Oregon's two seniors, Maite Cazorla and Oti Gildon, were recently reflecting on the explosion of popularity the UO women's basketball program has enjoyed the last four years.
When Cazorla and Gildon made their Matthew Knight Arena debut, in November 2015, the Ducks were coming off a 13-17 season, their first year after the hiring of head coach Kelly Graves by athletic director Rob Mullens and senior women's administrator Lisa Peterson. That was a huge jump from the team's four-win season two years before, but still, only 956 fans were on hand for the 2015-16 home opener against Hampton.