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All-Star Games usually make a mockery out of legitimate basketball turning the game more into a sideshow pick-up game, but the last-second execution at the end of the first half showed the true abilities of the players in the WBCA All-Star Game.

After the 10-12th seeds scored upsets in the first day of the 2012 Pac-12 women's basketball tournament, the second day might be defined by a few times looking to impress the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Although the California Golden Bears are pretty much a lock to make the tournament, the Arizona State Sun Devils and USC Women of Troy are bubble teams looking to improve their chances at making it all.

Jamilah King of ColorLines wrote an article about The Asian American Basketball Leagues That Helped Create Linsanity that mentioned a connection to the WNBA aspirations of fellow California native and former Southern California women's basketball player Jamie Hagiya.

There's a Pac-12 game that's worth your attention today: the USC Women of Troy taking on the crosstown rival UCLA Bruins.

Cal Women's Basketball Season Preview Part Four: Pac-12 Preview

After Cal won the WNIT last year, USC can make it a back-to-back for the Pac-10 with a win over Toledo on Saturday.

After losing three of their last six games this season, the Trojans missed out on a 2011 NCAA Tournament bid, but Cooper had a change of heart about accepting a WNIT bid this season saying that there's value to post-season play.