2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fourth-year head coach Kelly Graves, play their games at the Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season title. They also won the Pac-12 Women's Tournament for the first time in school history and earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Seattle and Minnesota in the first and second rounds, Central Michigan in the sweet sixteen before falling to Notre Dame in the elite eight. With 33 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.

2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions
Pac-12 regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
2017–18 record33–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coachKelly Graves (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Campbell
  • Jodie Berry
  • Xavi López
Home arenaMatthew Knight Arena
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Oregon162 .889  335  .868
No. 15 Stanford143 .824  2411  .686
No. 9 UCLA144 .778  278  .771
No. 13 Oregon State144 .778  268  .765
California117 .611  2111  .656
Arizona State108 .556  2213  .629
USC99 .500  2011  .645
Utah810 .444  1814  .563
Colorado513 .278  1516  .484
Washington State314 .176  1020  .333
Arizona216 .111  624  .200
Washington117 .056  723  .233
2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Jayde Woods11G6'1"FreshmanYorba Linda, CATransferred at midseason to TCU[1]
Megan Trinder12G5'7"Junior (redshirt)Hollywell, Qld, AustraliaGraduated in August 2017; chose to enter the workforce[2]
Mar'Shay Moore13G5'8"SeniorVancouver, WAGraduated
Jacinta Vandenberg15F6'5"Senior (redshirt)Melbourne, AustraliaGraduated

In addition to the departing players, assistant Nicole Powell left after the 2016–17 season to become the head coach at Grand Canyon, located in her hometown of Phoenix.[3]

Incoming transfer

Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous
School
Years
Remaining
Date
Eligible
Erin Boley F 6'2" Sophomore Hodgenville, KY Notre Dame 3 Oct. 1, 2018[4]

