Lindsey Corsaro averaged 7.3 PPG and 4.4 RPG in 2018-19 and was a Pac-12 All-Freshman team selection,
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Bruins Picked Fourth in Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll
October 04, 2019 | Women's Basketball
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SAN FRANCISCO – The UCLA women's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the highly-touted Pac-12 Conference, the league office announced on Monday morning ahead of media day.
The Bruins garnered 93 points in the poll, which was decided by the league's 12 coaches. The Oregon Ducks received 11 first-place votes (121 points) and were picked to defend their regular-season title, while Stanford (111) and Oregon State went 2-3. After UCLA, Arizona State (77) and Arizona (73) rounded out the top six.
Utah garnered 58 points and was picked seventh, followed by USC (47), Washington (35), Washington State (34), California (28) and Colorado (16).
Last season, UCLA capped conference play by winning 10 of its last 12 Pac-12 regular season games en route to finishing 12-6 and fourth overall. The Bruins defeated Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas before falling to Oregon in overtime.
Three starters return for the Bruins, led by 2019 All-Pac-12 selection Michaela Onyenwere. She is UCLA's top returning scorer (18.3 PPG) and rebounder (8.5 RPG). UCLA also brings back Japreece Dean (14.1 PPG, 4.9 APG) and Lindsey Corsaro (7.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG).
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close is in her ninth year at the helm. She has led UCLA to four-straight trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 and needs 28 more wins to reach 200 for her career.
Once again, the Pac-12 saw unprecedented success in 2018-19. For the 10th time in 12 years, a Pac-12 team was in the NCAA Final Four with the Ducks becoming the fifth different Pac-12 squad to advance that far since 2013. No other conference has sent as many different teams to the Final Four during that span.
With at least half the league earning a NCAA Tournament bid for the third-straight year, the Pac-12 went 11-1 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the best record for a conference since 1997, while going undefeated in the first round for the third time in four years. The Pac-12 placed five teams in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years and was the only league to have at least two teams in the Elite Eight the last four years.
Pac-12 teams won a combined 14 NCAA Tournament games in 2019, tying for the most of any conference. Since 2016, the Pac-12 has won more games (55) in the Big Dance than any other league and has the best winning percentage of any Power 5 conference (.696) during that span.
2019-20 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll
SAN FRANCISCO – The UCLA women's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the highly-touted Pac-12 Conference, the league office announced on Monday morning ahead of media day.
The Bruins garnered 93 points in the poll, which was decided by the league's 12 coaches. The Oregon Ducks received 11 first-place votes (121 points) and were picked to defend their regular-season title, while Stanford (111) and Oregon State went 2-3. After UCLA, Arizona State (77) and Arizona (73) rounded out the top six.
Utah garnered 58 points and was picked seventh, followed by USC (47), Washington (35), Washington State (34), California (28) and Colorado (16).
Last season, UCLA capped conference play by winning 10 of its last 12 Pac-12 regular season games en route to finishing 12-6 and fourth overall. The Bruins defeated Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas before falling to Oregon in overtime.
Three starters return for the Bruins, led by 2019 All-Pac-12 selection Michaela Onyenwere. She is UCLA's top returning scorer (18.3 PPG) and rebounder (8.5 RPG). UCLA also brings back Japreece Dean (14.1 PPG, 4.9 APG) and Lindsey Corsaro (7.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG).
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close is in her ninth year at the helm. She has led UCLA to four-straight trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 and needs 28 more wins to reach 200 for her career.
Once again, the Pac-12 saw unprecedented success in 2018-19. For the 10th time in 12 years, a Pac-12 team was in the NCAA Final Four with the Ducks becoming the fifth different Pac-12 squad to advance that far since 2013. No other conference has sent as many different teams to the Final Four during that span.
With at least half the league earning a NCAA Tournament bid for the third-straight year, the Pac-12 went 11-1 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the best record for a conference since 1997, while going undefeated in the first round for the third time in four years. The Pac-12 placed five teams in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years and was the only league to have at least two teams in the Elite Eight the last four years.
Pac-12 teams won a combined 14 NCAA Tournament games in 2019, tying for the most of any conference. Since 2016, the Pac-12 has won more games (55) in the Big Dance than any other league and has the best winning percentage of any Power 5 conference (.696) during that span.
2019-20 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll
| School | Rank | Points |
| Oregon (11) | 1 | 121 |
| Stanford (1) | 2 | 111 |
| Oregon State | 3 | 99 |
| UCLA | 4 | 93 |
| Arizona State | 5 | 77 |
| Arizona | 6 | 73 |
| Utah | 7 | 58 |
| USC | 8 | 47 |
| Washington | 9 | 35 |
| Washington State | 10 | 34 |
| California | 11 | 28 |
| Colorado | 12 | 16 |
| First-place votes in parentheses | ||
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