SPOKANE, Wash. — The Oregon women's basketball will have no excuse if the Ducks aren't prepared for the challenge they'll face in the Sweet Sixteen.
Because familiarities abound in Spokane this weekend.
Six days after facing a run-and-gun Minnesota squad that relied heavily on three-pointers, the UO women face a team with a similar profile in Central Michigan on Saturday (3 p.m., ESPN). Like regional No. 2 seed Oregon, the 11th-seeded Chippewas feature five starters averaging double-figure points per game. And they made 14-of-27 threes in upsetting No. 3 seed Ohio State on Monday.
"That was an upset in seed-line only; they're really good," UO coach Kelly Graves said.