2008 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2008 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 7–10, 2008, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Stanford was the tournament champion and became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier after defeating California in the championship game.

2008 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	HP Pavilion San Jose, California
Champions	Stanford Cardinal (17th title)
Winning coach	Tara VanDerveer (17th title)
MVP	Candice Wiggins (Stanford)
Television	FSN
Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournaments

2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Stanford †	16	–	2		.889			35	–	4		.897
No. 10 California	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Arizona State	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
USC	10	–	8		.556			17	–	13		.567
UCLA	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Washington	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Arizona	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Washington State	2	–	16		.111			5	–	25		.167
† 2008 Pac-10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Game	Matchup	Winner	Score	Time	TV
Thu., Mar. 7	1	#8 Seed (Oregon St.) vs. #9 Seed (Arizona)	Oregon State	46–31	6:00 PM
Thu., Mar. 7	2	#7 Seed (Oregon) vs. #10 Seed (Washington State)	Oregon	66–45	8:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 8	3	Seed #4 (USC) vs. Seed #5 (UCLA)	UCLA	73–52	11:00 AM
Fri., Mar. 8	4	Seed #1 (No. 4 Stanford) vs. #8/#9 Winner (Oregon St.)	Stanford	64–41	1:15 PM
Fri., Mar. 8	5	Seed #3 (Arizona State) vs. Seed #6 (Washington)	Arizona State	83–64	5:00 PM
Fri., Mar. 8	6	Seed #2 (No. 8 California) vs. #7/#10 Winner (Oregon)	California	67–60	7:15 PM
Sat., Mar. 9	7	Semifinal #1 (UCLA vs. No. 4 Stanford)	Stanford	78–45	2:30 PM	FSN
Sat., Mar. 9	8	Semifinal #2 (Arizona State vs. No. 8 California)	California	65–61	5:00 PM	FSN
Sun., Mar. 10	9	Championship Game (No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 8 California)	Stanford	56–35	3:00 PM	FSN

Rankings from AP Poll.

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 7					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 FSN					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 FSN					Championship Game Sunday, March 10 FSN
						4	USC	52
						5	UCLA	73
											4	UCLA	45
											1	Stanford	78
						1	Stanford	64
						8	Oregon State	41
	8	Oregon State	46
	9	Arizona	31
																1	Stanford	56
																2	California	35
						2	California	67
						7	Oregon	60
	7	Oregon	66
	10	Washington State	45
											2	California	65
											3	Arizona State	61
						3	Arizona	83
						6	Washington	64

Note: * denotes overtime

All-Tournament Team

Source:

Name	Pos.	Year	Team
Jayne Appel	C	So.	Stanford
Candice Wiggins	G	Sr.	Stanford

Most Outstanding Player

Name	Pos.	Year	Team
Candice Wiggins	G	Sr.	Stanford

This is the 4th time that the MOP of the Tournament was also the Pac-10’s Player of the Year, and the second time Wiggins achieved the feat. Stanford’s Nicole Powell (2002, 2004) and Wiggins (2005) were MOP and POY in the same season.

Game notes

• Stanford made the NCAA field for the 21st consecutive season, and 22nd time overall.

See also

• 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

• Tournament site