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2015-16 Women's Basketball Media Guide

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36 2015-16 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE // REVIEW 2014-15 REVIEW PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Nov. 17 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Joeseta Fatuesi, UTAH Nov. 24 PLAYER: Lili Thompson, STAN FRESHMAN: Mikayla Cowling, CAL Dec. 1 PLAYER: Jazmine Davis, WASH FRESHMAN: Kaylee Johnson, STAN Dec. 8 PLAYER: Brittany Boyd, CAL FRESHMAN: Brianna Ruiz, WASH Dec. 15 PLAYER: Tia Presley, WSU FRESHMAN: Kaylee Johnson, STAN Dec. 22 PLAYER: Ruth Hamblin, OSU FRESHMAN: Lexi Bando, ORE Dec. 29 PLAYER: Bonnie Samuelson, STAN FRESHMAN: Jordin Canada, UCLA Jan. 5 PLAYER: Promise Amukamara, ASU FRESHMAN: McKenzie Calvert, STAN Jan. 12 PLAYER: Sophie Brunner, ASU FRESHMAN: Jordin Canada, UCLA Jan. 19 PLAYER: Ruth Hamblin, OSU FRESHMAN: Jordin Canada, UCLA Jan. 26 PLAYER: Jamie Weisner, OSU FRESHMAN: Mikayla Cowling, CAL Feb. 2 PLAYER: Jillian Alleyne, ORE FRESHMAN: Tanaeya Boclair, UTAH Feb. 9 PLAYER: Candice Warthen, ARIZ FRESHMAN: Gabby Green, CAL Feb. 16 PLAYER: Sydney Wiese, OSU FRESHMAN: Kaylee Johnson, STAN Feb. 23 PLAYER: Promise Amukamara, ASU FRESHMAN: Brittany McPhee, STAN Mar. 2 PLAYER: Jillian Alleyne, ORE FRESHMAN: Jordin Canada, UCLA The Pac-12 closed another successful chapter in its women's basketball history with another history-making sea- son. OREGON STATE captured the program's first-ever Pac-12 regular-season crown, while STANFORD claimed its 11th Conference tournament title. Five Pac-12 teams earned NCAA Tournament berths for the second-con- secutive year, while two more participated in the WNIT including UCLA claiming the WNIT title. Four players were tabbed Associated Press second- or third-team All-Americans and four were selected in the WNBA Draft. Four Pac-12 teams appeared in the final top-25 polls. NCAA Sweet Sixteen participant ARIZONA STATE ended the season ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 2008-09, ranking No. 9 by the AP poll and No. 8 in the WBCA Coaches poll. It was also the first time since 2006-07 the Sun Devils were in the top 10 in the final polls. OSU was No. 10, its first time in the final polling since 1995-96, and No. 13 in the coaches poll. The Cardinal was No. 14 in both, and CALIFORNIA was tabbed No. 24 by the writers. It marked only the third time in league history four teams were in the final AP poll. Cal's Brittany Boyd earned second-team AP All-America honors and was selected a member of the WBCA All-America squad. Teammate Reshanda Gray, OREGON's Jillian Alleyne and OSU's Ruth Hamblin were third team AP honorees. Hamblin is the first OSU player to nab All-America nods in nearly two decades. Beavers head coach Scott Rueck repeated as the WBCA Region 8 Coach of the Year. The league's coaches voted Cal's Reshanda Gray the Pac-12 Player of the Year. The media differed in their player of the year pick voting Hamblin. The coaches and media agreed on their other major awards: UCLA's Jordin Canada was the Conference's Freshman of the Year; Hamblin was the Defensive Player of the Year and Rueck was the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year. In addition to Stanford and Oregon State