LAS VEGAS — When UO women's basketball coach Kelly Graves met with media Wednesday to preview his team's Pac-12 Tournament appearance, he asked if he could conduct the interview while sitting on a couch.
After all, he pointed out, hadn't the Ducks earned the right to kick up their feet and relax on the conference tournament's opening day?
Oregon (19-10) was one of four teams that earned a bye for the event, and thus got to watch while the bottom eight seeds tried to survive and advance Wednesday. UCLA was one of the four teams to do that, setting up a quarterfinal matchup against the Ducks on Thursday (6 p.