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The Cardinal and Golden Bears split their regular-season series, playing twice in the same week in January. Cal's win at Stanford ended the Cardinal's 81-game conference win streak.

Cal wanted nothing more than to be considered Stanford's equal. Beating the Cardinal on Sunday and snapping their 81-game conference winning streak? Mission accomplished.

Stanford was outrebounded and outplayed at times Tuesday in its Pac-12 showdown with Cal. But when it mattered most, the Cardinal were tough enough to pull out the win and remain unbeaten in conference play.

Stanford has reigned in the Pac-12 for a dozen years. Will this be the season it is knocked from the throne? Read on for our predictions for the league.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Sunday's game between No. 2 Stanford and California meant nothing in the Pac-12 standings, affected not a single seed or matchup in the upcoming conference tournament. But to say it meant nothing, well, that's simply not the case...

Chiney Ogwumike scored three of her career-high 27 points in overtime to help No. 4 Stanford wrap up a perfect first half of the Pac-12 season with a 74-71 victory over rival California on Saturday.

Two teams joined the conference -- Utah and Colorado -- and four teams have new coaches calling the shots this year.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 18 points and 10 rebounds and No. 2 Stanford routed Cal 64-44 in the semifinals of the Pac-10 Conference tournament on Saturday.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 22 points and 14 rebounds and No. 2 Stanford completed its first unbeaten run through the Pac-10 schedule since 2002 with a sloppy 63-48 victory over rival California on Saturday.

Candice Wiggins produced her own 13-0 run in the first half and finished her phenomenal conference career with 30 points, leading Stanford past rival and California 56-35 Monday night.

Brooke Smith scored 14 of her 21 points in the first half, and Stanford (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) beat rival California for the ninth straight time, 88-53.