The Pac-12 has been around in some sort of fashion for over 100 years, but the conference as we know it will end in the summer of 2024. Conference realignment has taken away one of the most influential conferences in college basketball — one that housed the greatest dynasty in the sport.
But the league wasn’t just about UCLA. Oregon won the first NCAA tournament, and Lute Olson turned Arizona into a power while a multitude of great talent has worked their way through the west. Of course, the league wasn’t just about the men, either. USC of the 1980s were iconic and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer built an elite program that still stands today.
The Pac-12 has been one of the most unique conferences in college athletics and when the league breaks apart in July 2024 it will close the chapter on the greatest western basketball conference we’ve ever known. The pioneers that have come through the league and the great players will always be part of that legacy. So let’s celebrate that legacy now with twenty of the best moments in Pac-12’s basketball history.