the sport became an "interest group" in 1965. intercollegiate games also began in 1965, and in 1966, the women's team entered the northwest college women's sports association (which would eventually become the aiaw region 9 conference). the program became official in 1973, the year following the passage of title ix, which required federally supported universities to offer equal opportunities in men's and women's athletics. they have an all-time record (as of the end of the 2015–16 season) of 706–507. they previously played in the northwest basketball league from 1977–1982 (47–5 all-time record) and the norpac conference from 1982–1986 (34–12 all-time record) before the pacific-10 conference, now known as the pac-12 conference, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986. the ducks' current all-time conference record is 260–280. they won the women's national invitation tournament in 2002 54–52 over houston.