Roster

2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Satou Sabally 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrRotteck Gymnasium Berlin, Germany
G 2 Morgan Yaeger   5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSt. John's School Adelaide, Australia
G 3 Justine Hall 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrRegis Jesuit HS
Purdue
Denver, CO
G 5 Maite Cazorla 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrSegle XXI Las Palmas, Spain
G 10 Lexi Bando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrWillamette HS Eugene, OR
F 14 Lydia Giomi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS FrWest Seattle HS Seattle, WA
G 15 Anneli Maley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrBox Hill Senior College Melbourne, Australia
G 20 Sabrina Ionescu 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoMiramonte HS Walnut Creek, CA
F 21 Erin Boley  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoElizabethtown HS
Notre Dame
Hodgenville, KY
F 24 Ruthy Hebard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoWest Valley HS Fairbanks, AK
G 31 Aina Ayuso 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrSegle XXI Sant Just Desvern, Spain
F 32 Oti Gildon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrGonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
F 44 Mallory McGwire 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoReno HS Reno, NV
F 52 Sierra Campisano 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoTorrey Pines HS San Diego, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[5]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2017*
9:00 am
No. 11 Portland State
Charity Exhibition for Oregon Wildfire Fund
W 88–60 
Matthew Knight Arena 
Eugene, OR
11/05/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 11 Westmont W 71–32 
Matthew Knight Arena (2,082)
Eugene, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:00 pm
No. 11 Cal State Northridge
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 91–43  1–0
Matthew Knight Arena (2,646)
Eugene, OR
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 11 Drake
Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals
W 110–77  2–0
Matthew Knight Arena (2,311)
Eugene, OR
11/16/2017*
5:00 pm
No. 10 at No. 19 Texas A&M
Preseason WNIT Semifinals
W 83–68  3–0
Reed Arena (3,315)
College Station, TX
11/19/2017*
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 10 at No. 5 Louisville
Preseason WNIT Championship
L 61–74  3–1
KFC Yum! Center (6,162)
Louisville, KY
11/21/2017*
6:00 pm
No. 10 Eastern Washington W 81–40  4–1
Matthew Knight Arena (2,234)
Eugene, OR
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm, P12N
No. 10 Oklahoma
Nike PK 80 Phil Knight Invitational
W 92–74  5–1
Matthew Knight Arena (6,033)
Eugene, OR
11/28/2017*
6:00 pm
No. 10 Hampton W 87–45  6–1
Matthew Knight Arena (2,142)
Eugene, OR
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 10 Weber State W 114–87  7–1
Matthew Knight Arena (2,506)
Eugene, OR
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 9 Southern Utah W 98–38  8–1
Matthew Knight Arena (2,565)
Eugene, OR
12/13/2017*
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 at No. 5 Mississippi State L 79–90  8–2
Humphrey Coliseum (5,445)
Starkville, MS
12/17/2017*
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Ole Miss W 90–46  9–2
Matthew Knight Arena (2,683)
Eugene, OR
12/21/2017*
12:00 pm
No. 10 vs. No. 19 Texas A&M
Duel in the Desert, Desert Division
W 84–62  10–2
Cox Pavilion (652)
Paradise, NV
12/22/2017*
12:00 pm
No. 10 vs. Hawaiʻi
Duel in the Desert, Desert Division
W 85–44  11–2
Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, NV
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017
3:00 pm
No. 10 Washington State W 89–56  12–2
(1–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (3,476)
Eugene, OR
12/31/2017
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 Washington W 94–83  13–2
(2–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (3,322)
Eugene, OR
01/05/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at USC W 70–66  14–2
(3–0)
Galen Center (670)
Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2018
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 14 UCLA W 70–61  15–2
(4–0)
Pauley Pavilion (7,190)
Los Angeles, CA
01/12/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Arizona W 62–44  16–2
(5–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (3,466)
Eugene, OR
01/14/2018
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 No. 18 Arizona State W 74–64  17–2
(6–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (4,416)
Eugene, OR
01/19/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 at No. 18 Oregon State
Civil War
L 79–85 OT 17–3
(6–1)
Gill Coliseum (6,704)
Corvallis, OR
01/21/2018
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 No. 18 Oregon State
Civil War
W 75–63  18–3
(7–1)
Matthew Knight Arena (7,249)
Eugene, OR
01/26/2018
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 at Colorado W 74–55  19–3
(8–1)
Coors Events Center (1,525)
Boulder, CO
01/28/2018
11:00 am, P12N
No. 7 at Utah W 84–68  20–3
(9–1)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,728)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/02/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 6 No. 25 California W 91–54  21–3
(10–1)
Matthew Knight Arena (3,670)
Eugene, OR
02/04/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 No. 24 Stanford L 65–78  21–4
(10–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (5,126)
Eugene, OR
02/09/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at Washington W 76–63  22–4
(11–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,177)
Seattle, WA
02/11/2018
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at Washington State W 90–79  23–4
(12–2)
Beasley Coliseum (1,122)
Pullman, WA
02/16/2018
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 USC W 80–74 2OT 24–4
(13–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (5,283)
Eugene, OR
02/18/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 8 No. 10 UCLA W 101–94 OT 25–4
(14–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (7,098)
Eugene, OR
02/23/2018
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Arizona State W 57–44  26–4
(15–2)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,446)
Tempe, AZ
02/25/2018
11:00 am, P12N
No. 8 at Arizona W 74–61  27–4
(16–2)
McKale Center (1,674)
Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
11:30 AM, P12N
(1) No. 6 vs. (9) Colorado
Quarterfinals
W 84–47  28–4
KeyArena (4,852)
Seattle, WA
03/03/2018
6:00 PM, P12N
(1) No. 6 vs. (4) No. 9 UCLA
Semifinals
W 65–62  29–4
KeyArena (6,889)
Seattle, WA
03/04/2018
6:00 PM, ESPN2
(1) No. 6 vs. (2) No. 16 Stanford
Championship Game
W 77–57  30–4
KeyArena (5,387)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018*
4:30 PM, ESPN2
(2 S) No. 6 (15 S) Seattle
First Round
W 88–45  31–4
Matthew Knight Arena (7,040)
Eugene, OR
03/18/2018*
7:30 PM, ESPN2
(2 S) No. 6 (10 S) Minnesota
Second Round
W 101–73  32–4
Matthew Knight Arena (7,576)
Eugene, OR
03/24/2018*
3:00 PM, ESPN
(2 S) No. 6 vs. (11 S) Central Michigan
Sweet Sixteen
W 83–69  33–4
Spokane Arena (5,084)
Spokane, WA
03/26/2018*
6:00 PM, ESPN
(2 S) No. 6 vs. (1 S) No. 5 Notre Dame
Elite Eight
L 74–84  33–5
Spokane Arena (5,226)
Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 9 9 8 6 6 6 N/A
Coaches 11 N/A 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 9 6 9 7 10 10 7 6 5 5 5
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. "TCU Adds Oregon Transfer Jayde Woods" (Press release). TCU Horned Frogs. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. Hawthorne, Jonathan (April 19, 2017). "After two ACL injuries, Megan Trinder opts to step away from college basketball". The Daily Emerald. Eugene, OR. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. "Nicole Powell named GCU Women's Basketball coach" (Press release). Grand Canyon Antelopes. April 10, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. Karell, Daniel (May 30, 2017). "Elizabethtown's Erin Boley picks Oregon as destination after leaving Notre Dame". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. http://www.goducks.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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