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The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah . Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history. [ 1 ]
This was the final season for the conference as a 10-team league. In July 2011, Colorado and Utah joined the conference, at which time the league's name changed to the Pac-12 Conference. The Sagarin Ratings by the end of the bowl season, ranked the Pac-10 as the best conference in football, overall. [1]
The 2009 Pacific-10 Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3, 2009.Oregon won the Pac-10 title, which had been held by USC for the past seven years. Seven conference teams were invited to participate in post season bowl games, with only UCLA and USC winning their bowl games.
The 2010 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played with the first round on March 10, 2010 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 11, semifinals on March 12, and the finals on March 13 (3:00 p.m. PT). [1]
By 1968, it was rebranded as the Pacific-8 (Pac-8, for short) and became the Pac-10 in 1978 when it brought aboard Arizona and Arizona State from the Western Athletic Conference.
Larry Scott announces the splitting of the Pac-10 into two divisions during a news conference Oct. 21, 2010, in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
The 2011 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played on March 9–11, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. [3] The tournament champion became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier from the conference.
Women's-only conference; known in its final season of 1985–86 as the Pacific West Conference (not to be confused with the current NCAA Division II conference). Disbanded when the Pac-10, home to the final five conference members, began sponsoring women's sports. Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association: Division II: 2010: 2015