The 2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball season began in October and ended with the Pac-10 Tournament on March 11–14, 2010 at the

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won both the regular season and the tournament championships. Stanford and UCLA were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament. Stanford was the runner-up of the NCAA National Championship and completed the season with a 36–2 record. Cal won the WNIT Championship.

Pre-season

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was hired as new coach for the

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. *

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became the new coach for the

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. 2009–10 Pac-10 Women's Basketball Coaches' Pre-season Poll: * 1. Stanford *2. California * 3. Arizona State * 4. UCLA * 5. USC * 6. Washington State * 7. Oregon State * 8. Oregon * 9. Arizona * 10. Washington

Rankings

* Stanford has been ranked #2 in the polls. * March 1, 2010 –

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is rated No. 25 in the

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. * March 8, 2010 – Stanford #2, UCLA #23 (AP Top 25). * April 7, 2010 – Stanford #2, UCLA #23 (final USA Today/ESPN coaches poll)

Conference games

* January 31, 2010 – At the half point mark of the conference season, Stanford is on top of the standings, followed by UCLA and USC at second place.

Conference tournament

2010

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(Los Angeles, California). Tournament winner became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier. Stanford again was the winner. Last year, Stanford won the tournament over USC, 89–64.

Head coaches

* Niya Butts, Arizona * Charli Turner Thorne, Arizona State * Joanne Boyle, California *

, Oregon * LaVonda Wagner, Oregon State *

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, Stanford * Nikki Caldwell, UCLA *

, USC * Tia Jackson, Washington *

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, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

* Saturday, March 20 – first round, #1-seed

def. #16-seed UC Riverside 79–47, at Sacramento Regional,

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* Sunday, March 21 – first round, #8-seed

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def. #9-seed NC State 74–54, at Kansas City Regional,

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* Monday, March 22 – second round,

def. #8

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96–67, at Sacramento Regional,

* Tuesday, March 23 – second round,

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def.

83–70, at Kansas City Regional,

* Saturday, March 27 – second round,

def. #5

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73–36, at Sacramento Regional,

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* Monday, March 29,

def. Xavier 55–53, at Sacramento Regional finals,

* Sunday, April 4,

def. Oklahoma 73–66, at the semifinals,

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* Tuesday, April 6, 5:30 PM, Connecticut def. Stanford 53–47,

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( NCAA Championship Game)

WNIT tournament

* Wednesday, March 17 – California def. UC Davis 74–69 (OT), 7 p.m. PT (first round) * Wednesday, March 17 – Arizona State def. New Mexico State 84–61, 6:30 p.m. PT (first round) * Thursday, March 18 – Oregon def. Eastern Washington 95–66, 7 p.m. PT (first round) * Tuesday, March 23 – BYU 61, Arizona State 53, 9:30 p.m. ET (second round) * Tuesday, March 23 – California 64, Utah 54, 10 p.m. ET (second round) * Tuesday, March 23 – Oregon 93, New Mexico 67, 10 p.m. ET (second round) * Thursday, March 25 – California 71, Oregon 57, Eugene, Oregon (Regional) * Saturday, March 27 – California 76, BYU, 50, Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California (quarterfinals) * Thursday, April 1 – California def. Illinois State 61–45, Normal, Illinois (WNIT Semifinals) * Saturday, April 3 - California def.

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73–61, Berkeley, California (WNIT Championship Game)

WBI tournament

* Wednesday, March 17 – Washington def. Portland 75–44 (first round) * Sunday, Mar. 21 – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi def. Washington, 59–58 (West Region Semifinals)

Highlights and notes

* January 21, 2010 – Pacific-10 Conference issued a public reprimand to Michael Cooper for his post-game comments following USC's game with UCLA on Sunday, January 17.

Awards and honors

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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, Stanford –

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Pac-10 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Player-of-the-Week

2009–10 Pac-10 Players of the Week: * Nov. 16 – Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford * Nov. 23 – Nicole Canepa, Oregon * Nov. 30 – Kayla Pedersen, Stanford * Dec. 7 – Amanda Johnson, Oregon * Dec. 14 – Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford * Dec. 21 – Kayla Pedersen, Stanford * Dec. 28 –

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, Washington * Jan. 4 – Taylor Lilley, Oregon * Jan. 11 – Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford * Jan. 18 – Davellyn Whyte, Arizona * Jan. 25 – Alexis Gray-Lawson, California * Feb. 1 – Markel Walker, UCLA * Feb. 8 – April Cook, Washington State * Feb. 15 – Jayne Appel, Stanford * Feb. 22 – Jayne Appel, Stanford * Mar. 1 - Jasmine Dixon, UCLA * Mar. 7 – Ashley Corral, USC

All-Americans

All-Pac-10 teams

The awards listed below were determined by vote of the conference coaches and announced on March 11. *Player of the Year: Nnemkadi Ogwumike,

*Freshman of the Year: Davellyn White,

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*Defensive Player of the Year: Briana Gilbreath,

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and Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, Stanford *Coach of the Year: Nikki Caldwell,

FIRST TEAM:

All-Academic

First Team: Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

Women's Basketball Media Awards

These end-of-season honors were voted on by media and announced on March 9. *Player of the Year: Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford *Freshman of the Year: Davellyn White, Arizona *Defensive Player of the Year: Ify Ibekwe, Arizona *Coach of the Year: Nikki Caldwell, UCLA 2010 Pac-10 Media All-Pac-10 * Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford * Jayne Appel, Stanford * Alexis Gray-Lawson, California * Kayla Pedersen, Stanford * Ify Ibekwe, Arizona * Jasmine Dixon, UCLA * Ashley Corral, USC * Taylor Lilley, Oregon * Danielle Orsillo, Arizona State * Davellyn Whyte, Arizona * Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford * Markel Walker, UCLA * Talisa Rhea, Oregon State *

, Washington * Briana Gilbreath, USC

References

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