# 2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fourth-year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season title. They also won the Pac-12 women's tournament for the first time in school history and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Seattle and Minnesota in the first and second rounds, Central Michigan in the sweet sixteen before falling to Notre Dame in the elite eight. With 33 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jayde Woods | 11 | G | 6'1" | Freshman | Yorba Linda, CA | Transferred at midseason to TCU |
| Megan Trinder | 12 | G | 5'7" | Junior (redshirt) | Hollywell, Qld, Australia | Graduated in August 2017; chose to enter the workforce |
| Mar'Shay Moore | 13 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Vancouver, WA | Graduated |
| Jacinta Vandenberg | 15 | F | 6'5" | Senior (redshirt) | Melbourne, Australia | Graduated |
In addition to the departing players, assistant Nicole Powell left after the 2016–17 season to become the head coach at Grand Canyon, located in her hometown of Phoenix.

### Incoming transfer

| Name | Position | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | Years Remaining | Date Eligible |
| Erin Boley | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Hodgenville, KY | Notre Dame | 3 | Oct. 1, 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2017* 9:00 am | No. 11 | Portland State Charity Exhibition for Oregon Wildfire Fund | W 88–60 | | Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR |
| 11/05/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Westmont | W 71–32 | | Matthew Knight Arena (2,082) Eugene, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 5:00 pm | No. 11 | Cal State Northridge Preseason WNIT First Round | W 91–43 | 1–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,646) Eugene, OR |
| 11/12/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Drake Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals | W 110–77 | 2–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,311) Eugene, OR |
| 11/16/2017* 5:00 pm | No. 10 | at No. 19 Texas A&M Preseason WNIT Semifinals | W 83–68 | 3–0 | Reed Arena (3,315) College Station, TX |
| 11/19/2017* 12:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 10 | at No. 5 Louisville Preseason WNIT Championship | L 61–74 | 3–1 | KFC Yum! Center (6,162) Louisville, KY |
| 11/21/2017* 6:00 pm | No. 10 | Eastern Washington | W 81–40 | 4–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,234) Eugene, OR |
| 11/25/2017* 2:30 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Oklahoma Nike PK 80 Phil Knight Invitational | W 92–74 | 5–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,033) Eugene, OR |
| 11/28/2017* 6:00 pm | No. 10 | Hampton | W 87–45 | 6–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,142) Eugene, OR |
| 12/02/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | Weber State | W 114–87 | 7–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,506) Eugene, OR |
| 12/09/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 9 | Southern Utah | W 98–38 | 8–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,565) Eugene, OR |
| 12/13/2017* 4:00 pm, SECN | No. 9 | at No. 5 Mississippi State | L 79–90 | 8–2 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,445) Starkville, MS |
| 12/17/2017* 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Ole Miss | W 90–46 | 9–2 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,683) Eugene, OR |
| 12/21/2017* 12:00 pm | No. 10 | vs. No. 19 Texas A&M Duel in the Desert, Desert Division | W 84–62 | 10–2 | Cox Pavilion (652) Paradise, NV |
| 12/22/2017* 12:00 pm | No. 10 | vs. Hawaiʻi Duel in the Desert, Desert Division | W 85–44 | 11–2 | Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2017 3:00 pm | No. 10 | Washington State | W 89–56 | 12–2 (1–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (3,476) Eugene, OR |
| 12/31/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Washington | W 94–83 | 13–2 (2–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (3,322) Eugene, OR |
| 01/05/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at USC | W 70–66 | 14–2 (3–0) | Galen Center (670) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/07/2018 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 14 UCLA | W 70–61 | 15–2 (4–0) | Pauley Pavilion (7,190) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/12/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | Arizona | W 62–44 | 16–2 (5–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (3,466) Eugene, OR |
| 01/14/2018 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | No. 18 Arizona State | W 74–64 | 17–2 (6–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (4,416) Eugene, OR |
| 01/19/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at No. 18 Oregon State Civil War | L 79–85 $^{OT}$ | 17–3 (6–1) | Gill Coliseum (6,704) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/21/2018 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | No. 18 Oregon State Civil War | W 75–63 | 18–3 (7–1) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,249) Eugene, OR |
| 01/26/2018 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at Colorado | W 74–55 | 19–3 (8–1) | Coors Events Center (1,525) Boulder, CO |
| 01/28/2018 11:00 am, P12N | No. 7 | at Utah | W 84–68 | 20–3 (9–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,728) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/02/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | No. 25 California | W 91–54 | 21–3 (10–1) | Matthew Knight Arena (3,670) Eugene, OR |
| 02/04/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 | No. 24 Stanford | L 65–78 | 21–4 (10–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (5,126) Eugene, OR |
| 02/09/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Washington | W 76–63 | 22–4 (11–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,177) Seattle, WA |
| 02/11/2018 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Washington State | W 90–79 | 23–4 (12–2) | Beasley Coliseum (1,122) Pullman, WA |
| 02/16/2018 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | USC | W 80–74 $^{2OT}$ | 24–4 (13–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (5,283) Eugene, OR |
| 02/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 8 | No. 10 UCLA | W 101–94 $^{OT}$ | 25–4 (14–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,098) Eugene, OR |
| 02/23/2018 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Arizona State | W 57–44 | 26–4 (15–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,446) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/25/2018 11:00 am, P12N | No. 8 | at Arizona | W 74–61 | 27–4 (16–2) | McKale Center (1,674) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2018 11:30 am, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (9) Colorado Quarterfinals | W 84–47 | 28–4 | KeyArena (4,852) Seattle, WA |
| 03/03/2018 6:00 pm, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (4) No. 9 UCLA Semifinals | W 65–62 | 29–4 | KeyArena (6,889) Seattle, WA |
| 03/04/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 6 | vs. (2) No. 16 Stanford Championship Game | W 77–57 | 30–4 | KeyArena (5,387) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 S) No. 6 | (15 S) Seattle First Round | W 88–45 | 31–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (7,040) Eugene, OR |
| 03/18/2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 S) No. 6 | (10 S) Minnesota Second Round | W 101–73 | 32–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (7,576) Eugene, OR |
| 03/24/2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN | (2 S) No. 6 | vs. (11 S) Central Michigan Sweet Sixteen | W 83–69 | 33–4 | Spokane Arena (5,084) Spokane, WA |
| 03/26/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (2 S) No. 6 | vs. (1 S) No. 5 Notre Dame Elite Eight | L 74–84 | 33–5 | Spokane Arena (5,226) Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |