Oregon Ducks women's basketball

Oregon Ducks
2023–24 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
University	University of Oregon
Head coach	Kelly Graves (10th season)
Conference	Pac-12
Location	Eugene, Oregon
Arena	Matthew Knight Arena (Capacity: 12,364)
Nickname	Ducks
Student section	Oregon Pit Crew
Colors	Green and yellow [1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
2019
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
2017, 2018, 2019
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
NCAA tournament round of 32
1987, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
NCAA tournament appearances
1982, 1984, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
1981
AIAW tournament appearances
1980, 1981
Conference tournament champions
1982, 1984, 2018, 2020
Conference regular season champions
1999, 2000, 2018, 2019, 2020

The Oregon Ducks women's basketball team is the official women's basketball team of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Basketball is one of 11 varsity women's sports at the University of Oregon. The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference and a Division I team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Matthew Knight Arena is the home venue for both women's and men's basketball and women's volleyball. Nike provides the official team uniforms for University of Oregon sports teams.

History

Women's basketball (as a zoned, single-dribble game) at the University of Oregon started as a club in 1899, brought to Oregon by physical education instructor Alice Chapman, wife of University President Charles Chapman. With a women's intercollegiate game emerging at Willamette University, Oregon Agricultural College, Pacific University, and elsewhere, an effort was made during the 1902–03 academic year to organize a women's university team. ^[2] This effort was waylaid by the Oregon faculty athletic committee early in January 1903, however, with the committee deeming it "not advisable" for the "young ladies' basketball team" to enter into intercollegiate games. ^[3] Instead, it was hoped that two campus teams could be organized to keep competition on a local level. ^[3]

The sport became an "interest group" in 1965. Intercollegiate games also began in 1965, and in 1966, the women's team entered the Northwest College Women's Sports Association (which would eventually become the AIAW Region 9 conference). The program became official in 1973, the year following the passage of Title IX, which required federally supported universities to offer equal opportunities in men's and women's athletics. ^[4] They have an all-time record (as of the end of the 2015–16 season) of 706–507. They previously played in the Northwest Basketball League from 1977 to 1982 (47–5 all-time record) and the NorPac Conference from 1982 to 1986 (34–12 all-time record) before the Pacific-10 Conference, now known as the Pac-12 Conference, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986. The Ducks' current all-time conference record is 260–280. They won the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2002 54–52 over Houston. ^[5]

Season	Coach	Record	Conference Record
1973–74	Jane Spearing	3–8	n/a
1974–75	Nancy Mikleton	2–10	n/a
1975–76	Nancy Mikleton	5–15	n/a
1976–77	Elwin Heiny	11–6	n/a
1977–78	Elwin Heiny	19–5	8–4 (2nd)
1978–79	Elwin Heiny	23–2	11–0 (1st)
1979–80	Elwin Heiny	24–5	13–0 (1st)
1980–81	Elwin Heiny	25–7	11–1 (1st)
1981–82	Elwin Heiny	21–5	4–0 (1st)
1982–83	Elwin Heiny	15–14	8–4 (3rd)
1983–84	Elwin Heiny	23–7	10–1 (1st)
1984–85	Elwin Heiny	14–14	6–5 (3rd)
1985–86	Elwin Heiny	21–7	10–2 (T-1st)
1986–87	Elwin Heiny	23–7	14–4 (T-2nd)
1987–88	Elwin Heiny	16–12	9–9 (5th)
1988–89	Elwin Heiny	22–10	11–7 (3rd)
1989–90	Elwin Heiny	17–12	9–9 (T-4th)
1990–91	Elwin Heiny	13–15	6–12 (8th)
1991–92	Elwin Heiny	14–14	6–12 (7th)
1992–93	Elwin Heiny	9–18	3–15 (T-9th)
1993–94	Jody Runge	20–9	13–5 (3rd)
1994–95	Jody Runge	18–10	11–7 (4th)
1995–96	Jody Runge	18–11	10–8 (T-3rd)
1996–97	Jody Runge	22–7	14–4 (2nd)
1997–98	Jody Runge	17–10	13–5 (4th)
1998–99	Jody Runge	25–6	15–3 (T-1st)
1999-00	Jody Runge	23–8	14–4 (1st)
2000–01	Jody Runge	17–12	10–8 (4th)
2001–02	Bev Smith	22–13	10–8 (T-6th)
2002–03	Bev Smith	12–16	8–10 (T-5th)
2003–04	Bev Smith	14–15	6–12 (8th)
2004–05	Bev Smith	21–10	12–6 (T-2nd)
2005–06	Bev Smith	14–15	5–13 (8th)
2006–07	Bev Smith	17–14	8–10 (6th)
2007–08	Bev Smith	14–17	7–11 (7th)
2008–09	Bev Smith	9–21	5–13 (7th)
2009–10	Paul Westhead	18–16	7–11 (T-6th)
2010–11	Paul Westhead	13–17	4–14 (9th)
2011–12	Paul Westhead	15–16	7–11 (9th)
2012–13	Paul Westhead	4–27	2–16 (12th)
2013–14	Paul Westhead	16–16	6–12 (10th)
2014–15	Kelly Graves	13–17	6–12 (T-9th)
2015–16	Kelly Graves	24–11	9–9 (6th)
2016–17	Kelly Graves	23–14	8–10 (6th)
2017–18	Kelly Graves	33–5	16–2 (1st)
2018–19	Kelly Graves	33–5	16–2 (1st)
2019–20	Kelly Graves	31–2	17–1 (1st)
2020–21	Kelly Graves	15–9	10–7 (4th)
2021–22	Kelly Graves	20–12	11–6 (2nd)
2022–23	Kelly Graves	17–14	7–11 (8th)

Individual accomplishments

Individual National Award Winners

Players USBWA National Freshman of the Year Sabrina Ionescu (2017) Katrina McClain Award Ruthy Hebard (2018) Ruthy Hebard (2020) Wade Trophy Sabrina Ionescu (2019) Sabrina Ionescu (2020) Nancy Lieberman Award Sabrina Ionescu (2018) Sabrina Ionescu (2019) Sabrina Ionescu (2020) John R. Wooden Award Sabrina Ionescu (2019) Sabrina Ionescu (2020) AP Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu (2020) USBWA Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu (2020) Naismith Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu (2020) James E. Sullivan Award Sabrina Ionescu (2019) Honda Sports Award Sabrina Ionescu (2020) USBWA Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu (2020) Individual Conference Award Winners Pac-12 Player of the Year Lauri Landerholm (1986-87) Shaquala Williams (1999-00) Jillian Alleyne (2015-16†) Sabrina Ionescu (2017-18) Sabrina Ionescu (2018-19) Sabrina Ionescu (2019-20) Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player Sabrina Ionescu (2018) Sabrina Ionescu (2020) Pac-12 Coach of the Year Kelly Graves (2018) (AP) Kelly Graves (2019) † Shared Award Postseason NCAA tournament results The Ducks have appeared in 17 NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 17–16. Year Seed Round Opponent Result 1982 #6 First Round #3 Missouri L 53–59 1984 #3 First Round #6 San Diego State L 63–70 1987 #10 First Round Second Round #7 Eastern Washington #2 Ohio State W 75–56 L 62–76 1994 #6 Round of 64 Round of 32 #11 Santa Clara #3 Colorado W 74–59 L 71–92 1995 #6 Round of 64 #11 Louisville L 65–67 1996 #11 Round of 64 #6 Wisconsin L 60–74 1997 #6 Round of 64 Round of 32 #11 San Diego State #3 Tennessee W 79–62 L 59–76 1998 #12 Round of 64 #5 Rutgers L 76–79 1999 #5 Round of 64 Round of 32 #12 Cincinnati #4 Iowa State W 65–56 L 70–85 2000 #6 Round of 64 #11 UAB L 79–80 OT 2001 #13 Round of 64 #4 Iowa L 82–88 2005 #10 Round of 64 Round of 32 #7 TCU #2 Baylor W 58–55 L 46–69 2017 #10 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight #7 Temple #2 Duke #3 Maryland #1 Connecticut W 71–70 W 74–65 W 77–63 L 52–90 2018 #2 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight #15 Seattle #10 Minnesota #11 Central Michigan #1 Notre Dame W 88–45 W 101–73 W 83–69 L 84–74 2019 #2 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four #15 Portland State #10 Indiana #6 South Dakota State #1 Mississippi State #1 Baylor W 78–40 W 91–68 W 63–53 W 88–84 L 72–67 2021 #6 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen #11 South Dakota #3 Georgia #2 Louisville W 67–47 W 57–50 L 60–42 2022 #5 Round of 64 #12 Belmont L 70–73 OT Historical NCAA Tournament Seeding Years → '82 '84 '87 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '05 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 Seeds → 6 3 10 6 6 11 6 12 5 6 13 10 10 2 2 6 5 Pac-10/12 Tournament Seeding Years → '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 Seeds→ 7 5 8 2 8 6 7 7 6 9 9 12 10 10 6 6 1 1 1 4 2 9 Bold indicates tournament champion Coaching history Jane Spearing coached the first official season for the Ducks in 1973–74. The team finished that season with a 3–8 losing record. The 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons were coached by Nancy Mikleton and the team posted 2–10 and 5–15 records, respectively. Head coach Elwin Heiny took over the program in 1976 and remained coach until 1993. Heiny was the first full-time coach hired for women's basketball. In his first season as head coach, Heiny coached the team to its first winning record (11–6). Jody Runge took over as head coach in 1993 and coached until 2001. She coached the Ducks to NCAA tournament appearances during each of her eight seasons as coach. Runge also spoke out for equality in women's athletics. [6] From 2001 to 2009, former Oregon Ducks All-American Bev Smith coached the team, posting an 83–69 overall record. Paul Westhead coached the Ducks from the 2009–10 season through the 2013–14 season. The current head coach is Kelly Graves, assisted by Associate Head Coach Mark Campbell, and Assistant Coaches Jodie Berry and Xavi López. Facilities The early women's basketball clubs played in Gerlinger Hall on the University of Oregon campus, built in 1927 to serve as the women's gymnasium. Games eventually moved to McArthur Court (also called Mac Court and "The Pit") — one of the most renowned college athletic facilities of all time. Admission was first charged for women's games at Mac Court in 1978. The Ducks relocated when Matthew Knight Arena opened in 2011. In their first game in Matthew Knight, the women's team defeated Oregon State University in the "Civil War," 81–72. Statistical leaders Current through Oregon's game against Oregon State on December 13, 2020. [7] [8] [9] Players active in the 2020–21 season are in bold type. Career leaders Scoring Rank Player Years Points 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 2,562 2 Ruthy Hebard 2016–20 2,368 3 Alison Lang 1980–84 2,252 4 Jillian Alleyne 2012–16 2,151 5 Bev Smith 1978–82 2,063 6 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–90 1,956 7 Lauri Landerholm 1982–87 1,783 8 Amanda Johnson 2008–12 1,505 9 Arianne Boyer 1993–97 1,501 10 Shaquala Williams 1998–2002 1,478 Rebounds Rank Player Years Rebounds 1 Jillian Alleyne 2012–16 1,712 2 Bev Smith 1978–82 1,352 3 Ruthy Hebard 2016–20 1,299 4 Alison Lang 1980–84 1,151 5 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 1,040 6 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–90 996 7 Amanda Johnson 2008–12 893 8 Debbie Sporcich 1990–94 868 9 Arianne Boyer 1993–97 850 10 Debbie Adams 1977–81 848 Assists Rank Player Years Assists 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 1,091 2 Maite Cazorla 2015–19 691 3 Lauri Landerholm 1982–87 607 4 Bev Smith 1978–82 443 5 Missy Croshaw 1990–94 417 6 Jacquie Semeniuk 1986–90 408 7 Corrie Misuzawa 2003–05 389 8 Shaquala Williams 1998–2002 369 9 Kaela Chapdelaine 2004–08 362 10 Lisa Bowyer 1996–99 358 Steals Rank Player Years Steals 1 Bev Smith 1978–82 349 2 Lauri Landerholm 1982–87 290 3 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 207 4 Nia Jackson 2008–12 204 5 Maite Cazorla 2015–19 201 6 Julie Cushing 1977–80 200 7 Amanda Johnson 2008–12 195 8 Lisa Bowyer 1996–99 186 9 Jasmin Holliday 2009–12 183 10 Debbie Adams 1977–81 173 Blocks Rank Player Years Blocks 1 Alison Lang 1980–84 425 2 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–90 402 3 Jenny Mowe 1996–2001 222 4 Bev Smith 1978–82 