2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season
The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season will begin with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which will start in November 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2022. This will be the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 37th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.
2022–23 Pac–12 women's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network |
Regular season | |
Pac-12 tournament |
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No. 8 Utah | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 5 | .844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Stanford | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Colorado | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 UCLA | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 27 | – | 10 | .730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Arizona | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Washington State † | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of October 27, 2023 Rankings from AP poll |
The Pac-12 tournament will take place in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Team | ESPN[1] | Signees |
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Arizona | No. 6 | 4 |
Arizona State | No. 73 | 1 |
California | No. 38 | 1 |
Colorado | No. 58 | 4 |
Oregon | No. 4 | 4 |
Oregon State | No. 5 | 2 |
Stanford | No. 2 | 3 |
UCLA | No. 3 | 4 |
USC | No. 26 | 1 |
Utah | No. 56 | 3 |
Washington | No. 15 | 3 |
Washington State | No. 81 | 1 |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Player | Wooden[2] | Naismith[3] | Lieberman[4] | Drysdale[5] | Miller[6] | McClain[7] | Leslie[8] | Wade [9] |
Francesca Belibi | ||||||||
Lauren Betts | ||||||||
Cameron Brink | ||||||||
Gina Conti | ||||||||
Jayda Curry | ||||||||
Emma Grothaus | ||||||||
Haley Jones | ||||||||
Gianna Kneepkens | ||||||||
Jade Loville | ||||||||
Esmery Martinez | ||||||||
Bella Murekatete | ||||||||
Charisma Osborne | ||||||||
Te-Hina Paopao | ||||||||
Alissa Pili | ||||||||
Sedona Prince | ||||||||
Cate Reese | ||||||||
Charlisse Leger-Walker | ||||||||
Quay Walker | ||||||||
Preseason polls
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Pac-12 Media days
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).[10]
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
- Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
- Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer (WBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
- Arizona – Adia Barnes (HC), Shaina Pellington & Helena Pueyo
- Arizona State – Natasha Adair (HC), Sydney Erikstrup & Jaddan Simmons
- California – Charmin Smith (HC), Jayda Curry & Kemery Martín
- Colorado – JR Payne (HC), Quay Miller & Jaylyn Sherrod
- Oregon – Kelly Graves (HC), Te-Hina Paopao & Endyia Rogers
- Oregon State – Scott Rueck (HC), Talia von Oelhoffen & Bendu Yeaney
- Stanford – Tara VanDerveer (HC), Cameron Brink & Haley Jones
- UCLA – Cori Close (HC), Charisma Osborne & Kiki Rice
- USC – Lindsay Gottlieb (HC), Rayah Marshall & Kadi Sissoko
- Utah – Lynne Roberts (HC), Gianna Kneepkens & Kennady McQueen
- Washington – Tina Langley (HC), Lauren Schwartz & Haley Van Dyke
- Washington State – Kamie Ethridge (HC), Charlisse Leger-Walker & Bella Murekatete
Place | Team | Points | First place votes |
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1. | Stanford | 121 | 11 |
2. | Oregon | 101 | -- |
3 | Arizona | 100 | -- |
4. | UCLA | 91 | -- |
5. | Utah | 84 | 1 |
6. | Oregon State | 62 | -- |
7. | Washington State | 61 | -- |
8. | Colorado | 56 | -- |
9. | USC | 50 | -- |
10. | Washington | 28 | -- |
11. | California | 21 | -- |
12. | Arizona State | 18 | -- |
Place | Team | Points | First place votes |
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1. | Stanford | 336 | 28 |
2. | Arizona | 291 | -- |
3 | Oregon | 275 | -- |
4. | UCLA | 237 | -- |
5. | Utah | 226 | -- |
6. | Oregon State | 181 | -- |
7. | Washington State | 170 | -- |
8. | Colorado | 145 | -- |
9. | USC | 105 | -- |
10. | Washington | 78 | -- |
11. | California | 71 | -- |
12. | Arizona State | 69 | -- |
Source:[11]
Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
- Honorable Mention
- Treasure Hunt (ASU); Evelien Lutje Schipholt (CAL); Rayah Marshall (USC); Leilani McIntosh (CAL); Kennady McQueen (UTAH); Quay Miller (COLO); Bella Murekatete (WSU); Kiki Rice (UCLA); Jaddan Simmons (ASU); Haley Van Dyke (WASH); Kindyll Wetta (COLO).
