2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200910
Teams 10
Site Galen Center
Los Angeles, California
Champions Stanford Cardinal (19th title)
Winning coach Tara VanDerveer (19th title)
MVP Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford)
Television FSN

{{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.

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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