There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Washington was among the upper echelon of women's programs on the West Coast.

Kristi Kingma remembers those times, when she drove with her dad from her suburban Seattle home across the state to watch the Huskies play for a chance at the Final Four.

Washington is in the midst of a women's hoops resurgence in the second year under coach Kevin McGuff. The Huskies are 16-7 overall and 9-3 in Pac-12 play heading into a key four-game road trip that starts on Friday night at Oregon and includes games at Oregon State, Utah and Colorado.

How Washington does in those four games will likely determine whether the Huskies have a shot at making the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007.