†Sedona Prince suffered a season ending elbow injury on October 28th and chose to exhaust her remaining NCAA eligibility and pursue a professional basketball career.[12]
Source:[13]
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Player | Wooden | Naismith | Liberman | Drysdale | Miller | McClain | Leslie | Wade |
Cameron Brink | ||||||||
Haley Jones | ||||||||
Charisma Osborne | ||||||||
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 |
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Arizona | USD Thanksgiving Classic | 1st |
Arizona State | Goombay Spalsh | 2nd |
California | LMU Thanksgiving Tournament | 1st |
Colorado | Preseason WNIT | 3rd |
Oregon | Phil Knight Invitational | 3rd |
Oregon State | Phil Knight Legacy | 4th |
Stanford | Rainbow Wahine Showdown | 1st |
UCLA | Battle 4 Atlantis | 1st |
USC | None | None |
Utah | BahMar Hoops Pink Flamingo | 1st |
Washington | Las Vegas Tournament | 2nd |
Washington State | Northshore Showcase | 1st |
Records against other conferences
2022–23 records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.
Regular season
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Post Season
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Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Significance | Score | Conference record |
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Nov 12 | California | No. 9 Notre Dame† | Enterprise Center ● St. Louis, MO | – | Notre Dame 90–89 | 0–1 |
Nov 16 | No. 16 Oklahoma | No. 25 Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center ● Salt Lake City, UT | Utah 124–78 | 1–1 | |
Nov 20 | No. 1 South Carolina | No. 2 Stanford | Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA | – | South Carolina 76–71 | 1–2 |
Nov 24 | No. 8 North Carolina | No. 18 Oregon † | Chiles Center ● Portland, OR | Phil Knight Invitational | North Carolina 85–79 | 1–3 |
Nov 25 | No. 4 Iowa | Oregon State † | Chiles Center ● Portland, OR | Phil Knight Legacy | Iowa 73–59 | 1–4 |
Nov 25 | Colorado | No. 23 Tennessee | Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN | Tennessee 69–51 | 1–5 | |
Nov 26 | No. 7 Notre Dame | Arizona State | Gateway Christian Academy ● Bimini, Bahamas | Goombay Splash | Notre Dame 85–65 | 1–6 |
Nov 29 | No. 15 UCLA | No. 1 South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SC | – | South Carolina 73–64 | 1–6 |
Dec 4 | No. 23 Gonzaga | No. 2 Stanford | Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA | – | Stanford 84–63 | 2–6 |
Dec 18 | No. 11 LSU | Oregon State † | South Maui Community Park Gymnasium ● Kihei, HI | Maui Jim Maui Classic | LSU 87–55 | 2–7 |
Dec 18 | No. 20 Arizona† | No. 18 Baylor | American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX | Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge | Arizona 75–54 | 3–7 |
Dec 20 | No. 17 Arkansas | No. 16 Oregon | Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA | NCAAW San Diego Invitational | Oregon 85–78 | 4–7 |
Dec 20 | No. 21 Creighton | No. 2 Stanford | Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA | – | Stanford 72–59 | 5–7 |
Dec 21 | No. 16 Ohio State | No. 16 Oregon | Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA | NCAAW San Diego Invitational | Ohio State 84–67 | 5–8 |
Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series
On September 20, 2021 the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022-23 season. The Legacy Series will incorporate an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions.[14] The Pac-12 won every game in the series, finishing with a 6−0 record against the SWAC schools.
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Significance | Score | Conference record |
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Nov. 11 | Grambling State | Arizona State | Desert Financial Arena ● Tempe, AZ | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | ASU 62–49 | 1−0 |
Nov. 13 | Prairie View A&M | Washington State | Beasley Coliseum ● Pullman, WA | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | Washington State 89–61 | 2−0 |
Nov 14 | No. 20 Oregon | Southern | F.G. Clark Activity Center ● Baton Rouge, LA | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | Oregon 83–46 | 3−0 |
Dec. 1 | No. 16 Utah | Mississippi Valley State | Harrison HPER Complex ● Itta Bena, MS | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | Utah 109–42 | 4−0 |
Dec. 14 | Texas Southern | No. 20 Arizona | McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | Arizona 89–55 | 5–0 |
Dec. 18 | Florida A&M | California | Haas Pavilion ● Berkeley, CA | Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | California 88–58 | 6–0 |
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.
