2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season

The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 9, 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 62nd since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this is the Pac-12's 106th season of basketball.

2021–22 Pac–12 women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network
Regular season
Pac-12 Tournament
2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Arizona00 90  1.000
Colorado00 90  1.000
Washington State00 81  .889
California00 72  .778
Utah00 72  .778
No. 3 Stanford00 62  .750
Oregon00 63  .667
Oregon State00 53  .625
UCLA00 53  .625
USC00 53  .625
Arizona State00 55  .500
Washington00 33  .500
2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of December 14, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The Pac-12 Tournament is scheduled for March 9–12, 2022 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN Signees
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Colorado-
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford-
UCLA-
USC
Utah
Washington-
Washington State-

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.


Wooden[1] Naismith[2] Lieberman[3] Drysdale[4] Miller[5] McClain[6] Leslie[7] Wade
Cameron Brink – Stanford
Mya Hollingshed – Colorado
Lexie Hull – Stanford
Haley Jones – Stanford
Taylor Jones – Oregon State
Charlisse Leger-Walker – Washington State
Charisma Osborne – UCLA
Te-Hina Pao Pao – Oregon
Alissa Pili – USC
Nyara Sabally – Oregon
Cameron Brink – Stanford
Lexie Hull – Stanford
Haley Jones – Stanford
Taylor Jones – Oregon State
Charlisse Leger-Walker – Washington State
Nancy Mulkey – Washington
Charisma Osborne – UCLA
Alissa Pili – USC
Nyara Sabally – Oregon
Sam Thomas – Arizona
Gina Conti – UCLA
Dru Gylten – Utah
Te-Hina Pao Pao – Oregon
Taylor Chavez – Arizona
Lexie Hull – Stanford
Charlisse Leger-Walker – Washington State
Charisma Osborne – UCLA
Sydney Parrish – Oregon
Haley Jones – Stanford
Sam Thomas – Arizona
Cameron Brink – Stanford
Taylor Jones – Oregon State
Alissa Pili – USC
Nyara Sabally – Oregon
Fran Belibi – Stanford
Nancy Mulkey – Washington
Bella Murekatete – Washington State

Preseason polls

Pac-12 Media days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network).[8]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

  • Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
  • Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
  • Arizona –
  • Arizona State –
  • California –
  • Colorado –
  • Oregon –
  • Oregon State –
  • Stanford –
  • UCLA –
  • USC –
  • Utah –
  • Washington –
  • Washington State –
Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
Place Team Points First place votes
1.Stanford12111
2.Oregon1081
3.UCLA101--
4.Oregon State86--
5.Arizona83--
6.Washington State70--
7.Colorado65--
8.Arizona State47--
9.USC45--
T10.Utah25--
T11.Washington25--
12.California16--

Source:[9]

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Media)
Place Team Points First place votes
1.Stanford31226
2.Oregon275--
3.UCLA250--
4.Oregon State236--
5.Arizona215--
6.Washington State178--
7.Colorado142--
8.Arizona State129--
9.USC125--
T10.Utah66--
11.Washington60--
12.California40--

Source:[10]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Taylor JonesOregon StateJr.F6'4Forney, TX (Dallas Christian School)
Talia von OelhoffenOregon StateSo.F5'11Pasco, WA (Chiawana HS)
Cameron BrinkStanfordSo.F6'4 Beaverton, OR ( Mountainside HS)
Lexie HullStanfordSr.F6'0Spokane, WA (Central Valley HS)
Haley JonesStanfordJr.G6'1Santa Cruz, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS)
Te-Hina PaoPaoOregonSo.G5'9Oceanside, CA (La Jolla Country Day School)
Alissa PiliUSCSo.F6'0Anchorage, AK (Dimond HS)
Mya HollingshedColoradoSr.G/F6'3Houston, TX (Bellaire HS)
Sedona PrinceOregonR-Jr.F/C6'7Liberty Hill, TX (Liberty Hill HS)
Endyia RogersOregonJr.G5'7Dallas, TX (Bishop Lynch HS)
Charisma OsborneUCLAJr.G5'9Moreno Valley, CA (Windward School)
Sam ThomasArizonaGS.F6'0Bloomfield Hills, MI (Centennial HS)
Cate ReeseArizonaSr.F6'2Cypress, TX(Cypress Woods HS)
Nyara SaballyOregonJr.F6'5Berlin, Germany (Rotteck Gymnasium)
Charlisse Leger-WalkerWashington StateSo.G5'10Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School)
Honorable Mention
Kennedy Brown (OSU); Gina Conti (UCLA); Natalie Chou (UCLA); Dalayah Daniels (CAL); Dru Gylten (UTAH); Taya Hanson (ASU); Krystal Leger-Walker (WSU) Brynna Maxwell (UTAH); Nancy Mulkey (WASH); Jaylyn Sherrod (COLO); Anna Wilson (STAN).

