2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

{{200910 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings}} 2010 State Farm Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a post season tournament for the women's basketball teams in the Pacific-10 conference. The games were held on Thursday through Sunday, March 11–14, at the Galen Center (Los Angeles, California).[1] Stanford was the tournament champion and became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier, having beaten the Bruins of UCLA in the championship game.

2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams10
SiteGalen Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsStanford Cardinal (19th title)
Winning coachTara VanDerveer (19th title)
MVPNnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford)
TelevisionFSN
Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

Schedule

Date Game Matchup Winner Score Time TV
Thu., Mar. 111#8 Seed (Arizona) vs. #9 Seed (Washington State)Arizona62–606:00 PM
Thu., Mar. 112#7 Seed (Washington) vs. #10 Seed (Oregon St.)Oregon State52–428:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 123Seed #4 (California) vs. Seed #5 (Arizona State)California60–5011:00 AM
Fri., Mar. 124Seed #1 (No. 2 Stanford) vs. #8/#9 Winner (Arizona)Stanford72–521:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 125Seed #3 (USC) vs. Seed #6 (Oregon)USC80–765:00 PM
Fri., Mar. 126Seed #2 (No. 23 UCLA) vs. #7/#10 Winner (Oregon State)UCLA60–447:15 PM
Sat., Mar. 137Semifinal #1 (California vs. No. 2 Stanford)Stanford64–442:30 PMFSN
Sat., Mar. 138Semifinal #2 (USC vs. No. 23 UCLA)UCLA59–535:00 PMFSN
Sun., Mar. 149Championship Game (No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 23 UCLA)Stanford70–463:00 PMFSN

Rankings from AP Poll.

All Tournament team

  • Jayne Appel, Stanford (3rd time)
  • Ashley Corral, USC
  • Jasmine Dixon, UCLA
  • Kayla Pedersen, Stanford (3rd time and 2009 MOP)
  • Markel Walker, UCLA

Most Outstanding Player

This is the 5th time that the MOP of the Tournament was also the Pac-10’s Player of the Year. Stanford’s Nicole Powell (2002, 2004) and Candice Wiggins (2005, 2008) were also MOP and POY in the same season.

Game notes

  • Stanford has made the NCAA field for the 23rd consecutive season, 24 times in history.
  • Stanford has a 25–2 tournament record. UCLA has an 11–8 record.
  • UCLA and Stanford have met 7 times in the tournament, a record, with Stanford winning 6 games.
  • The 24-point margin of victory was the 2nd highest in the championship game. Last year's 25-point was the highest.
  • Stanford's Jayne Appel and Kayla Pedersen started their third consecutive Tournament title game; Appel started her first game of the Tournament.

See also

References

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