Offseason Outlook: A top-ranked recruiting class has Kelly Graves’ squad looking at a bright future

The 2022 season didn’t end how they planned, but Kelly Graves and the Ducks have reasons for optimism going into the offseason.

On Saturday afternoon, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team saw their 2021-22 season come to the end in the form of an upset loss to 12-seeded Belmont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It was a thrilling game — one that came down to the final possession in double overtime — but a disappointing result for a team that had aspirations of making it to the second weekend of the tournament and potentially running further into the madness of March.

Nonetheless, Oregon’s season came to an end, and it now gives us a chance to look back on the major takeaways, and take a peak at the coming months, and where we expect them to be next season. Let’s start with what Graves said after the game about the season as a whole: