The Oregon Ducks Women’s Basketball team will head to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years and face the Temple Owls on Saturday.
Kelly Graves and the Oregon Ducks had a solid season facing adversity along the way. Sabrina Ionescu was the driving force. She had multiple double doubles and triple doubles this season. The Ducks biggest win came in the Pac-12 Tournament knocking off the Washington Huskies and Kelsey Plum on their home floor in Seattle.
For first time since 2005, the Ducks are back in the @ncaawbb tournament! #GoDucks #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/PE9Uv1BWA5
— Oregon Women’s Basketball (@OregonWBB) March 13, 2017
The road in the NCAA Tournament for Oregon is not easy. They play in the region where Connecticut is the number one overall seed and if they can make it past the 7th seed Temple Owls they will likely battle 2 Seed Duke for a chance to make it to the Sweet 16.. The Women of Oregon have not played in the NCAA Tournament since 2005.
It is also the first time since 2000 that both the Oregon Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams are playing together in the NCAA Tournament.
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The Oregon Ducks meet the Temple Owls on Saturday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The teams get a favorable start time ata 3:30pm PT on ESPN2.