Arizona | Arizona State | California | Colorado | Oregon | Oregon State | Stanford | UCLA | USC | Utah | Washington | Washington State | |
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vs. Arizona | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
vs. Arizona State | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. California | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Colorado | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. Oregon | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Oregon State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Stanford | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. UCLA | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
vs. USC | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. Utah | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. Washington | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 |
vs. Washington State | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – |
Total | 11–7 | 1–17 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 15–3 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 15–3 | 7–1 | 9–9 |
Points scored
Team | For | Against | Difference |
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Arizona | 2,172 | 1,871 | 301 |
Arizona State | 1,759 | 1,991 | -232 |
California | 1,697 | 2,021 | -324 |
Colorado | 2,022 | 1,702 | 320 |
Oregon | 2,172 | 1,857 | 315 |
Oregon State | 1,966 | 1,898 | 68 |
Stanford | 2,382 | 1,800 | 582 |
UCLA | 2,104 | 1,846 | 258 |
USC | 1,886 | 1,589 | 297 |
Utah | 2,363 | 1,846 | 517 |
Washington | 1,736 | 1,680 | 56 |
Washington State | 1,963 | 1,793 | 170 |
Through February 27, 2023[15]
Rankings
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 | |
NV | No votes received | |
Team | Poll | Pre | Wk 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 |
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Arizona | AP | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 21 | |||
C | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 20 | ||||
Arizona State | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||
California | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||
Colorado | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | 24 | 25 | RV | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | |||
C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 22 | 21 | ||||
Oregon | AP | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||
Oregon State | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | NV | RV | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||
Stanford | AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
C | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
UCLA | AP | RV | RV | 20 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | |||
C | RV | RV | 21 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||
USC | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | |||
C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||
Utah | AP | RV | 25 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |||
C | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||
Washington | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||
Washington State | AP | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||
C | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||
Head coaches
Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Seasons at school | Record at school | Pac-12 record | Pac-12 titles | NCAA tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Arizona | Adia Barnes | Washington (assistant) | 7th | 110–74 (.598) |
49–56 (.467) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Arizona State | Natasha Adair | Delaware | 1st | 0–0 (–) |
0–0 (–) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | Charmin Smith | New York Liberty (assistant) | 4th | 24–47 (.338) |
6–37 (.140) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado | JR Payne | Santa Clara | 7th | 92–83 (.526) |
38–66 (.365) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | Kelly Graves | Gonzaga | 9th | 191–73 (.723) |
93–49 (.655) |
3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Oregon State | Scott Rueck | George Fox | 13th | 256–126 (.665) |
127–79 (.617) |
3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Stanford | Tara VanDerveer | Ohio State | 37th | 1,005–208 (.829) |
548–91 (.858) | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 |
UCLA | Cori Close | Florida State (AHC) | 12th | 231–122 (.673) |
123–71 (.634) |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
USC | Lindsay Gottlieb | Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) | 2nd | 12–16 (.429) |
5–12 (.294) |
0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Utah | Lynne Roberts | Pacific | 8th | 112–99 (.531) |
48–76 (.387) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | Tina Langley | Rice | 2nd | 7–16 (.304) |
2–12 (.143) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington State | Kamie Ethridge | Northern Colorado | 5th | 51–64 (.443) |
