Duck women’s basketball back into the AP Top 25 after 8-week hiatus

Eight really was enough.

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team is back in the Associated Press Top 25 after an eight-week hiatus. Kelly Graves’ team enters the poll at No. 19 thanks to some high-profile wins.

Last week consisted of victories over two previously Top 10 teams, a 68-66 overtime win over No. 7 Arizona and a 72-59 thrashing over No. 9 UConn. As a result, the Wildcats and Huskies each dropped down a spot to No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. Stanford at 14-3 overall is still the highest-ranked team in the conference as the Cardinal sit at No. 2.

Now fully healthy and the roster the Ducks envisioned coming into the season, they are on quite a roll, winners of fourth straight and in third place of the Pac-12 with a 3-1 record and 11-5 overall.

Oregon will get back at it with a busy week beginning with a makeup game against Utah, an 11 a.m. tip Jan. 26. After the Utes come calling, the Ducks will host UCLA Jan. 28 and USC Jan. 30. All of this week’s contests will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.