Metcalfe – Pac-12 NCAA WBB Tournament preview and picks as seven teams make the field

Pac-12 WBB: Seven NCAA bids, including a No. 1 seed, are the reward for a stellar season, but Oregon shut out

story by Jeff Metcalfe Pac-12 administrators and women’s basketball coaches lobbied hard for Oregon to make the NCAA Tournament but ultimately couldn’t convince the NCAA selection committee. Despite a lofty…

Metcalfe Pac-12 WBB notebook: Stanford sweeps ranked LA schools, Utah splits despite Pili injury, Arizona back in bye position

Story by Jeff Metcalfe  Utah blinked first in the duel with Stanford for first place, losing at 14th-ranked Arizona in the next-to-last week of the regular season. The Cardinal capitalized,…

Pac-12 WBB notebook: Stanford, UCLA finish rival sweeps while Utah, WSU falter; Arizona holds serve at home; in-conference transfers shine

By Jeff Metcalfe  In an outrageously entertaining slate of Pac-12 rivalry games, two teams earned season splits and two nationally-ranked teams escaped with a sweep in the second full week…