28–44 (.389) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 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 will be played in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N | Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N | Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | #21 Arizona | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | #19 UCLA | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | #19 UCLA | 81* | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Arizona State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | #19 UCLA | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #6 Stanford | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #6 Stanford | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Oregon | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Washington | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Oregon | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | #19 UCLA | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #3 Utah | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | California | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | #20 Colorado | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | #20 Colorado | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Oregon State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | USC | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Oregon State | 56 |
Note: * denotes overtime
Pac-12 All-Tournament team
- MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
- Bella Murekatete, Washington State
- Cameron Brink, Stanford
- Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA
- Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA
- Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA
Hall of Honor
The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:[16]
- Susie Parra (Arizona Softball)
- Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field)
- Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director)
- Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator)
- Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball)
- Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf)
- Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball)
- Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball)
- Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis)
- Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball)
- Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball)
- Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)
NCAA tournament
Teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:
Seed | Region | School | First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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No. 1 | Seattle Regional 4 | Stanford | No. 16 Sacred Heart 92−49 | No. 8 Ole Miss 49−53 | - | - | - | - |
No. 2 | Greenville Regional 2 | Utah | No. 15 Gardner–Webb 103−77 | No. 10 Princeton 63−56 | No. 3 LSU 63−66 | - | - | - |
No. 4 | Greenville Regional 1 | UCLA | No. 13 Sacramento State 67–45 | No. 5 Oklahoma 82–73 | No. 1 South Carolina 43–59 | |||
No. 5 | Greenville Regional 2 | Washington State | No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast 63–74 | - | - | - | - | - |
No. 6 | Seattle Regional 4 | Colorado | No. 11 Middle Tennessee 82−60 | No. 3 Duke 61−53OT | No. 2 Iowa 77−87 | - | - | - |
No. 7 | Greensville Regional 1 | Arizona | No. 10 West Virginia 75–62 | No. 2 Maryland 64–77 | - | - | - | - |
No. 8 | Seattle Regional 3 | USC | No. 9 South Dakota State 57−62OT | - | - | - | - | - |
Bids 7 | W-L (%): | 5–2 (.714) | 3–2 (.600) | 0–3 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | TOTAL: 8–7 (.533) |
Women's National Invitation Tournament
Members from the conference that will be selected to participate:
Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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Oregon | North Dakota State 96–57 | Rice 78–53 | San Diego 81–61 | Washington 59–63 | - | - | ||
Washington | San Francisco 61−46 | New Mexico 67−56 | Kansas State 55–48 | Oregon 63–59 | Kansas | |||
Bid | W-L (%): | 2–0 (1.000) | 2–0 (1.000) | 2–0 (1.000) | 1–1 (.500) | 0–0 (–) | TOTAL: 7–1 (.875) |
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Awards and honors
Players of the Week
Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.[17]
Week | Player of the Week | School | Freshman of the Week | School | Ref. |
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Nov. 14 | Charlisse Leger-Walker | Washington State | Grace VanSlooten | Oregon | [18] |
Nov. 21 | Charisma Osborne | UCLA | Raegan Beers | Oregon State | [19] |
Nov. 28 | Alissa Pili | Utah | Kailyn Gilbert | Arizona | [20] |
Dec. 5 | Charisma Osborne (2) | UCLA | Kiki Rice | UCLA | [21] |
Dec. 12 | Endyia Rogers | Oregon | Christeen Iwuala | UCLA | [22] |
Dec. 19 | Cameron Brink | Stanford | Grace VanSlooten (2) | Oregon | [23] |
Dec. 26 | Grace VanSlooten | Oregon | Grace VanSlooten (3) | Oregon | [24] |
Jan. 2 | Rayah Marshall | USC | Raegan Beers (2) | Oregon State | [25] |
Jan. 9 | Cameron Brink (2) | Stanford | Raegan Beers (3) | Oregon State | [26] |
Jan. 16 | Destiny Littleton | USC | Chance Gray | Oregon | [27] |
Jan. 23 | Haley Jones | Stanford | Timea Gardiner | Oregon State | [28] |
Jan. 30 | Cameron Brink (3) | Stanford | Grace VanSlooten (4) | Oregon | [29] |
Feb. 6 | Alissa Pili (2) | Utah | Elle Ladine | Washington | [30] |
Feb. 13 | Jaylyn Sherrod | Colorado | Lauren Betts | Stanford | [31] |
Feb. 20 | Shaina Pellington | Arizona | Londynn Jones | UCLA | [32] |
Feb. 27 | Te-Hina Paopao | Oregon | Raegan Beers (4) | Oregon State | [33] |
Totals per School
School | Total |
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Oregon | 8 |
UCLA | 6 |
Oregon State | 5 |
Stanford | 5 |
Arizona | 2 |
USC | 2 |
Colorado | 1 |
Utah | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
Washington State | 1 |
Arizona State | 0 |
California | 0 |
All-Americans
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
The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.
Individual awards
Sources:[34]
Coaches
2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards | |||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | ||||||
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Player of the Year | Alissa Pili, Jr., Utah | ||||||
Coach of the Year | Lynne Roberts, Utah | ||||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Cameron Brink, Jr., Stanford | ||||||
Freshman of the Year | Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State | ||||||
Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Hannah Jump, Sr., Stanford | ||||||
Most Improved Player of the Year | Shaina Pellington, G-Sr., Arizona & Aaronette Vonleh, So., Colorado | ||||||
Sixth Player of the Year | Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State |
Media Sources:[35]
2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards | |||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | ||||||
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Player of the Year | Alissa Pili, Jr., Utah | ||||||
Coach of the Year | Lynne Roberts, Utah | ||||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Cameron Brink, Jr., Stanford | ||||||
Freshman of the Year | Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State | ||||||
Most Improved Player of the Year | Alissa Pili, Jr., Utah | ||||||
Sixth Player of the Year | Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State |
All-Pac-12
- First Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown (Last School) |
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Raegan Beers | Oregon State | F | Fr. | Littleton, Colo. (Valor Christian) |
Cameron Brink†† | Stanford | F | Jr. | Beaverton, Ore. (Mountainside HS) |
Haley Jones††† | Stanford | G | Sr. | Santa Cruz, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) |
Hannah Jump | Stanford | G | Sr. | San Jose, Calif. (Pinewood HS) |
Gianna Kneepkens†† | Utah | G | So. | Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Marshall HS) |
Charlisse Leger-Walker††† | Washington State | G | Jr. | Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School Cambridge) |
Destiny Littleton | USC | G | Gr. | San Diego, Calif. (The Bishop's School) |
Rayah Marshall | USC | G/F | So. | Los Angeles, Calif. (Lynwood HS) |
Quay Miller | Colorado | C | Sr. | Renton, Wash. (Kentridge HS) |
Charisma Osborne††† | UCLA | G | Sr. | Moreno Valley, Calif. (Windward School) |
Shaina Pellington | Arizona | G | 5th | Pickering, Ontario (Dunbarton) |
Alissa Pili††‡ | Utah | F | Jr. | Anchorage, Alaska (USC) |
Cate Reese†††† | Arizona | F | 5th | Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods HS) |
Endyia Rogers††† | Oregon | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS) |
Jaylyn Sherrod | Colorado | G | Sr. | Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay HS) |
Kadi Sissoko | USC | F | Gr. | Paris, France (Marcelin Berthelot) |
- ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
- †††† four-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
- ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
- †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
- † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
- Honorable Mention
Jayda Curry, CAL; Dalayah Daniels; WASH; Frida Formann, COLO; Jenna Johnson, UTAH; Esmery Martinez, ARIZ; Leilani McIntosh, CAL; Kennady McQueen, UTAH; Bella Murekatete, WSU; Te-Hina Paopao, ORE; Lauren Schwartz, WASH; Tyi Skinner, ASU; Haley Van Dyke, WASH; Grace VanSlooten, ORE; Aaronette Vonleh, COLO; Talia von Oelhoffen, OSU
All-Freshman Team
Name | School | Pos. | Hometown |
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Raegan Beers | Oregon State | F | Littleton, Colo. |
Chance Gray | Oregon | G | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Londynn Jones | UCLA | G | Riverside, Calif. |