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.


Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.


Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Regular season

The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Paradise Jam 1st
Arizona State Cancún Challenge T-3rd (Mayan)
California Raising the B.A.R. Invitational
Colorado Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic
Oregon Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd
Oregon State Daytona Beach Invitational
Stanford Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo
UCLA Gulf Coast Showcase 7th
USC Cancún Challenge T-2nd (Rivera)
Utah Rainbow Wahine Showdown
Washington Goombay Slapsh
Washington State Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo

Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (November 27, 2021):

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference Record
Nov 12No. 6 LouisvilleNo. 22 ArizonaSanford PentagonSioux Falls, SDMammoth Sports Construction InvitationalUA 61―591―0
Nov 14No. 25 TexasNo. 3 StanfordMaples PavilionStanford, CA56–611–1
Nov 20No. 10 LouisvilleWashingtonAlaska Airlines ArenaSeattle, WA53―611―2
Nov 20OklahomaNo. 9 OregonImperial ArenaNassau, BahamasBattle 4 AtlantisORE 98―932―2
Nov 21No. 7 StanfordGonzagaMcCarthey Athletic CenterSpokane WASTAN 66―623―2
Nov 21VirginiaNo. 20 UCLAPauley PavilionLos Angeles, CAUCLA 69–574―2
Nov 22No. 23 South FloridaNo. 9 Oregon †Imperial Arena ● Nassau, BahamasBattle 4 Atlantis62―714―3
Nov 25VanderbiltNo. 9 Arizona†Sports and Fitness CenterSaint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsParadise JamARIZ 48―465―3
Nov 25No. 4 IndianaNo. 7 Stanford†Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink FlamingoSTAN 69―666―3
Nov 26No. 6 BaylorArizona StateMoon Palace Golf & Spa Resort ● Cancún, MXCancún Challenge52―626―4
Nov 26No. 7 StanfordNo. 18 South FloridaBaha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo54―576―5
Nov 26Kent StateNo. 19 UCLA†Hertz ArenaEstero, FLGulf Coast Showcase69―756―6
Nov 26No. 9 ArizonaDePaulSports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsParadise JamARIZ 75―687―6
Nov 26No. 12 MichiganNo. 16 Oregon StateOcean CenterDaytona Beach, FLDaytona Beach Invitational52-617―7
Nov 27RutgersNo. 9 Arizona†Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsParadise JamARIZ 80―448―7
Nov 27No. 2 MarylandNo. 7 Stanford†Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink FlamingoSTAN 86―679―7
Nov 27No. 5 NC StateWashington State†Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo34―629―8
Nov 27Notre DameNo. 16 Oregon State†Ocean Center ● Daytona Beach, FLDaytona Beach Invitational62―649―9
Dec 11UCLAUConnPrudential CenterChampaign, ILNever Forget Tribute Classic
Dec 12Oregon StateVillanovaFinneran PavilionVillanova, PA-
Dec 18StanfordTennesseeThompson-Boling ArenaKnoxville, TN-
Dec 18OregonKansas StateBramlage ColiseumManhattan, KS
Dec 19TexasArizona†T-Mobile ArenaLas Vegas, NVCoast to Coast Challenge
Dec 19Ohio StateUCLAPauley Pavilion ● Los Angeles, CA
Dec 21StanfordSouth CarolinaColonial Life ArenaColumbia, SC
Dec 21OregonNorthwesternWelsh-Ryan ArenaEvanston, IL

Team rankings are reflective of AP Poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[11]

  Arizona Arizona State California Colorado Oregon Oregon State Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington Washington State
vs. Arizona 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Arizona State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. California 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Colorado 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Oregon 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Oregon State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Stanford 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. UCLA 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. USC 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Utah 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Washington 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Washington State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

Rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  PreWk
2
Wk
3
Wk
4
Wk
5
Wk
6
Wk
7
Wk
8
Wk
9
Wk
10
Wk
11
Wk
12
Wk
13
Wk
14
Wk
15
Wk
16
Wk
17
Wk
18
Wk
19
Final
Arizona AP 22 11 9 7
C 15 12^ 11
Arizona State AP NV
C
California AP NV
C
Colorado AP RV
C
Oregon AP 10 9 15 19
C 9 13^ 16
Oregon State AP 14 15 16 23
C 18 19^ 21
Stanford AP 3 (5) 7 7 4
C 2 (13) 5^ 4
UCLA AP 20 20 19
C 14 15^ 23
USC AP RV
C
Utah AP NV
C
Washington AP NV
C
Washington State AP NV
C

