Arizona 
The University of Arizona women’s volleyball team will begin the postseason with a trip to Austin, Texas to take on Michigan State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament this afternoon.
Under the direction of head coach David Rubio, the Wildcats have made the tournament in 15 of his 20 years at the helm and have posted a 22-14 record in those matches.@@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/rubio_david00.html@@ @@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/120111aaa.html@@
Arizona is coming off a split with in-state rival Arizona State. The last time Michigan State and Arizona met was Sept. 2, 1990 in Tucson, where the Wildcats came out on top 3-0.@@http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/120111aaa.html@@
Arizona State
The Sun Devils’ men’s wrestling team will take part in the 30th-annual The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, which begins today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Arizona State is making its 26th appearance at the 30-year event.@@http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/120111aaa.html@@
Redshirt junior Levi Cooper, a returning All-American heavy weight from Hubbard, Ore., is the only Arizona State wrestler ranked nationally. He gave himself a big boost in the rankings after beating top-ranked returning NCAA champion Zach Rey of Lehigh last weekend.@@http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/cooper_levi00.html@@
Cooper has won 10 consecutive matches entering today’s event.
California
The No. 24 California Golden Bears men’s basketball team will aim for its eighth win in nine tries as they travel south to play San Diego State Sunday afternoon. The Bears have won two of their last three, with the lone loss coming at the hands of Missouri in the Progressive CBE Classic early last week.@@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112911aad.html@@ @@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/cal-m-baskbl-sched.html@@
San Diego State made some noise in the NCAA tournament last season and figure to be a good challenge for Cal senior guard Jorge Gutierrez and sophomore Allen Crabbe both average more than 14 points per game, while Justin Cobbs (11.0) and Harper Kamp (10.0) also average double figures for the Golden Bears.@@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gutierrez_jorge00.html@@ @@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/crabbe_allen00.html@@ @@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cobbs_justin00.html@@ @@http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2011-2012/teamcume.html@@
Colorado
Colorado’s men’s basketball team came out on the losing end of 65-64 contest at Colorado State on Wednesday night, the Buffaloes first loss in four games.@@http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=257&SPSID=3888&DB_OEM_ID=600@@
Colorado committed 15 turnovers, missed 16 free throws and shot 36.8 percent from the field, yet they still had an opportunity to win it at the buzzer. But senior guard Nate Tomlinson missed long to end the game.@@http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3888&SPID=257&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205340629@@ @@http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=1573134@@
The Buffs play their next eight games at home, which spans a full month of the season, beginning when they host Fresno State next Wednesday.@@http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=257&SPSID=3888&DB_OEM_ID=600@@
Oregon
University of Oregon men’s baseball coach George Horton was selected to the 2012 Collegiate National Team coaching staff earlier this week.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205340375@@
The Ducks head coach will serve as an assistant under manager Dave Serrano, the newly hired Tennessee Volunteers head coach. The duo have a long history of coaching together that dates back to the 1980s when Serrano played for Horton at Cerritos College.@@same@@
The schedule for next summer’s collegiate squad is expected to be announced in early 2012.
Oregon State
Oregon State’s women’s gymnastics team were tabbed No. 7 in the nation according to a preseason Coaches Poll released by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches Thursday.@@http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/120111aaa.html@@
The Beavers won the Pac-10 Championship last season and return reigning Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year Leslie Mak along with a talented, albeit young, team.@@http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/w-gym/mtt/mak_leslie00.html@@
Competition doesn’t begin until after the holiday break when Oregon State hosts Oklahoma on Jan. 13.@@http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/orst-w-gym-spec-rel.html@@
Stanford
A pair of Stanford student-athletes earned Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year honors on Thursday.@@http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/113011aac.html@@
Senior Chris Derrick took the honor for men’s cross country after finishing as the NCAA runner-up this fall, while Teresa Noyola was honored for women’s soccer. The senior helped the Cardinal to a 23-0-1 record with eight goals and team-high 14 assists.@@same@@
Derrick holds a 3.86 grade point average as an economics major, and Noyola earned a 3.52 GPA as a math and computation science major.
UCLA
UCLA’s Atonye Nyingifa recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 21 points and 11 rebounds and senior Rebekah Gardner chipped in 20 points and eight rebounds of her own to lead the Bruins to a 78-71 win over San Diego State earlier this week.@@http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/113011aaa.html@@ @@http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/gardner_rebekah00.html@@ @@http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/nyingifa_atonye00.html@@
The Bruins used a 22-0 run that took more than six minutes off the game clock to go up 24-8, but the lead was short lived as the Aztecs cut the lead to four by halftime. A 15-4 run midway through the second half put UCLA ahead for good.@@same@@
USC
The USC men’s water polo team will take the top seed into this weekend’s NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship at the Trojans aim for their fourth-straight national title in Berkeley, Calif.
The Trojans earned the top seed for the seventh straight season and will open with fourth-seeded Princeton on Saturday for the right to face either No. 2 UCLA of No. 3 UC San Diego in Sunday’s championship final. @@http://www.ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5800&ATCLID=205339539@@
Utah
Utah’s men’s basketball team will be looking to right the ship when they go to Fresno, Calif., to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday afternoon.@@http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/utah-m-baskbl-sched.html@@
The Utes traveled to Paradise Island in the Bahamas last weekend to compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and were defeated by an average of 22.3 points per game. Utah’s lone win of the season came against San Diego Christian College, a three-point victory, on Nov. 14.@@http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/sports/no-paradise-in-bahamas/@@ @@http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/utah-m-baskbl-sched.html@@
Senior guard Josh Watkins leads the team with 18.8 points per game.@@http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/utah-m-baskbl-mtt.html@@ @@http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2011-2012/teamcume.html@@
Washington
University of Washington men’s golfer Chris Williams was named the Pacific Northwest Golf Association 2011 men’s Player of the Year on Thursday.@@http://www.thepnga.org/layout9.asp?id=521&page=26704&newsID=254@@
The junior from Moscow, Idaho had an impressive fall season and shot a course record 59 this past weekend at Yakima Valley. A win at the Kikkor Golf Invitational earlier this fall, the fourth of his collegiate career at Washington, tied him for the most individual wins in school history.@@http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/120111aaa.html@@
Washington State
Arguably the biggest news of the week around the Pac-12 this week came from Pullman, Wash., where the Cougars signed former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach to a five-year contract to lead Washington State’s football program.@@http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7299814/mike-leach-agrees-coach-washington-state-cougars@@
Leach will introduced at a press conference next Tuesday.
In 10 seasons at Texas Tech, Leach led the team to 10 bowl berths and a school-record 84 wins during his tenure.@@http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12@@