The four remaining Pac-12 schools, California, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State, will have options if they are looking for another conference.
Stanford's NiJaree Canady outlasted Washington's Ruby Meylan in a battle of Pac-12 freshman pitchers to push the Cardinal into the national semifinals.
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South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a 37th consecutive week. That breaks a second-place tie with Louisiana Tech for the longest streak all time.
Endyia Rogers scored 10 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter and ninth-seeded Oregon pulled out a 52-50 win over eighth-seeded Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Spencer Jones hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 points, Brandon Angel added 14 points, as Stanford beat Washington 81-69 to snap a three-game losing streak.
South Carolina remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll after topping Mississippi in overtime on Sunday. The Gamecocks have been No. 1 for 35 straight weeks.