SPOKANE, Wash. — After thriving in the underdog role on the road to the 2017 Elite Eight, it's been a decidedly different path for the Oregon women's basketball team in 2018.
The Ducks earned the highest NCAA Tournament seed in school history, No. 2, and thus opened the Big Dance against a No. 15 seed, Seattle U. Due to upsets elsewhere in the Spokane Regional, the UO women then faced No. 10 Minnesota and No. 11 Central Michigan to get back to the Elite Eight.
That's where the run of double-digit seeds will end, as will Oregon's favorite status.