Kiki Rice | UCLA | G | Bethesda, Md. |
Grace VanSlooten | Oregon | F | Toledo, Ohio |
† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Honorable Mention
Lauren Betts, STAN; Timea Gardiner, OSU; Elle Ladine, WASH; Talana Lepolo, STAN; Astera Tuhina, WSU
All-Defensive Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. |
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Cameron Brink†† | Stanford | F | Jr. |
Rayah Marshall | USC | G/F | So. |
Shaina Pellington | Arizona | G | 5th |
Helena Pueyo | Arizona | G | Sr. |
Jaylyn Sherrod†† | Colorado | G | Sr. |
- † Pac-12 Player of the Year
- ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
- Honorable Mention
Okako Adika, USC; Chance Gray, ORE; Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU; Jelena Mitrovic, OSU; Jayda Noble, WASH; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Jaddan Simmons, ASU; Kayla Williams, USC
Scholar Athlete of the year
The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20
Name | School | Pos. | Ht. | GPA | Major |
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Hannah Jump | Stanford | G | 6−0 | 3.75 | Psychology |
2022–23 Season statistic leaders
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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 |
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Arizona | McKale Center | 14,644 | 6,809 | 6,653 | 7,206 | 6,898 | 7,381 | 6,577 | 9,495 | 7,182 | 7,963 | 7,884 | 7,494 | 9,868† | 7,268 | 8,238 | 8,267 | 115,183 | 7,199 | 50.62% | |||
Arizona State | Desert Financial Arena | 14,100 | 6,304† | 2,565 | 1,762 | 3,221 | 1,577 | 1,876 | 1,486 | 3,508 | 2,349 | 1,851 | 2,185 | 1,759 | 2,793 | 2,393 | 35,629 | 2,545 | 18.04% | ||||
California | Haas Pavilion | 11,858 | 724 | 1,023 | 894 | 894 | 678 | 655 | 671 | 605 | 842 | 3,442† | 2,394 | 1,332 | 1,005 | 1,017 | 1,606 | 1,932 | 19,714 | 1,232 | 10.39% | ||
Colorado | Coors Events Center | 11,064 | 479 | 1,115 | 1,248 | 511 | 573 | 546 | 1,575 | 1,974 | 2,227 | 2,377 | 2,055 | 2,148 | 2,963 | 3,452† | 23,243 | 1,660 | 15.00% | ||||
Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena | 12,364 | 5,661 | 6,175 | 6,128 | 5,892 | 6,990† | 5,584 | 5,827 | 6,726 | 6,031 | 6,497 | 6,900 | 5,919 | 6,289 | 6,173 | 6,757 | 93,549 | 6,237 | 50.44% | |||
Oregon State | Gill Coliseum | 9,604 | 3,663 | 3,512 | 3,310 | 3,339 | 9,604† | 3,429 | 3,477 | 3,769 | 3,546 | 4,039 | 4,122 | 5,975 | 4,557 | 4,338 | 3,711 | 4,357 | 68,748 | 4,297 | 44.73% | ||
Stanford | Maples Pavilion | 7,233 | 3,012 | 2,421 | 2,469 | 7,287† | 2,603 | 3,731 | 4,480 | 2,988 | 3,970 | 2,810 | 3,824 | 3,442 | 3,730 | 4,122 | 3,890 | 5,133 | 6,343 | 5,813 | 72,068 | 4,004 | 55.35% |
UCLA | Pauley Pavilion | 13,800 | 0 | 3,918 | 2,248 | 2,455 | 2,480 | 2,473 | 2,163 | 0 | 6,855† | 4,317 | 3,482 | 3,462 | 2,935 | 3,629 | 2,825 | 4,375 | 47,617 | 2,976 | 21.56% | ||
USC | Galen Center | 10,258 | 818 | 561 | 689 | 316 | 228 | 258 | 259 | 3,109† | 304 | 1,031 | 2,418 | 801 | 1,356 | 1,126 | 674 | 842 | 2,832 | 17,622 | 1,037 | 10.10% | |
Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center | 15,000 | 1,058 | 1,483 | 1,386 | 2,521 | 1,894 | 2,162 | 2,109 | 2,915 | 3,251 | 3,211 | 3,725 | 3,268 | 3,755 | 9,611† | 42,349 | 3,025 | 20.16% | ||||
Washington | Alaska Airlines Arena | 10,000 | 1,513 | 1,943 | 1,362 | 3,859 | 1,686 | 1,660 | 2,753 | 1,493 | 1,291 | 2,318 | 2,286 | 2,265 | 2,543 | 3,496 | 4,317† | 2,192 | 3,475 | 40,452 | 2,380 | 23.80% | |
Washington State | Beasley Coliseum | 11,671 | 321 | 730 | 630 | 792 | 553 | 887 | 680 | 1,057 | 956 | 986 | 1,128 | 1,345 | 1,061 | 1,500 | 12,626 | 902 | 7.72% | ||||
Total | 11,835 | 555,159 | 3,017 | 25.49% | |||||||||||||||||||
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