With half the conference in the AP Top 25 and a stalemate at the top, the final weeks of the Pac-12 regular season are setting up to be ones for the ages. Here’s where things stand now:
Minus their shocking 72-67 loss to Washington, the Cardinal have been the best team in the conference all season long. Led by the trio of Haley Jones, Cameron Brink and Hannah Jump, the objectives for Stanford are clear: win the conference, earn a No. 1 seed and win the tournament. They are in a great position to do all of this, but Utah might have something to say about it.
The team that started the season as a pleasant surprise has ended up being a Pac-12 giant. With Alissa Pili being a dominant forward averaging 20.5 points per game and Gianna Kneepkens dropping 15 a night as a guard, it’s looking like Utah will have a chance to win the conference two Saturdays from now when they face Stanford in the final game of the regular season.
Don’t look now, but the Buffaloes are coming. After some early-season losses, Colorado has picked up impressive wins over UCLA, Arizona and Utah to end up with an 11-3 conference record. There are still two challenging games left: Arizona on Sunday and Stanford next Thursday. Still, they’ve given themselves a puncher’s chance at the Pac-12 title and…
