Oregon Ducks women's basketball

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 Big Ten 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.

Oregon Ducks
2024–25 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
University	University of Oregon
Head coach	Kelly Graves (11th season)
Conference	Big Ten
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
Other NCAA tournament results Elite Eight 2017, 2018, 2019 Sweet Sixteen 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Appearances 1982, 1984, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
1981
AIAW tournament appearances
1980, 1981
Conference tournament champions
NorPac: 1982, 1984 Pac-12: 2018, 2020
Conference regular-season champions
1999, 2000, 2018, 2019, 2020

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 1989 over San Diego State, 67–64; and in 2002, with a 54–52 win over Houston.^[5]

Season-by-season results

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)

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jane Spearing (Independent) (1973–1974)
Spearing:		3–8 (.273)
Nancy Mikleto (Independent) (1974–1976)
Mikleto:		7–25 (.219)
Elwin Heiny (Independent/Northwest Basketball League/NorPac/Pacific-10) (1976–1993)
Heiny:		310–160 (.660)	139–85 (.621)
Jody Runge (Pacific-10) (1993–2001)
Runge:		160–73 (.687)	100–44 (.694)
Bev Smith (Pacific-10) (2001–2009)
2001–02	Bev Smith	22–13	10–8	T-6th	WNIT Champion
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	NCAA Second Round
2005–06	Bev Smith	14–15	5–13	8th
2006–07	Bev Smith	17–14	8–10	6th	WNIT Third Round
2007–08	Bev Smith	14–17	7–11	7th
2008–09	Bev Smith	9–21	5–13	7th
Smith:		123–121 (.504)	61–83 (.424)
Paul Westhead (Pacific-10/Pac-12) (2009–2014)
2009–10	Paul Westhead	18–16	7–11	T-6th	WNIT Third Round
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	WNIT Second Round
Westhead:		66–92 (.418)	26–64 (.289)
Kelly Graves (Pac-12) (2014–2024)
2014–15	Kelly Graves	13–17	6–12	T-9th
2015–16	Kelly Graves	24–11	9–9	6th	WNIT Semifinals
2016–17	Kelly Graves	23–14	8–10	6th	NCAA Elite Eight
2017–18	Kelly Graves	33–5	16–2	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2018–19	Kelly Graves	31–5	16–2	1st	NCAA Final Four
2019–20	Kelly Graves	31–2	17–1	1st	Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	Kelly Graves	15–9	10–7	4th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2021–22	Kelly Graves	20–12	11–6	2nd	NCAA First Round
2022–23	Kelly Graves	20–15	7–11	8th	WNIT Great Eight
2023–24	Kelly Graves	11–21	2–16	12th
Kelly Graves (Big Ten) (2024–present)
2024–25	Kelly Graves	20–12	10–8	T-8th	NCAA Second Round
Graves:		221–100 (.688)	102–76 (.573)
Total:		892–590 (.602)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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 18 NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 18–17.

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
2025	#10	Round of 64 Round of 32	#7 Vanderbilt #2 Duke	W 77–73 OT L 53–59

Historical NCAA tournament seeding

Years →	'82	'84	'87	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'05	'17	'18	'19	'21	'22	'25
Seeds →	6	3	10	6	6	11	6	12	5	6	13	10	10	2	2	6	5	10

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 Phillipina Kylei 2021-25 1,073 6 Sabrina Ionescu 2016–20 1,040 7 Stefanie Kasperski 1986–90 996 8 Amanda Johnson 2008–12 893 9 Debbie Sporcich 1990–94 868 10 Arianne Boyer 1993–97 850

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 Phillipina Kyei 2021-25 138 9 Cathrine Kraayeveld 2000–05 132 10 Gabi Neumann 1984–87 111

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[a] 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[b] 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[c] 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

1. Qualification requirement: At least 4 attempts per game, plus at least two seasons at Oregon
2. Qualification requirement: At least 1 attempt per game, plus at least two seasons at Oregon
3. 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[a] 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[b] 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[c] 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

1. Qualification requirement: At least 4 made per game
2. Qualification requirement: At least 1 made per game
3. 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