ASU WBB: Devils in Detail Pac-12 WBB Rankings, 8-5

Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of the Pac-12 womens tournament center court logo with the outline of the Space Needle at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of the Pac-12 womens tournament center court logo with the outline of the Space Needle at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Devils in Detail women’s basketball coverage team of Sam Ficarro, Jordan Kaye, Gigi Micketti and Leah Soto put together a Pac-12 poll with conference season beginning this week. On Monday, teams ranked 12th to ninth was released. Today, teams ranked eighth to fifth is unveiled.

Today’s four teams are extremely strong teams and each have the potential to win the Pac-12 championship and make deep runs in the NCAA Tournament. Three of the four teams in today’s reveal made the NCAA Tournament last season with those three teams at least reaching the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Each team features a star returning for another season, with each look to her to make the big plays.

The women’s basketball coverage team reached a general consensus on the teams ranked 12th to ninth, but we have differing of opinions ranking teams eight to one. For example, one of the teams listed was ranked as high as one and as low as nine. It goes to show how deep and neck-and-neck these teams are to one another. There isn’t much separation in the Pac-12 and it should lead to an exciting season. We resume our rankings where we left off yesterday, in the Beaver State, and a Women’s Final Four participant from last season.