Pac 12 Preview: Oregon

Last Season:
33-5 overall and 16-2 in Pac 12 play. The Ducks won the Pac 12 regular season and lost to Baylor by just 5 in the Final 4. An interesting note is that Oregon had the identical record the previous year.


The Coaches:
Kelley Graves starts season six with the Ducks. Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his games over 17 seasons.
Mark Campbell is in his 5th year at Oregon and is the Associate Head Coach. Mark was a coach for 4 seasons as an assistant at Oregon State.
Jodie Berry is in her 5th season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.
Xavi Lopez is in his 3rd year.



Losses:
Maite Cazorla averaged 10 points and 4.5 assists as the Starter at Guard. Maite also made 61 threes at 41%.
Odi Gildon averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds as the 6th player.

Additions:
Minyon Moore is a 5-8 Grad transfer Point Guard from USC who averaged 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the Trojans last season. Moore will start this season. Ranked # 1 in the nation with 4 returning starters and great Grad transfer, and depth.

Nraya Sabally is listed below and here as she hasn’t played yet, missing last season with an injury. However she has now suffered another ACL

Holly Winterburn is a 5-10 Frosh Guard from England. Several Years ago she scored 23 points while Australia beat the USA in a 16U game. Then scored 31 in an 19U game the following year.

Jaz Shelley is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Australia. Jaz played on their 19 U team scoring 10 points per game.

Lucy Cochrane is a 6-5 Frosh Post from Australia. Lucy may not be a scorer yet but in a 17U game against the USA she had 4 blocks and 9 rebounds.

Sedona Prince is a 6-7 Redshirt Frosh who transferred from Texas. She had a serious injury and wasn’t able to play for Texas. Sedona was a McD All American and ranked # 8 out of HS. As of this date unknown if she will be eligible to play this year.



The Schedule:
At Syracuse, in a tournament vs Oklahoma State and Louisville. Away only vs the LA schools and only host the Washington Schools.



The Team:
Sabrina Ionescu is a 5-10 Sr Guard who led in scoring with 20 points per game. Ionescu also averaged 8 assists with better than a 3.0 assist to turnover ratio and 7 rebounds . She made 93 threes at 43%. Sabrina is the reigning National Player of the Year

Ruthy Hebard is a 6-4 Sr Forward who was the Ducks 3rd leading scorer and the leading rebounder with 16 points and 9 rebounds per game. Hebard shot 67% from the floor.

Satou Sabally is a 6-4 Jr Forward from Berlin, Germany. Satou averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds and made 81 threes at 41 %.

Erin Boley is a 6-2 Redshirt Jr Wing who averaged 12 points making 104 threes at 43% Boley spent her Frosh year at Notre Dame

Morgan Yeager is a 5-9 Redshirt Jr Guard from Australia. She averaged 2 points per game.

Lydia Giomi is a 6-6 Redshirt Jr Post who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.

Taylor Chavez is a 5-10 Soph Guard who averaged 5 points.



Predictions:
The Ducks are ranked # 1 in the nation. “nuff said. The Ducks have 4 returning starters, a great Grad transfer, and depth.




2020 Recruiting:
Sydney Parrish, 6-1 W from IN ranked # 10
Kylee Watson, 6-3 F from NJ ranked # 15
Maddie Scherr, 5-11 G from KY ranked # 19
Angela Dugalic, 6-4 Post from IL ranked # 24
Te-Hina Paopao, 5-10 PG from SoCal ranked # 33, Rank dropped after her knee injury last year.

In the Hunt for:
Hailey Van Lith, 5-9 PG from WA ranked # 8