When four Oregon Ducks women's basketball players showed up for April's USA Basketball 3-on-3 championship, they did so without any expectations.
Some, such as All-America guard Sabrina Ionescu, didn't even know the rules of 3-on-3, with its 10-minute games, 12-second shot clock and format of first to 21 points in a half-court.
Five weeks later, Ionescu and fellow Ducks Erin Boley, Oti Gildon and Ruthy Hebard found themselves in an East Coast layover en route to France, where they will prepare ahead of next week's 3-on-3 World Cup in the Phillipines. There, UO's quartet will represent the U.