By coincidence, Oregon coach Kelly Graves was in Minneapolis last fall on a recruiting trip, and hit up Minnesota coach Marlene Stollings about attending a Gophers practice.
Graves didn't want to spend an afternoon lying around his hotel room; Stollings was happy to oblige a coach she'd developed a good rapport with over the years. Little did either know, fate would bring them together in the same gym again this spring.
On Sunday, just a few short months since Graves dropped in on the Gophers in Minnesota, his UO women's basketball team will host them in a second-round NCAA Tournament game in Matthew Knight Arena.