2010 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 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).Tournament 2010 State Farm Pacific-10 Women's Basketball Tournament , Pac-10.org Stanford was the tournament champion and became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier, having beaten UCLA in the championship game.

Schedule DateGameMatchupWinnerScoreTimeTV Thu., Mar. 11 1 #8 Seed (Arizona) vs. #9 Seed () Arizona 62–60 6:00 PM Thu., Mar. 11 2#7 Seed () vs. #10 Seed (Oregon St.) Oregon State 52–42 8:15 PM Fri., Mar. 123Seed #4 (California) vs. Seed #5 (Arizona State) California 60–50 11:00 AM Fri., Mar. 124Seed #1 (No. 2 Stanford) vs. #8/#9 Winner (Arizona) Stanford 72–52 1:15 PM Fri., Mar. 125Seed #3 (USC) vs. Seed #6 (Oregon) USC 80–76 5:00 PM Fri., Mar. 126Seed #2 () vs. #7/#10 Winner (Oregon State) 60–44 7:15 PMSat., Mar. 137Semifinal #1 (California vs. No. 2 Stanford) Stanford 64–44 2:30 PMFSNSat., Mar. 138Semifinal #2 (USC vs. ) 59–53 5:00 PM FSNSun., Mar. 149Championship Game (No. 2 Stanford vs. ) Stanford 70–46 3:00 PM FSN Rankings from AP Poll.

All-Tournament Team Source: Name Pos. Year Team Jayne AppelCSr.Stanford Ashley CorralGSo.USC Jasmine DixonFFr.UCLA Nnemkadi OgwumikeFSo.Stanford Kayla PedersenFJr.Stanford Markel WalkerG/FFr.UCLA

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Year TeamNnemkadi Ogwumike F So.Stanford

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 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

External links Tournament site