2018–19 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team


The 2018–19 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fifth-year head coach Kelly Graves, played home 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 advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Portland State and Indiana in the first and second rounds, South Dakota State in the Sweet Sixteen and Mississippi State in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time in school history. They lost to Baylor in the Final Four.

2018–19 Oregon Ducks women's basketball
Pac-12 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 7
Record33–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMatthew Knight Arena
Seasons
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Oregon 16 2   .889 33 5   .868
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 31 5   .861
No. 11 Oregon State 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
No. 20 UCLA 12 6   .667 22 13   .629
No. 22 Arizona State 10 7   .588 22 11   .667
Utah 9 9   .500 20 10   .667
California 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Arizona 7 11   .389 24 13   .649
USC 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Washington State 4 14   .222 9 21   .300
Washington 2 15   .118 11 21   .344
Colorado 2 16   .111 12 18   .400
2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

edit

Departures

edit
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason left
Justine Hall 3 Guard 5'10" Senior Denver, CO Graduated
Lexi Bando 10 Guard 5'9" Senior Eugene, OR Graduated
Anneli Maley 15 Guard 6'2" Freshman Melbourne, Australia Transferred to TCU
Aina Ayuso 31 Guard 5'9" Freshman Sant Just Desvern, Spain Left to play professionally
Mallory McGuire 44 Forward 6'5" Sophomore Reno, NV Transferred to Boise State
Sierra Campisano 52 Forward 6'3" Sophomore San Diego, CA Transferred to Cal Poly

Recruits

edit
College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Taylor Chavez
G
Phoenix, AZ Valley Vista HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 95
Nyara Sabally
F
Berlin, Germany Rotteck Gymnasium 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

Roster

edit
2018–19 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) So Rotteck Gymnasium Berlin, Germany
F 1 Nyara Sabally     6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Rotteck Gymnasium Berlin, Germany
G 2 Morgan Yaeger 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So St. John's School Adelaide, Australia
G 3 Taylor Chavez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Valley Vista Surprise, AZ
G 5 Maite Cazorla 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Segle XXI Las Palmas, Spain
F 14 Lydia Giomi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So West Seattle HS Seattle, WA
G 20 Sabrina Ionescu 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Miramonte HS Walnut Creek, CA
F 21 Erin Boley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Elizabethtown HS
Notre Dame
Hodgenville, KY
F 24 Ruthy Hebard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr West Valley HS Fairbanks, AK
F 32 Oti Gildon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

