Pac 12 Preview: Oregon

 

Pac 12 Preview:  Oregon

 

Last Season:  

31-2 overall and 17-1 in Pac 12 play.  The Ducks were very likely going to be the NCAA Champs.  

The Coaches:

Kelley Graves starts season seven with the Ducks.  Graves coached in

Kelley Graves

the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his games over 17 seasons.

Mark Campbell is in his 6th 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 6th season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.

Xavi Lopez is in his 4th year.  

 

Losses:

Sabrina Ionescu The National Player of the Year, 17 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game.

Ruthy Hebard averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds.

Satou Sabally averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds.

Minyon Moore averaged 8 points and 4 assists.  

Holly Winterburn averaged 3 points per game but a high of 17 with 5 threes.  She will be transferring.   

Lucy Cochrane averaged one point and one rebound. 

Morgan Yeager retired.  She averaged 1 point per game. 

That’s a loss of 63 of their 86 points per game.  

 

Additions:

Nraya Sabally will be a Redshirt JR but has missed her first two season with injuries

Sedona Prince is a 6-7 Redshirt Jr who transferred from Texas and sat out last season.  Sedona was a McD. All American and ranked # 8 out of HS.   Like Sabally she hasn’t played for two seasons.  

Sydney Parrish, 6-1 W from IN ranked # 8

Kylee Watson, 6-3 F from NJ ranked # 17

Maddie Scherr, 5-11 G from KY ranked # 19

Angela Dugalic, 6-4 Post from IL ranked # 22

Te-Hina Paopao, 5-10 PG from SoCal ranked # 11, Injured as a Jr California Player of the Year as a Sr

Taylor Mikesell, is a Jr transfer from Maryland who is eligible for this season.   At Maryland last season she averaged 12 points and included two seasons at 42% from three and 95 made threes as a Frosh. 

Arielle Wilson, 6-6 Jr Forward, a JC transfer who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds. 

The Schedule:  Seattle, U of Portland and Portland State are the non- conference games. 

 

The Team: Oregon Roster

Erin Boley is a 6-2 Redshirt Srr Wing who averaged 9 points making 79

Erin Boley

threes at 44%   Boley spent her Frosh year at Notre Dame

Lydia Giomi is a 6-6 Redshirt Sr Post who averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds.

Taylor Chavez is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 6 points, and made 45 threes at 47%.

Jaz Shelley is a 5-9 Soph Guard from Australia.  Jaz averaged 6 points and made 47 threes at 42%. 

 

Predictions:  

Let’s start with the Ducks lost 3 WNBA first round draft choices and an excellent point guard.  That said oh what a roster the Ducks have.    So much young talent to go with Boley, Chavez and Shelly.   Plus two who have been at Oregon: Sabally back from two knee injuries and Prince now eligible after transferring from Texas a year ago.

This in my opinion is at least an Elite Eight team  

    

2021 Recruiting:

Taylor Bigby , 5-11 Guard from Nevada ranked # 15

Phillipina Kyei, 6-8 Post from Calgary Alberta