Utah, Colorado and UCLA are alive but face steep challenges to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
Two of the four No. 1 seeds, Stanford and Indiana, failed to survive the first week of the NCAA Tournament.
The Pac-12 enters the Sweet 16 without Stanford for the first time since 2007 but with three second-round winners: Utah, the regular season co-champion, plus UCLA and Colorado. The Pac-12 last went without a Final Four participant in 2018, when a quartet of teams lost in the regionals. Utah has its own star in Pac-12 Player of the Year Alissa Pili, who had a combined 61 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists in the first two rounds.
Colorado’s second-round road victory over No. 3 Duke showed a maturity from veterans Jaylyn Sherrod, Quay Miller and Aaronette Vonleh that, at minimum, should make them competitive against Iowa. Frida Formann’s 3-point shooting is a major variable for Colorado.“We do hang our hat defensively,” Payne said. “We take a lot of pride in being stingy, making touches difficult, things like that.”
South Carolina’s 6-foot-5 senior forward Aliyah Boston wasn’t called upon for big numbers in South Carolina’s first two tournament wins but might be against UCLA. Bruins senior guard Charisma Osborne was sensational in the second round against Oklahoma with a career high 36 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
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