193 5 Renae Fegent 1994–97 169 6 Jillian Alleyne 2012–16 147 7 Ruthy Hebard 2016–20 146 8 Cathrine Kraayeveld 2000–05 132 9 Gabi Neumann 1984–87 111 10 Jasmin Holliday 2009–12 109 Three-pointers Rank Player Years Threes 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 329 2 Lexi Bando 2014–18 283 3 Taylor Lilley 2007–10 270 4 Erin Boley 2018–2021 219 5 Maite Cazorla 2015–19 211 6 Missy Croshaw 1990–94 189 7 Brandi Davis 2002–06 186 8 Jamie Craighead 1998–2002 182 9 Satou Sabally 2017–20 180 10 Amanda Johnson 2008–12 168 Field goal percentage [lower-alpha 1] Rank Player Years Percentage 1 Ruthy Hebard 2016–20 .651 2 Alison Lang 1980–84 .590 3 Jenny Mowe 1996–2001 .573 4 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–90 .563 5 Sara Wilson 1990–94 .554 6 Angelina Wolvert 1997–2001 .544 7 Jillian Alleyne 2012–16 .543 8 Debbie Sporcich 1990–94 .540 9 Gabi Neumann 1984–87 .534 10 Debbie Adams 1977–81 .534 Three-point percentage [lower-alpha 2] Rank Player Years Percentage 1 Lexi Bando 2014–18 .457 2 Jennifer Boum 1987–91 .446 3 Michelle Eble 1987–90 .443 4 Erin Boley 2018–2021 .429 5 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 .422 6 Taylor Chavez 2018–2021 .414 7 Natasha O'Brien 1997–99 .407 8 Chelsea Wagner 2003–06 .395 9 Missy Croshaw 1990–94 .392 10 Victoria Kenyon 2008–11 .391 Free throw percentage [lower-alpha 3] Rank Player Years Percentage 1 Micaela Cocks 2007–10 .859 2 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 .851 3 Shaquala Williams 1998–2002 .839 4 Carolyn Gaines 2003–07 .812 5 Lauri Landerholm 1982–87 .810 6 Ariel Thomas 2010–14 .809 7 Sonja Curtis 1996–99 .800 8 Maite Cazorla 2015–19 .790 9 Lexi Bando 2014–18 .789 10 Gabrielle Richards 2004–06 .786 Qualification requirement: At least 4 attempts per game, plus at least two seasons at Oregon Qualification requirement: At least 1 attempt per game, plus at least two seasons at Oregon Qualification requirement: At least 1.5 attempts per game, plus at least two seasons at Oregon Single-season leaders Scoring Rank Player Season Points 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2018–19 755 2 Sabrina Ionescu 2017–18 748 3 Alison Lang 1982–83 693 4 Chrishae Rowe 2013–14 690 5 Jillian Alleyne 2013–14 684 6 Ruthy Hebard 2017–18 652 7 Stefanie Kasperski 1988–89 650 8 Bev Smith 1980–81 632 Satou Sabally 2018–19 632 10 Alison Lang 1983–84 609 Rebounds Rank Player Season Rebounds 1 Jillian Alleyne 2013–14 519 2 Jillian Alleyne 2014–15 455 3 Bev Smith 1980–81 376 Phillipina Kyei 2022–23 376 5 Jillian Alleyne 2012–13 370 6 Jillian Alleyne 2015–16 368 7 Bev Smith 1979–80 367 8 Ruthy Hebard 2018–19 335 9 Ruthy Hebard 2017–18 333 10 Bev Smith 1978–79 323 Assists Rank Player Season Assists 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2018–19 311 2 Sabrina Ionescu 2019–20 299 3 Sabrina Ionescu 2017–18 298 4 Corrie Misuzawa 2004–05 209 5 Maite Cazorla 2015–16 206 6 Jacquie Semeniuk 1988–89 190 7 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–17 189 8 Corrie Misuzawa 2003–04 180 9 Maite Cazorla 2017–18 179 10 Lauri Landerholm 1986–87 171 Steals Rank Player Season Steals 1 Bev Smith 1978–79 95 Bev Smith 1979–80 95 3 Bev Smith 1980–81 94 4 Suzanne Washington 1978–79 87 5 Vanessa Selden 1981–82 84 6 Suzanne Washington 1979–80 83 