Oregon, UCLA appear strongest of Pac-12 women’s teams

In the past few years, the Pac-12 has become the top women’s basketball conference in the country. It has had a team in the Final Four in all but one of the past 10 years.

Stanford made it seven of those years, including last season, and two seasons ago, Oregon State and Washington reached the national semifinals. The 2016-17 Big Dance had a record seven teams from the Pac-12.

Going into this year’s conference play, Oregon and UCLA look like the teams to beat, followed by Stanford and Oregon State.