Pac 12 Preview: Oregon

Pac 12 Preview:  Oregon

 

Last Season:  

15-9 overall and 10-7 in Pac 12 play.  The Ducks were very likely going to be the NCAA Champs two years ago   

The Coaches:

Coach Graves

Kelley Graves starts season Eight with the Ducks.  Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his games over 17 seasons.

Jodie Berry is in her 7th season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.

Jackie Nared Hairston is in her first year as an Assistant.  The former St Mary’s player was coaching at Arizona.

Mike Moser is in his first year as an assistant.  He’s a former Oregon player and has been with the NBA Dallas team for the past several years.   

 

Losses:

Coaches Mark Campbell and Xavi Lopez Left for Sacramento State.  Campbell as the Head Coach and Lopez as Lead assistant.  

Erin Boley who averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds and shot 40% from three.

Taylor Chavez who averaged 4 points and started 9 games transferred to Arizona.

Angela Dugalic averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds and was ranked # 22 out of HS transferred to UCLA.  

Lydia Giomi averaged 3 points and 2 rebound

Jaz Shelley transferred to Nebraska

Taylor Mikesell transferred to Ohio State.  

 

Additions:

Taylor Bigby , 6-1 Frosh Guard from Nevada ranked # 15

Phillipina Kyei, 6-8 Frosh Post from Calgary Alberta

Ahlise Hurst, Sr, 5-9 Guard transfer from New Mexico where she averaged 11 points over her three seasons, including 39 against Oklahoma.  She’s from Australia.  

Endyia Rogers 5-9 Jr Guard transfer from USC.  In her two years at USC she averaged 14 points.  

Shannon Dufficy, 6-2 5^th year Sr transfer from Missouri. In two years at Missouri she redshirted and averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds last season.   Before Missouri she was at Utah State for two seasons averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds as a Soph.

Chanaya Pinto, 6-1 Jr Forward a JC transfer.  Pinto is from Mozambique.  She averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds her final JC year.

Taylor Hosendove, 6-2 Sr Forward transfer from Georgia State and before that Clemson.   She averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds last season.  

 

The Schedule:  

Oklahoma, South Carolina, Northwestern and UCONN are the toughest non conference games.

 

The Team:

Nraya Sabally will be a Redshirt Soph having  missed her first two

Sedona Prince

season with injuries,  Sabally averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds.  

Sedona Prince is a 6-7 Redshirt Soph who transferred from Texas, and sat out last season.  Sedona was a McD All American and ranked # 8 out of HS.   Like Sabally she didn’t play her first two seasons.   Prince averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Te-Hina Paopao, 5-9 PG from SoCal ranked # 11 out of HS.  Paopao averaged 10 points and 4 assists and made 30 threes at 40%.   She missed the last few weekes with an injury.  

Sydney Parrish, 6-2 Soph Wing ranked # 8 out of HS.  Parrish averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds.  

Kylee Watson, 6-4 Forward ranked # 17 out of HS.   Watson averaged 2 points and 1 rebound in limited play. 

Maddie Scherr, 5-11 Guard ranked # 19 out of HS.  Scherr averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds. 

Predictions:  

Seven transfers and six returnees.  Interesting.     Prince, Sabally and PaoPao will start and all three averaged 10 or more points per game last season.  Rogers will certainly start and my guess Parrish the 5^th starter.   A very good lineup with very good depth.   Oregon is back.

   

2022 Recruiting:

Jennah Isai, 6-0 Wing from AZ ranked # 35

Chance Gray, 5-9 PG from Ohio ranked # 7

Kennedy Basham, 6-7 Post from AZ Ranked # 58.