Controlling the pace and making the game a grind-it-out affair is one of the keys for Oregon, Graves said. That will be harder without top defender and playmaker Elisa Mevius, sidelined due to a broken hand, but the Ducks have shown a collective stinginess in prior games that transcends personnel.

Madness is here, and the Oregon Ducks are back in the women's NCAA Tournament. The No. 10 seed Ducks will face No. 7 seed Vanderbilt in the first round. Betting odds, preview, prediction and how to watch.

The Vanderbilt Commodores play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against the Oregon Ducks . The teams meet Friday for the first time this season.