Head coaches

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Adia Barnes Washington (assistant) 6th 89–66 (.574) 39–50 (.438) 0 1 1 0
Arizona State Charli Turner Thorne Northern Arizona 25th 476–280 (.630) 243–181 (.573) 0 14 0 0
California Charmin Smith New York Liberty (assistant) 3rd 13–35 (.271) 4–27 (.129) 0 0 0 0
Colorado JR Payne Santa Clara 6th 173–188 (.479) 25-63 (.284) 0 0 0 0
Oregon Kelly Graves Gonzaga 8th 554–224 (.712) 82–43 (.656) 2 11 1 0
Oregon State Scott Rueck George Fox 12th 528–201 (.724) 121–70 (.634) 1 7 1 0
Stanford Tara VanDerveer Ohio State 36th 1,125–255 (.815) 531–91 (.854) 15 35 13 3
UCLA Cori Close Florida State (AHC) 11th 215–110 (.662) 115–63 (.646) 0 6 0 0
USC Lindsay Gottlieb Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) 1st 235–128 (.647) 0–0 () 0 8 0 0
Utah Lynne Roberts Pacific 7th 312–262 (.544) 40–69 (.367) 0 0 0 0
Washington Tina Langley Rice 1st 126–61(.674) 0–0 () 0 1 0 0
Washington State Kamie Ethridge Northern Colorado 4th 115–97 (.542) 17–38 (.309) 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–12, 2022, at the Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

2022 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202122
Teams12
SiteMichelob Ultra Arena
Paradise, NV
TelevisionPac-12 Network, ESPN2
2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Arizona00 90  1.000
Colorado00 90  1.000
Washington State00 81  .889
California00 72  .778
Utah00 72  .778
No. 3 Stanford00 62  .750
Oregon00 63  .667
Oregon State00 53  .625
UCLA00 53  .625
USC00 53  .625
Arizona State00 55  .500
Washington00 33  .500
2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of December 14, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life, will be a postseason tournament held March 2–6, 2022, at Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.[12]

Seeds

Seed School Conf. Over.
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12

Schedule

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1 1 TBD #5 vs. #12 P12N
2 TBD #8 vs. #9
2 3 TBD #7 vs. #10
4 TBD #6 vs. #11
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3 5 TBD #4 vs. Game 1 Winner P12N
6 TBD #1 vs. Game 2 Winner
4 7 TBD #2 vs. Game 3 Winner
8
TBD #3 vs. Game 4 Winner
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5 9 TBD Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner P12N
10 TBD Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
6 11 TBD Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner ESPN2
Game times in PT.[12]Rankings denote tournament seeds.

Bracket

First Round
Wednesday, March 2
P12N
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
P12N
Semifinals
Friday, March 4
P12N
Championship Game
Sunday, March 6
ESPN2
            
1  
 
8  
9  
 
 
4  
 
5  
12  
 
 
2  
 
7  
10  
 
 
3  
 
6  
11  

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. "John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's Announces 2021-22 Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List". woodenaward.com. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  2. "2022 Women's Jersey Mike's Naismith Awards Watch List". naismithtrophy.com. November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  3. "Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Point Guards to Watch List for 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award". hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 25, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  4. "Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Shooting Guards to Watch List for 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award". hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  5. "Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Small Forwards to Watch List for 2022 Cheryl Miller Award". hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 27, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
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  7. "Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Centers to Watch List for 2022 Lisa Leslie Award". hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  8. "Pac-12 hoops return with live coverage of 2021 Pac-12 Women's and Men's Basketball Media Days, airing on October 12 and 13 respectively on Pac-12 Network". Pac-12.
  9. "Stanford tops 2021-22 Pac-12 women's basketball preseason coaches poll". Pac-12.
  10. "Media selects preseason 2021-22 Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team; Stanford unanimous league favorite". Pac-12.
  11. "Pac 12 Standings".
  12. "2022 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT". Pac-12. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

NCAA Tournament

Teams from the conference were selected to participate:

Seed Region School First Four First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
TBD
Bids W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Women's National Invitation Tournament

Number from the conference were selected to participate:

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Bid W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[1]

Week Player of the Week School Freshman of the Week School Ref.
Nov 15 Cate Reese Arizona Jayda Curry California
Nov 22 Nyara Sabally Oregon Jayda Curry (2) California
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Totals per School

[2]

School Total
Arizona 1
California 2
Oregon 1

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year

All-District Team

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

2022 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of The Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of The Year
Freshman of The Year
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Most Improved Player of The Year
Sixth Man of The Year

All-Pac-12

First Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
  • ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
Second Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Honorable Mention

All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt.

† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
  • † Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention

Scholar Athlete of the Year

The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20[3][4][5]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
  • ‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
  • ††† three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree


2022 WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,644 6,154
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,100 7,343
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 1,591
Colorado Coors Events Center 11,064
Oregon Matthew Knight Arena 12,364 7,436
Oregon State Gill Coliseum 9,604
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 2,696
UCLA Pauley Pavilion 13,800 1,363
USC Galen Center 10,258 1,147
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 1,732
Washington Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000
Washington State Beasley Coliseum 11,671 713
Total 11,800

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

References

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