Obviously, the Pac 12 has had an amazing tournament on the men’s side. But tonight, we need to give some recognition to the women.

In the first women’s semi-final tonight, Stanford beat South Carolina 66-65 in a wild finish where South Carolina took a lead with less than a minute left thanks to a three-pointer from Destanni Henderson. But Stanford would regain the lead off a long offensive rebound by Haley Jones that led to her making a jumper from the corner. With 16 seconds, Ashten Prechtel stole the ball for Stanford to stop South Carolina and force them to start fouling to try to extend the game. South Carolina managed to trap Stanford near the half court line and got a steal from Aliyah Boston with 8 seconds left, and South Carolina charged up field for one last chance. But Brea Beal would miss the tough layup over a Stanford defender, and Boston would miss the tip-in offensive rebound attempt – letting Stanford escape with a 1 point victory.

But the bigger shock might be Arizona’s 69-59 upset over #1 UConn. On Thursday, the news broke about Arizona feeling snubbed as a promotional video showcasing the Final 4 teams accidentally showed clips from South Carolina, UConn, and Stanford, but forgot the 3 seed Arizona Wildcats. This whole tournament has been a disaster for the NCAA – but forgetting one of the teams playing in the semi-finals in a promo about the semi-finals is an amazing level of incompetence. But it looks like the Wildcats channeled that anger at being left out and decided to punish the Huskies by eliminating the top seed from the tournament. Aari McDonald led the Wildcats with 26 points as Arizona jumped out to 32-22 halftime lead. The Huskies did make a late rally to cut the lead to 5 points, but the Wildcats hit some key shots to stop the rally and hit enough free throws at the end of the game to hold on to the victory.

So, the Pac 12 will be guaranteed the Women’s National Championship as Stanford and Arizona will battle it out for the title. Congratulations to both Stanford and Arizona for making it to the championship game.