TAMPA, Fla. — Sabrina Ionescu remains undecided about whether she’ll return to Oregon for her senior season or enter the WNBA Draft and will consider several factors before having to make her decision on Saturday.

The WNBA Draft is Wednesday in New York and though the deadline for eligible underclassmen on teams not in the women’s Final Four to declare was April 1, those that are have 24 hours from the conclusion of their last game to enter the draft. Ionescu, who is widely projected to be the No. 1 pick should she forego her senior season, has until approximately 6 p.m. PT Saturday to enter the draft.

“I haven’t thought about any of that yet,” Ionescu said after Oregon lost to Baylor in the women’s Final Four on Friday. “I’m going to get back and figure out what’s important to me and what I’m going to do.”

The Ducks superstar guard told the Oregonian/OregonLive loss of value and catastrophic injury insurance, specifically whether UO will pay for the policies, and what she believes she can accomplish by returning to Oregon in 2019-20 versus what she can achieve by starting her professional career now as opposed to next year will be among the factors that will go into her decision.

“I think that’s going to be at the root of what’s ultimately going to drive her decision,” her older brother, Andrei, said Thursday night. “To what degree and how much each of those weighs in on it, it’s hard to say because Sabrina won’t elaborate on all of those things until she’s ready to make that decision. I think she’s trying to figure it out for herself.”

Her parents, Dan Ionescu and Lilliana Blaj, and brothers, Eddy and Andrei, all said she had not decided on her plans for next season prior to Friday’s game.

“It’s a very hard, tough decision for her,” her mother told the Oregonian/OregonLive Thursday night. “We’re still gathering information just to give her information.”

The NCAA record holder in career triple-doubles (18), Ionescu averaged 19.9 points, 8.2 assists and 7.4 rebounds this season en route to repeating as winner of the Nancy Lieberman award for point guard of the year, repeating as Pac-12 player of the year and was named an All-American by the AP, USBWA and WBCA.

Ionescu is currently enrolled in classes for the spring quarter at Oregon, which began last week, and has been accepted to a Master’s program.

Schools are permitted to pay for loss of value and catastrophic injury insurance for their players, and customarily do for football and men’s basketball players who are projected to be high draft picks. Oregon’s Bol Bol had such a policy, though he could not say for how much, and it was not clear whether he and his family or UO paid for it.

There are tax ramifications should an athlete ever have to collect on such insurance policies based on who pays the premiums. If a player and their family pay for the policy the proceeds are tax-free, but if their school covers the cost any proceeds are taxable.

Policies can cost into five and even six-figures, though Ionescu’s potential future earnings would be considerably lower than that of top NFL draft picks and thus likely cost less.

The No. 1 pick in last year’s WNBA Draft, A’ja Wilson, earned just over $52,000 in her rookie season and the maximum salaries in the league only top $115,000. Many players supplement their income by playing overseas and through endorsements.

Eddy Ionescu, Sabrina’s twin brother who lives with her in Eugene, said they had a conversation about her plans for next season following Oregon’s win over Mississippi State in the Elite Eight in Portland, after which fans chanted “one more year” as she cut down the net at the Moda Center.

Sabrina Ionescu cuts down the net in Portland pic.twitter.com/78JrNHxdIy — James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) March 31, 2019

“There’s definitely that financial part as well,” Eddy Ionescu said. “If the university can cover her (insurance), I feel like that has a role. At the same time, I told her whatever she wants to do and whatever makes her happy.”