Pac-12

The Pac-12 hired sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff to be the conference’s next commissioner, replacing Larry Scott with another college sports outsider. The conference presidents conducted a secretive nearly four-month search that included speculation about some familiar names in colle…

Point guard Kiana Williams of national champion Stanford is declaring herself eligible for the WNBA draft. Aari McDonald of Arizona is also entering the WNBA draft.

Outgoing Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was very proud to be in San Antonio to celebrate the conference’s first NCAA women’s basketball championship since 1992.

The Stanford Cardinal are national champions in women’s basketball for the third time and first in 29 years. Haley Jones scored 17 points as the Cardinal held off Arizona, 54-53.

Oregon State was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 but defied the odds and won the conference tournament for an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Oregon was among the top recruiting programs under the previous two coaches, consistently pulling in classes among the top half of the Pac-12 Conference.

The UTEP men's basketball program will serve as a substitute for NM State and face the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Dec. 12, in the McKale Center (Tucson, Arizona).

Despite El Paso's economic impact from the Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl, the decision to call off the game is the right one.

The Sun Bowl—tied for the second-longest running bowl game behind the Rose Bowl—has been canceled, according to Brett McMurphy of Stadium.

The Pac-12's decision to go with a seven-game conference schedule puts a representative from their league against the ACC at the Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl.