As NCAA women’s basketball rises in popularity, so too has Oregon’s girls basketball scene in recent years

Oregon high school girls basketball: Benson Techsters vs Clackamas Cavaliers

Benson girls basketball players celebrate a win over Clackamas in the OSAA Class 6A girls basketball state semifinals on Friday, March 8, 2024 at the Chiles Center. The matchup between the Techsters and the Cavaliers had at least seven girls featured that are in talks with Division I colleges. Howard Lao for The Oregonian/OregonLive

If NCAA women’s basketball has been hot over the past few years, the 2023-24 season saw it catch fire.

The Caitlin Clark-led Iowa Hawkeyes had regular-season tickets going for over $500 this year and the team’s second round win over West Virginia averaged 4.9 million viewers on ESPN — the most of any pre-Final Four women’s college basketball game.

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