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, played 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 earned 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
Record33–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMatthew Knight Arena
Seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon 16 2   .889 33 5   .868
No. 15 Stanford 14 3   .824 24 11   .686
No. 9 UCLA 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 13 Oregon State 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
California 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Arizona State 10 8   .556 22 13   .629
USC 9 9   .500 20 11   .645
Utah 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Colorado 5 13   .278 15 16   .484
Washington State 3 14   .176 10 20   .333
Arizona 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
Washington 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Jayde Woods 11 G 6'1" Freshman Yorba Linda, CA Transferred at midseason to TCU[1]
Megan Trinder 12 G 5'7" Junior (redshirt) Hollywell, Qld, Australia Graduated in August 2017; chose to enter the workforce[2]
Mar'Shay Moore 13 G 5'8" Senior Vancouver, WA Graduated
Jacinta Vandenberg 15 F 6'5" Senior (redshirt) Melbourne, Australia Graduated

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

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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

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2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Satou Sabally 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Rotteck Gymnasium Berlin, Germany
G 2 Morgan Yaeger     5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. John's School Adelaide, Australia
G 3 Justine Hall 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Regis Jesuit HS
Purdue
Denver, CO
G 5 Maite Cazorla 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Segle XXI Las Palmas, Spain
G 10 Lexi Bando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Willamette HS Eugene, OR
F 14 Lydia Giomi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Fr West Seattle HS Seattle, WA
G 15 Anneli Maley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Box Hill Senior College Melbourne, Australia
G 20 Sabrina Ionescu 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Miramonte HS Walnut Creek, CA
F 21 Erin Boley   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Elizabethtown HS
Notre Dame
Hodgenville, KY
F 24 Ruthy Hebard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So West Valley HS Fairbanks, AK
G 31 Aina Ayuso 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Segle XXI Sant Just Desvern, Spain
F 32 Oti Gildon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
F 44 Mallory McGwire 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Reno HS Reno, NV
F 52 Sierra Campisano 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Torrey Pines HS San Diego, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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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

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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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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
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "TCU Adds Oregon Transfer Jayde Woods" (Press release). TCU Horned Frogs. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. 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. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".