2 2-4 Arizona State # 11 7 .611 8-1 3-6 23 10 .697 14-1 5-7 4-2 L1 1-4 3-3 USC^ # 11 7 .611 5-4 6-3 22 13 .629 8-6 8-5 6-2 L1 4-1 2-6 Washington $ 10 8 .556 5-4 5-4 20 14 .588 11-5 7-7 2-2 L1 3-2 3-2 Washington State $ 9 9 .500 5-4 5-5 17 17 .500 8-6 6-9 3-2 L1 2-3 4-4 UCLA 7 11 .389 4-5 3-6 13 18 .419 7-6 5-8 1-4 L1 2-3 1-7 Colorado $ 6 12 .333 3-6 3-6 19 15 .559 12-6 6-8 1-1 L1 3-2 0-6 Oregon $ 6 12 .333 5-4 1-8 16 16 .500 14-5 2-10 0-1 L1 3-2 0-4 Utah 4 14 .222 2-7 2-7 12 19 .387 7-8 4-8 1-3 L1 1-4 0-4 Arizona 1 17 .056 1-8 0-9 5 25 .172 4-10 1-13 0-2 L7 1-4 1-4 * Pac-12 regular-season champion; ^ Pac-12 Tournament champion; % NCAA Final Four participant; # NCAA Tournament participant; $ WNIT participant PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Nov. 12 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Nov. 18 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Nov. 25 PLAYER: Atonye Nyingifa, UCLA FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Dec. 2 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Sophie Brunner, ASU Dec. 9 PLAYER: Arielle Roberson, COLO FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Dec. 16 PLAYER: Michelle Plouffe, UTAH FRESHMAN: Emily Potter, UTAH Dec. 23 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Dec. 30 PLAYER: Nirra Fields, UCLA FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Jan. 6 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Jan. 13 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Sydney Wiese, OSU Jan. 20 PLAYER: Cassie Harberts, USC FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Jan. 27 PLAYER: Jillian Alleyne, ORE FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Feb. 3 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Chrishae Rowe, ORE Feb. 10 PLAYER: Reshanda Gray, CAL FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Feb. 17 PLAYER: Tia Presley, WSU FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Feb. 24 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Kelsey Plum, WASH Mar. 3 PLAYER: Chiney Ogwumike, STAN FRESHMAN: Sydney Wiese OSU The Pac-12 saw five teams earn NCAA Tournament bids -- the most since 2006 -- while nine total teams partici- pated in postseason play, a Pac-12 record. STANFORD returned to the NCAA Women's Final Four after a one-year absence to make its sixth appearance in the last seven years and marking the Pac-12's seventh-straight national semifinal appearance. The Cardinal earned its 14th-straight Pac-12 regular-season crown, but failed to make the Pac -12 Tournament Championship game for the first time in the event's history after USC pulled off the upset in the semifinals. The Trojans went on to claim the Pac-12 Tournament crown, defeating OREGON STATE, making it the first time a team had won the title after playing four games in four days. The Trojans made their first appearnace in the NCAA Tournament since 2006, while league tournament runner-up OSU also earned its first berth since 1996. Also joining the duo were STANFORD, CALIFORNIA and ARIZONA STATE. A three-time consensus All-American, STANFORD's Chiney Ogwumike was voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year, as well as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year for the third-straight year. Also named the Pac-12 Scholar- Athlete of the Year, Ogwumike became the first-ever Pac-12 player to be named John R. Wooden National PLayer of the Year. WASHINGTON's Kelsey Plum was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. STANFORD head coach Tara VanDerveer was named the John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the 14th time in 27 years at the helm. VanDerveer also became just the fifth women's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach 900 wins. The Pac-12 also boasted the nation's leading rebounder in Oregon sophomore Jillian Alleyne, who collected a Pac-12 single-season best 476 (16.2 rpg) rebounds, as well as the top-two scoring freshmen in the nation in UO's Chrishae Rowe (21.6 ppg) and Plum (20.9). Alleyne and CALIFORNIA's Brittany Boyd were tabbed Associated Press honorable mention selections. OSU head coach Scott Rueck was named WBCA Region 8 Coach of the Year for leading the Beavers to one of their best seasons in program history. Also of note in 2013-14, Ogwumike broke the all-time scoring record held by former Stanford star Candice Wiggins as she finished her career with 2,737 points in addition to breaking the career rebounding record with 1567 rebounds and the record for career field goals made, finishing with 1,100 total. She became the third player in Pac-12 history (Sister Nneka Ogwumike was the second, drafted No. 1 in 2012) to be selected as the number one overall pick in the WNBA draft, going to the Connecticut Sun. The Conference's five selections in the draft were the most since 2007. 2013-14 FINAL PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND ARIZONA STATE 68, Vanderbilt 61 (Toledo, Ohio) CALIFORNIA 64, Fordham 63 (Waco, Texas) St. John's 71, USC 68 (Knoxville, Tenn.) OREGON STATE 55, Middle Tennessee 36 (Seattle, Wash.) STANFORD 81, South Dakota 62 (Ames, Iowa) SECOND ROUND Notre Dame 84, ARIZONA STATE 67 (Toledo, Ohio) Baylor 75, CALIFORNIA 56 (Waco, Texas) South Carolina 78, OREGON STATE 69 (Seattle, Wash.) STANFORD 63, Florida State 44 (Ames, Iowa) SWEET SIXTEEN STANFORD 82, Penn State 57 (Stanford, Calif.) ELITE EIGHT STANFORD 74, North Carolina 65 (Stanford, Calif.) FINAL FOUR Connecticut 75, STANFORD 56 (Nahsville, Tenn.) WNIT FIRST ROUND COLORADO 78, TCU 71 (Boulder, Colo.) OREGON 90, Pacific 63 (Eugene, Ore.) WASHINGTON 67, Hawaii 50 (Seattle, Wash.) Montana 90, WASHINGTON STATE 78 (Bozeman, Mont.) SECOND ROUND COLORADO 79, Southern Utah 68 (Boulder, Colo.) WASHINGTON 93, OREGON 85 (Seattle, Wash.) THIRD ROUND UTEP 68, COLORADO 60 (El Paso, Texas) WASHINGTON 62, San Diego 55 (Seattle, Wash.) QUARTERFINAL ROUND UTEP 70, WASHINGTON 63 (El Paso, Texas) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Kelsey Plum Washington PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Chiney Ogwumike Stanford JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR Tara VanDerveer Stanford FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS AP WBCA Stanford ............................... 6 ................... 3 California ........................... 24 ................. 20 USC ................................... 25 ................. RV Oregon State ...................... RV ................. 25 Arizona State ...................... RV ................. RV POSTSEASON RESULTS 2013-14 REVIEW