Alanna Smith scored the first nine Stanford points of the third quarter on the way to 21, and her second-seeded Cardinal came out shooting from the get go to beat No. 15 seed and Northern California neighbor UC Davis 79-54 on Saturday in the first...
Baylor was named the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women's basketball tournament Monday.
Morgan Bertsch scored 24 points, Cierra Hall added 14 and UC Davis rallied from a 17-point, third-quarter deficit to defeat Hawaii 58-50 on Saturday and win the Big West Conference Women's Tournament.
The Phoenix still lead the way and the top three remain the same in espnW's biweekly rankings. But Florida Gulf Coast jumps three spots to No. 4 and a pair of MAC teams make their debut.
Albany and Boise State officially clinched their spots in the NCAA tournament on Friday. But Long Beach State replaced UC Davis as the Big West's representative in our projection. Eight bids will be decided on Saturday, with eight more on the line Sunday.
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis | 15-1 | - | 25-7 |
| CSU Northridge | 10-6 | 5 | 16-15 |
| UC Riverside | 10-6 | 5 | 17-16 |
| Hawai'i | 10-6 | 5 | 15-17 |
| UC Irvine | 8-8 | 7 | 20-11 |
| CSU Fullerton | 6-10 | 9 | 14-16 |
| Long Beach State | 5-11 | 10 | 9-22 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 5-11 | 10 | 8-22 |
| Cal Poly | 3-13 | 12 | 6-21 |
