2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 (MEDIA)

[LoTrader]

2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 (MEDIA)

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Sabrina Ionescu*	Oregon	G	Sr.	Walnut Creek, Calif.
Aari McDonald	Arizona	G	R-So.	Fresno, Calif.
Ruthy Hebard	Oregon	F	Sr.	Fairbanks, Alaska
Michaela Onyenwere	UCLA	F	Jr.	Aurora, Calif.
Mikayla Pivec	Oregon State	F	Sr.	Lynnwood, Wash.

* unanimous selection

 

[DefenseBB]

Did they show all the voting? I was curious about Slocum and the point guard from UCLA, Japreece Dean who was granted a 5th year.

 

[Plebe]

Did they show all the voting? I was curious about Slocum and the point guard from UCLA, Japreece Dean who was granted a 5th year.

Apparently no breakdown of the voting was reported:

Media votes Oregon preseason favorite to win Pac-12 Women's Basketball crown

The media tabbed Oregon Pac-12 Women's Basketball favorites in 2019-20

pac-12.com

 

[Lorcan]

It’s hard to argue, but no Kiana Williams or Dijonai Carrington from Stanford? I can’t really quibble with some of the names on here though.

 

[TheFarmFan]

TBH, I'm curious about several other omitted players. Here's last year's All-Pac-12:

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Kristine Anigwe ****	California	C/F	Sr.	Phoenix, Ariz.
Maite Cazorla**	Oregon	G	Sr.	Las Palmas, Spain
DiJonai Carrington	Stanford	G	Jr.	San Diego, Calif.
Ruthy Hebard ***	Oregon	F	Jr.	Fairbanks, Alaska
Borislava Hristova **	Washington State	F	R-Jr.	Varna, Bulgaria
Megan Huff**	Utah	F	Sr.	Federal Way, Wash.
Kianna Ibis **	Arizona State	F	Sr.	Omaha, Neb.
Sabrina Ionescu ***	Oregon	G	Jr.	Walnut Creek, Calif.
Aari McDonald	Arizona	G	R-So.	Fresno, Calif.
Michaela Onyenwere	UCLA	F	So.	Aurora, Colo.
Mikayla Pivec	Oregon State	G	Jr.	Lynnwood, Wash.
Satou Sabally	Oregon	F	So.	Berlin, Germany
Destiny Slocum	Oregon State	G	R-So.	Meridian, Idaho
Alanna Smith **	Stanford	F	Sr.	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kiana Williams	Stanford	G	So.	San Antonio, Texas

When you strike out the graduated seniors, other omits include Carrington, Hristova (already two-time All-P12), Sabally, and Williams. I obviously have Stanford bias, but it's not entirely clear to me why Onyenwere or Pivec are any more warranted on this list than the other five who didn't make it.

 

[Plebe]

Tough to choose only five players. I don't know why they tried to keep the list so short. I don't know of any other conference with such a small preseason selection.

I think the Pac-12 has about 9 very legit All-American candidates: Ionescu, Hebard, Sabally, Williams, Carrington, Pivec, Slocum, Onyenwere, McDonald. Hristova and Watts will probably score a ton of points and make 1st team all-conference, but may not have the team success needed for national recognition.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tough to choose only five players. I don't know why they tried to keep the list so short. I don't know of any other conference with such a small preseason selection.

I think the Pac-12 has about 9 very legit All-American candidates: Ionescu, Hebard, Sabally, Williams, Carrington, Pivec, Slocum, Onyenwere, McDonald. Hristova and Watts will probably score a ton of points and make 1st team all-conference, but may not have the team success needed for national recognition.

Put Melgoza in the same category as Hristova and Watts.

 

[triaddukefan]

Tough to choose only five players. I don't know why they tried to keep the list so short. I don't know of any other conference with such a small preseason selection.

I think the Pac-12 has about 9 very legit All-American candidates: Ionescu, Hebard, Sabally, Williams, Carrington, Pivec, Slocum, Onyenwere, McDonald. Hristova and Watts will probably score a ton of points and make 1st team all-conference, but may not have the team success needed for national recognition.

I'd forgotten about Watts. If she doesn't average at least 20ppg this year.... I'll be shocked.

 

[LoTrader]

I'd forgotten about Watts. If she doesn't average at least 20ppg this year.... I'll be shocked.

Looking forward to seeing her play in PAC-12.