participating in the Big Dance, ASU, Cal and WASHINGTON earned NCAA Tournament bids. The Sun Devils were joined by the Cardinal in the Sweet Sixteen. The Huskies' NCAA Tourney appearance was their first since 2007. WASHINGTON STATE also participated in the postseason, going to the WNIT. Hamblin and UTAH's Taryn Wicijowski were also just as impressive off the court this season, earning a place on the CoSIDA Academic All-America team with Wicijowski being voted first team and Hamblin second team. A biology and psychology major with a 3.98 grade point average, Wicijowski was selected the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND STANFORD 73, CSU Northridge 60 (Stanford, Calif.) WASHINGTON 80, Miami, 83 (Iowa City, Iowa) ARIZONA STATE 74, Ohio 55 (Tempe, Ari.) CALIFORNIA 78, Wichita State 66 (Berkeley, Calif.) OREGON STATE 74, South Dakota State 62 (Corvallis, Ore,) SECOND ROUND STANFORD 86, Oklahoma 76 (Stanford, Calif.) ARIZONA STATE 57, ULAR 54 (Tempe, Ariz.) CALIFORNIA 70, Texas 73 (Berkley, Calif.) OREGON STATE 64, Gonzaga 76 (Corvallis, Ore.) SWEET SIXTEEN Notre Dame 81, STANFORD 69 (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Florida State 66, ARIZONA STATE 65 (Greensboro, N.C.) WNIT FIRST ROUND Eastern Washington 67, Washington State 65 CSU Bakersfield 54, UCLA 70 SECOND ROUND UCLA 63, San Diego 58 THIRD ROUND Northern Colorado 60, UCLA 74 QUARTERFINAL ROUND Saint Mary's 66, UCLA 82 SEMIFINAL ROUND UCLA 69, Michigan 65 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME UCLA 62, West Virginia 60 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Jordin Canada UCLA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ruth Hamblin Oregon State JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR Scott Rueck Oregon State FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS AP WBCA Arizona State ........................ 9 ................... 8 Oregon State ...................... 10 ................. 13 Stanford ............................. 14 ................. 14 California ........................... 24 ................. RV UCLA ....................................................... RV POSTSEASON RESULTS 2014-15 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 5 TOP 10 TOP 25 Oregon State*+ 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 26 4 .867 13-1 9-2 4-1 L1 3-2 1-1 4-2 Arizona State+ 15 3 .833 7-2 8-1 27 5 .844 14-2 10-1 3-2 L1 4-1 0-2 2-3 Stanford^+ 13 5 .722 7-2 6-3 24 9 .727 12-3 8-5 4-1 W3 4-1 3-3 3-5 California+ 13 5 .722 6-3 7-2 23 9 .719 11-4 9-4 3-1 L1 3-2 1-2 2-5 Washington+ 11 7 .611 7-2 4-5 23 9 .719 11-2 8-6 4-1 L1 4-1 2-1 2-4 UCLA#% 8 10 .444 4-5 4-5 13 18 .419 7-8 4-7 2-3 L1 4-1 0-4 0-11 Washington State# 7 11 .389 3-6 4-5 17 14 .548 7-7 8-5 2-2 L1 2-3 1-3 2-7 USC 7 11 .389 4-5 3-6 15 15 .500 8-6 6-8 1-1 L4 1-4 0-2 0-7 Colorado 6 12 .333 4-5 2-7 15 17 .469 10-7 3-9 2-1 L1 3-2 0-3 0-5 Oregon 6 12 .333 4-5 2-7 13 17 .433 10-7 3-7 0-3 L1 1-4 -- 1-6 Arizona 3 15 .167 3-6 0-9 10 20 .333 8-7 2-11 0-2 L1 1-4 0-2 1-5 Utah 3 15 .167 3-6 0-9 9 21 .300 9-7 0-11 0-3 L4 1-4 0-3 0-5 * Pac-12 regular-season champion; ^ Pac-12 Tournament champion; + NCAA Tournament participant; % WNIT Champion; # WNIT participant PLAYER OF THE YEAR Reshanda Gray California

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