EUGENE, Ore. — When Kelly Graves took over the Oregon women's basketball program in 2014, the Ducks were 18 months removed from a four-win season. When Sabrina Ionescu arrived on campus two years after Graves, the UO women were 18 months removed from a sub-.500 season.
My, how times have changed.
Two weeks ago, Oregon opened practice for the 2019-20 season fresh off the program's first-ever appearance in the Final Four, which capped a 33-win, Pac-12 championship season. Ionescu, the reigning national player of the year, leads the Ducks into her senior season as favorites to repeat as conference champs, and as the preseason No.