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\u201cI mean, we just kind of had everything rolling at that point,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd, so we would have had, more than likely, two games in Eugene, and then my guess is we\u2019d have been in the Portland regional, two games in Portland to get to the Final Four. And Sabrina and her teammates never got that chance to play. What they would have known, \u2018Hey, this is my last game at Matthew Knight arena.\u2019 And so I think by them coming back, especially after having won a championship, you know, I think was really special. I think it gave our fans a chance to celebrate her and Nyara Sabally<\/a>, who is also on the Liberty, one last time. And it also gave Sabrina a little bit of closure, you know, she got that send off kind of game here in Eugene, that I think she really deserved [it].\u201d<\/p>\n Then, they talked about the new WNBA team about to enter the Portland professional sports ecosystem. Graves explained why he believes the area would embrace a new women\u2019s basketball team:<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I think Portland\u2019s perfect fit for the WNBA. I mean, they have shown, with the success of the Portland Thorns in the women\u2019s pro soccer league, that they will support women\u2019s sports there. You know, we\u2019ve had a few regionals in Portland, they\u2019ve been among the best attended events ever. You\u2019ve got Oregon State and Oregon, two top 20 fan bases in the country. So it was kind of a natural, I think, fit. It really was. And, yeah, certainly I had nothing to do with it. But I think the fact that we\u2019ve shown that people will support women\u2019s sports here. And I think we have definitely been part of that. So I\u2019m really happy, in fact, the day we had the Liberty game, Inky Son, the new president of the Portland franchise, was down [here]. She and I had a chance to spend about an hour together and just talk. And she\u2019s really excited [and] by the way, [she is] very impressive, so that that\u2019s a definitely going to be well run up there, you can tell. So it\u2019s just, it\u2019s exciting. And now for my players to be able to, during the summer, when they\u2019re here working out, [it] gives them something else to do, go up and watch a pro game. So, you know, it\u2019s a win-win. That\u2019s the team that I\u2019m going to try and get down here next spring. Maybe we can get the new Portland franchise to play somebody here in Eugene, and kind of get the fans around here excited about about them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Want even more women\u2019s sports in your inbox?<\/p>\n