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
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
Record	33–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kelly Graves (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Mark Campbell Jodie Berry Xavi López
Home arena	Matthew Knight Arena
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Departures

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

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
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 Kelly Graves (New Mexico) Assistant coach(es) Mark Campbell (Hawaiʻi) Jodie Berry (Western Washington) Xavi López (Point Loma) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	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

• 2017–18 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

References

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".