By Jeff Metcalfe What will the Pac-12 learn from a postseason that did not unfold as planned? The conference sent seven teams into the NCAA Tournament, four were eliminated by…
Searching for lessons and looking ahead after Pac-12 WBB’s disappointing NCAA Tournament
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…
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,…
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…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe Arizona State soccer is back in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons on the strength of fifth-year seniors Nicole Douglas, Alexia Delgado…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe Brianna Turner goes by Breezy, but the nickname doesn’t come close to capturing the essence of one of the WNBA’s most prominent social activists. There is…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe @jeffmetcalfe Get ready Sage Elizabeth Marshall. You’re in for quite a ride with your two moms, who probably will figure out a way to turn your…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe Stanford, the final major college team standing in 2021, is the only Pac-12 team still alive going into the 2022 Sweet Sixteen. Arizona, the ’21 runner-up,…
By Jeff Metcalfe Colorado is the first, but almost certainly won’t be the last Pac-12 women’s basketball team to take a major hit from a makeup schedule. Coming off their…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe There would have been no shame in the third-ranked Stanford women’s basketball team losing at undefeated Tennessee on Saturday. But a third loss for the Cardinal…
