SPOKANE -- If you've followed the NCAA Tournament on social media at all this month, then you've surely seen a celebration like this: A victorious coach walks into a locker room ambush, where players wait to unleash screams of joy and cups of water. The couch is doused, and the team dances another day longer, knowing joy in the bracket can be fleeting.
Oregon was that team last year. The 10th-seeded Ducks celebrated every step of the way as it advanced to the program's first Elite Eight.
"Last year," senior guard Lexi Bando said, "when we won the first round, we were screaming and jumping around.