Pac-12 women’s basketball players and coaches want to focus on the present this season. It’s something they can try to control, since the impending breakup of the conference to chase revenue is out of their hands. And so far, the Pac-12 is taking a starring role in the 2023-24 season.
Three Pac-12 teams land in the top five, and five teams overall, in the Week 2 ESPN women’s college basketball Power Rankings. The league went 28-0 after the first week. The Pac-12 is now 47-4 at the end of the second week. Where will the conference be at the conclusion of Feast Week?
Perhaps the biggest matchup of this upcoming week pits UCLA and UConn in the Cayman Islands Classic. Stanford could meet Florida State in the at Ball Dawgs Classic in suburban Las Vegas. And Colorado, which set off all kinds of fireworks with the Buffaloes’ opening-day win over defending national champion LSU, will take on NC State in the Paradise Jam Classic in the Virgin Islands.
The Tigers, the preseason No. 1 team, have kept observers busy trying to decipher vague/cryptic social media…