Nia Jackson 2009–10 83 8 Lauri Landerholm 1986–87 76 9 Lauri Landerholm 1986–87 73 10 Sally Crowe 1994–95 72 Allison Towriss 1980–81 72 Chrishae Rowe 2013–14 72 Blocks Rank Player Season Blocks 1 Alison Lang 1982–83 140 2 Stefanie Kasperski 1987–88 119 3 Stefanie Kasperski 1988–89 111 4 Alison Lang 1983–84 105 5 Alison Lang 1981–82 99 6 Stefanie Kasperski 1988–89 92 7 Kerry Clawson 1977–78 84 8 Alison Lang 1980–81 81 9 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–87 80 10 Renae Fegent 1995–96 74 Three-pointers Rank Player Season Threes 1 Taylor Lilley 2009–10 124 2 Erin Boley 2018–19 108 3 Sabrina Ionescu 2017–18 102 4 Sabrina Ionescu 2018–19 94 5 Katelyn Loper 2013–14 83 6 Jamie Craighead 2000–01 81 Chrishae Rowe 2013–14 81 Satou Sabally 2018–19 81 Te-Hina PaoPao 2022–2023 81 10 Lexi Bando 2017–18 80 Field goal percentage [lower-alpha 1] Rank Player Season Percentage 1 Ruthy Hebard 2019–20 .685 2 Ruthy Hebard 2018–19 .670 3 Ruthy Hebard 2017–18 .660 4 Debbie Adams 1980–81 .614 5 Alison Lang 1982–83 .611 6 Stefanie Kasperski 1988–89 .606 7 Debbie Sporcich 1992–93 .602 8 Alison Lang 1981–82 .594 9 Sara Wilson 1993–94 .593 10 Ruthy Hebard 2016–17 .588 Three-point percentage [lower-alpha 2] Rank Player Season Percentage 1 Taylor Lilley 2006–07 .506 2 Lexi Bando 2016–17 .475 3 Taylor Chavez 2019–20 .474 4 Michelle Eble 1988–89 .471 5 Missy Croshaw 1993–94 .458 6 Lexi Bando 2017–18 .457 7 Jennifer Boum 1990–91 .454 8 Lexi Bando 2015–16 .453 9 Lexi Petersen 2015–16 .447 10 Lexi Bando 2014–15 .440 Free throw percentage [lower-alpha 3] Rank Player Season Percentage 1 Sabrina Ionescu 2019–20 .921 2 Gabrielle Richards 2005–06 .909 3 Shaquala Williams 2001–02 .908 4 Sabrina Ionescu 2018–19 .883 5 Devyn Galland 2012–13 .875 6 Micaela Cocks 2009–10 .865 7 Sally Crowe 1994–95 .864 8 Micaela Cocks 2008–09 .860 9 Ariel Thomas 2013–14 .840 10 Jessica Schutt 1993–94 .836 Qualification requirement: At least 4 made per game Qualification requirement: At least 1 made per game Qualification requirement: At least 2 made per game Oregon women's basketball players in professional teams Player Year Drafted Team Current Team Drafted Nyara Sabally 2022 New York Liberty New York Liberty RD 1, 5th overall Sabrina Ionescu 2020 New York Liberty New York Liberty RD 1, 1st overall Satou Sabally 2020 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings RD 1, 2nd overall Ruthy Hebard 2020 Chicago Sky Chicago Sky RD 1, 7th overall Maite Cazorla 2019 Atlanta Dream Perfumerías Avenida RD 2, 23rd overall Jillian Alleyne 2016 Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx RD 2, 20th overall Amanda Johnson 2012 Phoenix Mercury Retired RD 3, 33rd overall Taylor Lilley 2010 Undrafted Retired – Cathrine Kraayeveld 2005 San Antonio Silver Stars Retired RD 3, 27th overall Shaquala Williams 2003 Cleveland Rockers Retired RD 3, 30th overall Edniesha Curry 2002 Charlotte Sting Retired RD 3, 41st overall Jenny Mowe 2001 Portland Fire Retired RD 2, 20th overall Angelina Wolvert 2001 Cleveland Rockers Retired RD 3, 43rd overall References "Colors | University Communications". 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External links Official website Oregon Women's College Basketball – Ducks News, Scores, Videos – College Basketball – ESPN