2010 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Pacific-10 Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Galen Center
City:Los Angeles, California
Champions:Stanford Cardinal
Titlecount:19th
Coach:Tara VanDerveer
Coachcount:19th
Mvp:Nnemkadi Ogwumike
Mvpteam:Stanford
Television:FSN

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).[1] 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
  1. 8 Seed (Arizona) vs. #9 Seed
62–60 6:00 PM
Thu., Mar. 11 2
  1. 7 Seed vs. #10 Seed (Oregon St.)
52–42 8:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 123Seed #4 (California) vs. Seed #5 (Arizona State)60–50 11:00 AM
Fri., Mar. 124Seed #1 (No. 2 Stanford) vs. #8/#9 Winner (Arizona)72–52 1:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 125Seed #3 (USC) vs. Seed #6 (Oregon)80–76 5:00 PM
Fri., Mar. 126Seed #2 vs. #7/#10 Winner (Oregon State)60–44 7:15 PM
Sat., Mar. 137Semifinal #1 (California vs. No. 2 Stanford) Stanford64–44 2:30 PMFSN
Sat., Mar. 138Semifinal #2 (USC vs.)59–53 5:00 PM FSN
Sun., Mar. 149Championship Game (No. 2 Stanford vs.) 70–46 3:00 PM FSN
Rankings from AP Poll.

All-Tournament Team

Source:[2]

NamePos.Year Team
Jayne AppelCSr.Stanford
Ashley CorralGSo.USC
Jasmine DixonFFr.UCLA
Nnemkadi OgwumikeFSo.Stanford
Kayla PedersenFJr.Stanford
Markel WalkerG/FFr.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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pac-10.org/w-baskbl-tourney/ Tournament 2010 State Farm Pacific-10 Women's Basketball Tournament
  2. Web site: Pac-12 Women's Record Book .