The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which started on November 9. Conference play began on December 31. This is the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 36th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.

The Pac-12 tournament took place from March 2–6 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team ESPN SigneesArizona — Arizona State ― California ― Colorado - Oregon ― Oregon State ― Stanford - UCLA - USC ― Utah ― Washington - Washington State -

Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLiebermanDrysdaleMillerMcClainLeslieWade Cameron Brink – StanfordMya Hollingshed – ColoradoLexie Hull – StanfordHaley Jones – StanfordTaylor Jones – Oregon StateCharlisse Leger-Walker – Washington StateCharisma Osborne – UCLATe-Hina Paopao – OregonAlissa Pili – USCNyara Sabally – Oregon Cameron Brink – StanfordLexie Hull – StanfordHaley Jones – StanfordTaylor Jones – Oregon StateCharlisse Leger-Walker – Washington StateNancy Mulkey – WashingtonCharisma Osborne – UCLAAlissa Pili – USCNyara Sabally – OregonSam Thomas – Arizona Gina Conti – UCLADru Gylten – UtahTe-Hina Paopao – Oregon Taylor Chavez – ArizonaLexie Hull – StanfordCharlisse Leger-Walker – Washington StateCharisma Osborne – UCLASydney Parrish – Oregon Haley Jones – StanfordSam Thomas – Arizona Cameron Brink – StanfordTaylor Jones – Oregon StateAlissa Pili – USCNyara Sabally – Oregon Fran Belibi – StanfordNancy Mulkey – WashingtonBella Murekatete – Washington State Cameron Brink – StanfordHaley Jones – StanfordCharlisse Leger-Walker – Washington StateCharisma Osborne – UCLANyara Sabally – Oregon

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason polls

Pac-12 Media days The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network).

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich Arizona – Arizona State – California – Colorado – Oregon – Oregon State – Stanford – UCLA – USC – Utah – Washington – Washington State –

+Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches) Place Team Points First place votes 1. Stanford 121 11 2. Oregon 108 1 3. UCLA 101 -- 4. Oregon State 86 -- 5. Arizona 83 -- 6. Washington State 70 -- 7. Colorado 65 -- 8. Arizona State 47 -- 9. USC 45 -- T10. Utah 25 -- T11. Washington 25 -- 12. California 16 -- Source:

+Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Media) Place Team Points First place votes 1. Stanford 312 26 2. Oregon 275 -- 3. UCLA 250 -- 4. Oregon State 236 -- 5. Arizona 215 -- 6. Washington State 178 -- 7. Colorado 142 -- 8. Arizona State 129 -- 9. USC 125 -- T10. Utah 66 -- 11. Washington 60 -- 12. California 40 -- Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School) Taylor Jones Oregon State Jr. F 6'4 Forney, TX (Dallas Christian School) Talia von Oelhoffen Oregon State So. F 5'11 Pasco, WA (Chiawana HS) Cameron Brink Stanford So. F 6'4 Beaverton, OR (Mountainside HS) Lexie Hull Stanford Sr. F 6'0 Spokane, WA (Central Valley HS) Haley Jones Stanford Jr. G 6'1 Santa Cruz, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) Te-Hina Paopao Oregon So. G 5'9 Oceanside, CA (La Jolla Country Day School) Alissa Pili USC So. F 6'0 Anchorage, AK (Dimond HS) Mya Hollingshed Colorado Sr. G/F 6'3 Houston, TX (Bellaire HS) Sedona Prince Oregon R-Jr. F/C 6'7 Liberty Hill, TX (Texas) Endyia Rogers Oregon Jr. G 5'7 Dallas, TX (USC) Charisma Osborne UCLA Jr. G 5'9 Moreno Valley, CA (Windward School) Sam Thomas Arizona GS. F 6'0 Bloomfield Hills, MI (Centennial HS) Cate Reese Arizona Sr. F 6'2 Cypress, TX (Cypress Woods HS) Nyara Sabally Oregon Jr. F 6'5 Berlin, Germany (Rotteck Gymnasium) Charlisse Leger-Walker Washington State So. G 5'10 Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School)

Honorable Mention Kennedy Brown (OSU); Gina Conti (UCLA); Natalie Chou (UCLA); Dalayah Daniels (CAL); Dru Gylten (UTAH); Taya Hanson (ASU); Krystal Leger-Walker (WSU) Brynna Maxwell (UTAH); Nancy Mulkey (WASH); Jaylyn Sherrod (COLO); Anna Wilson (STAN).

Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdaleMillerMcClainLeslieWade Cameron Brink – StanfordHaley Jones – StanfordCharisma Osborne – UCLA Cameron Brink – StanfordHaley Jones – StanfordCharisma Osborne – UCLACate Reese – Arizona None Charlisse Leger-Walker – Washington StateCharisma Osborne – UCLA Haley Jones – Stanford Cameron Brink – StanfordNyara Sabally – Oregon None

Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdale MillerMcClainLeslie Wade

Regular season The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament FinishArizona Paradise Jam 1st Arizona State Cancún Challenge T-3rd (Mayan)California Raising the B.A.R. Invitational –Colorado Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic –Oregon Battle 4 Atlantis 3rdOregon State Daytona Beach Invitational—Stanford Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo –UCLA Gulf Coast Showcase 7th USC Cancún Challenge T-2nd (Rivera)Utah Rainbow Wahine Showdown –Washington Goombay Slapsh –Washington State Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo –

Records against other conferences 2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (November 27, 2021):

Regular season Power ConferencesRecord ACC 4–4Big East 5–0Big Ten 3–2Big 12 2–2SEC 1–2Power Conferences Total 15–10Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerican 1–4America East 0–0 A-10 2–1ASUN 1–0Big Sky 7–0Big South 0–0Big West 10–1CAA 0–0C-USA 2–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 1–0MAAC 2–0MAC 1–1MEAC 1–0MVC 0–1Mountain West 5–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot 0–0SoCon 2–0Southland 0–0SWAC 2–0The Summit 1–1Sun Belt 0–0WAC 4–0WCC 10–3Other Division I Total 51–12 Division II Total 0–0NCAA Division I Total 66–22

Post Season Power ConferencesRecord ACC 0–0Big East 0–0Big Ten 0–0Big 12 0–0SEC 0–0Power Conferences Total 0–0Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerican 0–0America East 0–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0The Summit 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I Total 0–0 NCAA Division I Total 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov 12 No. 6 Louisville No. 22 Arizona† Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SD Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational 61–59 1–0 Nov 14 No. 25 Texas No. 3 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA – 56–61 1–1 Nov 20 No. 10 Louisville Washington Alaska Airlines Arena ● Seattle, WA – 53–61 1–2 Nov 21 No. 1 South Carolina No. 9 Oregon † Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis 63–80 1–3 Nov 22 No. 9 Oregon No. 23 South Florida † Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis 62–71 1–4 Nov 25 No. 7 Stanford No. 4 Indiana † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo 69–66 2–5 Nov 26 No. 6 Baylor Arizona State † Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort ● Cancún, MX Cancún Challenge 52–62 2–6 Nov 26 No. 18 South Florida No. 7 Stanford † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo 54–57 2–7 Nov 26 No. 12 Michigan No. 16 Oregon State † Ocean Center ● Daytona Beach, FL Daytona Beach Invitational 52–61 2–8 Nov 27 Rutgers No. 9 Arizona† Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam 80–44 8–7 Nov 27 No. 2 Maryland No. 7 Stanford† Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo 86–67 9–7 Nov 27 No. 5 NC State Washington State† Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo 34–62 9–8 Nov 27 Notre Dame No. 16 Oregon State† Ocean Center ● Daytona Beach, FL Daytona Beach Invitational 62–64 9–9 Dec 11 UCLA No. 3 UConn† Prudential Center ● Champaign, IL Never Forget Tribute Classic 61–71 9–10 Dec 12 No. 23 Oregon State Villanova Finneran Pavilion ● Villanova, PA – 52–56 9–11 Dec 18 Stanford Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN – 74–63 10–11 Dec 21 Stanford South Carolina Colonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SC – 61–65 10–12

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  ArizonaArizona StateCaliforniaColoradoOregonOregon StateStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWashington Statevs. Arizona – 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1vs. Arizona State 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0vs. California 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0vs. Colorado 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0vs. Oregon 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Oregon State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Stanford 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0vs. UCLA 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. USC 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0vs. Utah 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0vs. Washington 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 vs. Washington State 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – Total 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifferenceArizona 1418 1113 305Arizona State 1160 1052 108California 1067 1009 58Colorado 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0Oregon State 0 0 0Stanford 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0USC 0 0 0Utah 0 0 0Washington 0 0 0Washington State 0 0 0 Through January 23, 2022

Rankings

  Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received Team Poll Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalArizona AP221197 C1512^11 Arizona State APNV C California APNV C Colorado APRV C Oregon AP1091519 C913^16 Oregon State AP14151623 C1819^21 Stanford AP3 (5)774 C2 (13)5^4 UCLA AP202019 C1415^23 USC APRV C Utah APNV C Washington APNV C Washington State APNV C

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Record at school Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA ChampionshipsArizona Adia Barnes Washington (assistant) 6th 89–66() 39–50() 0 1 1 0Arizona State Charli Turner Thorne Northern Arizona 25th 476–280() 243–181() 2 14 0 0California Charmin Smith New York Liberty (assistant) 3rd 13–35() 4–27() 0 0 0 0Colorado JR Payne Santa Clara 6th 72–75() 25–63() 0 0 0 0Oregon Kelly Graves Gonzaga 8th 172–62() 82–43() 3 4 1 0Oregon State Scott Rueck George Fox 12th 240–113() 121–70() 3 7 1 0Stanford Tara VanDerveer Ohio State 36th 973–204() 531–91 () 25 32 13 3UCLA Cori Close Florida State (AHC) 11th 215–110() 115–63() 0 6 0 0USC Lindsay Gottlieb Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) 1st 0–0() 0–0() 0 8 0 0Utah Lynne Roberts Pacific 7th 91–87() 40–69() 0 0 0 0Washington Tina Langley Rice 1st 0–0() 0–0() 0 0 0 0Washington State Kamie Ethridge Northern Colorado 4th 32–53() 17–38() 0 0 0 0 Notes: Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season. NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only. NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Postseason