SEATTLE -- The Pac-12 title game could have included Washington and senior Kelsey Plum adding to her NCAA-record scoring haul in front of a home crowd. It could have included an upstart like Oregon showcasing the prodigious young talent that is Sabrina Ionescu.
So seeing a championship matchup between Oregon State and Stanford might feel staid.
But the sixth-ranked Beavers and the No. 10 Cardinal were the two best teams in the nation's toughest conference -- and what was arguably the most competitive season in Pac-12 history. And the fact that they landed in Sunday's Pac-12 final (ESPN2, 9 p.