edit
Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
12/30/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 5 Concordia (OR) W 110–49 
Matthew Knight Arena (4,819)
Eugene, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
8:00 pm
No. 3 at Alaska–Fairbanks W 115–36  1–0
Patty Center (1,603)
Fairbanks, AK
11/10/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 3 No. 18 Syracuse W 75–73  2–0
Matthew Knight Arena (6,879)
Eugene, OR
11/14/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 3 at Utah State W 88–58  3–0
Smith Spectrum (718)
Logan, UT
11/18/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 3 Buffalo W 102–82  4–0
Matthew Knight Arena (5,205)
Eugene, OR
11/23/2018*
12:00 pm
No. 3 vs. UC Riverside
Hilton Concord Classic
W 94–44  5–0
McKeon Pavilion (88)
Moraga, CA
11/24/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 3 at Saint Mary's
Hilton Concord Classic
W 79–55  6–0
McKeon Pavilion (963)
Moraga, CA
12/02/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 3 Long Beach State W 110–48  7–0
Matthew Knight Arena (5,118)
Eugene, OR
12/09/2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 at Michigan State L 82–88  7–1
Breslin Center (6,462)
East Lansing, MI
12/12/2018*
5:00 pm
No. 7 at South Dakota State W 87–79  8–1
Frost Arena (2,509)
Brookings, SD
12/18/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 No. 4 Mississippi State W 82–74  9–1
Matthew Knight Arena (8,951)
Eugene, OR
12/20/2018*
11:00 am
No. 7 Air Force W 82–36  10–1
Matthew Knight Arena (7,967)
Eugene, OR
12/21/2018*
12:00 pm
No. 7 UC Irvine W 115–69  11–1
Matthew Knight Arena (4,772)
Eugene, OR
Pac-12 regular season
01/04/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 Washington W 84–71  12–1
(1–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (6,013)
Eugene, OR
01/06/2019
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 Washington State W 98–58  13–1
(2–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (5,946)
Eugene, OR
01/11/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 at USC W 93–53  14–1
(3–0)
Galen Center (647)
Los Angeles, CA
01/13/2019
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 at UCLA W 72–52  15–1
(4–0)
Pauley Pavilion (8,036)
Los Angeles, CA
01/18/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 No. 19 Arizona State W 77–71  16–1
(5–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (6,769)
Eugene, OR
01/20/2019
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 Arizona W 93–60  17–1
(6–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (7,062)
Eugene, OR
01/25/2019
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 at Washington State W 79–64  18–1
(7–0)
Beasley Coliseum (931)
Pullman, WA
01/27/2019
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 5 at Washington W 76–57  19–1
(8–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,295)
Seattle, WA
02/01/2019
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 4 No. 14 Utah W 87–65  20–1
(9–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (7,773)
Eugene, OR
02/03/2019
12:00 pm
No. 4 Colorado W 102–43  21–1
(10–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (6,350)
Eugene, OR
02/08/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 3 at California W 105–82  22–1
(11–0)
Haas Pavilion (2,719)
Berkeley, CA
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 at No. 11 Stanford W 88–48  23–1
(12–0)
Maples Pavilion (5,250)
Stanford, CA
02/15/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 3 No. 9 Oregon State
Civil War
W 77–68  24–1
(13–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (12,364)
Eugene, OR
02/18/2019
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 2 at No. 12 Oregon State
Civil War
L 62–67  24–2
(13–1)
Gill Coliseum (9,301)
Corvallis, OR
02/22/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 2 UCLA L 69–74  24–3
(13–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (8,858)
Eugene, OR
02/24/2019
11:00 am, P12N
No. 2 USC W 96–78  25–3
(14–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (8,232)
Eugene, OR
03/01/2019
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 6 at Arizona W 83–54  26–3
(15–2)
McKale Center (2,517)
Tucson, AZ
03/03/2019
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 6 at No. 21 Arizona State W 66–59  27–3
(16–2)
Wells Fargo Arena (4,033)
Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/08/2019
2:30 pm, P12N
(1) No. 6 vs. (8) Arizona
Quarterfinals
W 77–63  28–3
MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531)
Paradise, NV
03/09/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
(1) No. 6 vs. (4) No. 25 UCLA
Semifinals
W 88–83 OT 29–3
MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/10/2019
5:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) No. 6 vs. (2) No. 7 Stanford
Championship Game
L 57–64  29–4
MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,023)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(2 P) No. 7 (15 P) Portland State
First Round
W 78–40  30–4
Matthew Knight Arena (6,523)
Eugene, OR
03/24/2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 P) No. 7 (10 P) Indiana
Second Round
W 91–68  31–4
Matthew Knight Arena (6,729)
Eugene, OR
03/29/2019*
8:30 pm, ESPN2
(2 P) No. 7 vs. (6 P) South Dakota State
Sweet Sixteen
W 63–53  32–4
Moda Center (11,324)
Portland, OR
03/31/2019*
11:00 am, ESPN
(2 P) No. 7 vs. (1 P) No. 4 Mississippi State
Elite Eight
W 88–84  33–4
Moda Center (11,538)
Portland, OR
04/05/2019*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 P) No. 7 vs. (1 G) No. 1 Baylor
Final Four
L 67–72  33–5
Amalie Arena (20,062)
Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
P=Portland Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.
[1]

Rankings

edit

2018–19 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 3 3 (1) 3 3 3 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 (3) 2 (2) 6 6 7 N/A
Coaches 3 3^ 3 3 3 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 (3) 3 6 6 7 4
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV   Received Votes
NR   Not Ranked
( )   First place votes received

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

edit

References

edit