The last week of the regular season for several conferences — including the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC — is upon us, with some key league champions still to be decided. That includes the Pac-12, where Stanford hopes to claim its 26th regular-season title.
The Cardinal, at No. 3 in this week’s ESPN women’s college basketball Power Rankings, play three times this week against fellow AP Top 25 teams, starting with Monday’s home game against UCLA (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN App). They then hit the road to play Colorado on Thursday and Utah on Saturday.
Stanford is 13-2 in the Pac-12, a half-game ahead of the 13-3 Utes, who lost ground in the league race by falling at Arizona on Friday. The Buffaloes are in third place at 12-4.
The Cardinal are 25-3 overall, yet their inconsistent offense has been a concern in their hope of winning the program’s fourth NCAA title. Stanford is averaging 71.4 points per game in Pac-12 play, but that includes three games in which the Cardinal have scored 60 or fewer points. Their season lows are 46 points in a loss to USC on Jan. 15 and 50 in a…
