# 2018–19 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fifth-year head coach Kelly Graves, played home 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 advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Portland State and Indiana in the first and second rounds, South Dakota State in the Sweet Sixteen and Mississippi State in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time in school history. They lost to Baylor in the Final Four.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason left |
| Justine Hall | 3 | Guard | 5'10" | Senior | Denver, CO | Graduated |
| Lexi Bando | 10 | Guard | 5'9" | Senior | Eugene, OR | Graduated |
| Anneli Maley | 15 | Guard | 6'2" | Freshman | Melbourne, Australia | Transferred to TCU |
| Aina Ayuso | 31 | Guard | 5'9" | Freshman | Sant Just Desvern, Spain | Left to play professionally |
| Mallory McGuire | 44 | Forward | 6'5" | Sophomore | Reno, NV | Transferred to Boise State |
| Sierra Campisano | 52 | Forward | 6'3" | Sophomore | San Diego, CA | Transferred to Cal Poly |

### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Taylor Chavez G | Phoenix, AZ | Valley Vista HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Nyara Sabally F | Berlin, Germany | Rotteck Gymnasium | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 12/30/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 5 | Concordia (OR) | W 110–49 | | Matthew Knight Arena (4,819) Eugene, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 8:00 pm | No. 3 | at Alaska–Fairbanks | W 115–36 | 1–0 | Patty Center (1,603) Fairbanks, AK |
| 11/10/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 3 | No. 18 Syracuse | W 75–73 | 2–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,879) Eugene, OR |
| 11/14/2018* 6:00 pm | No. 3 | at Utah State | W 88–58 | 3–0 | Smith Spectrum (718) Logan, UT |
| 11/18/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 3 | Buffalo | W 102–82 | 4–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (5,205) Eugene, OR |
| 11/23/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 3 | vs. UC Riverside Hilton Concord Classic | W 94–44 | 5–0 | McKeon Pavilion (88) Moraga, CA |
| 11/24/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 3 | at Saint Mary's Hilton Concord Classic | W 79–55 | 6–0 | McKeon Pavilion (963) Moraga, CA |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 3 | Long Beach State | W 110–48 | 7–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (5,118) Eugene, OR |
| 12/09/2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at Michigan State | L 82–88 | 7–1 | Breslin Center (6,462) East Lansing, MI |
| 12/12/2018* 5:00 pm | No. 7 | at South Dakota State | W 87–79 | 8–1 | Frost Arena (2,509) Brookings, SD |
| 12/18/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 4 Mississippi State | W 82–74 | 9–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (8,951) Eugene, OR |
| 12/20/2018* 11:00 am | No. 7 | Air Force | W 82–36 | 10–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (7,967) Eugene, OR |
| 12/21/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 7 | UC Irvine | W 115–69 | 11–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (4,772) Eugene, OR |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | Washington | W 84–71 | 12–1 (1–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (6,013) Eugene, OR |
| 01/06/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | Washington State | W 98–58 | 13–1 (2–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (5,946) Eugene, OR |
| 01/11/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | at USC | W 93–53 | 14–1 (3–0) | Galen Center (647) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/13/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | at UCLA | W 72–52 | 15–1 (4–0) | Pauley Pavilion (8,036) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/18/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | No. 19 Arizona State | W 77–71 | 16–1 (5–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (6,769) Eugene, OR |
| 01/20/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | Arizona | W 93–60 | 17–1 (6–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,062) Eugene, OR |
| 01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | at Washington State | W 79–64 | 18–1 (7–0) | Beasley Coliseum (931) Pullman, WA |
| 01/27/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | at Washington | W 76–57 | 19–1 (8–0) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,295) Seattle, WA |
| 02/01/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 4 | No. 14 Utah | W 87–65 | 20–1 (9–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,773) Eugene, OR |
| 02/03/2019 12:00 pm | No. 4 | Colorado | W 102–43 | 21–1 (10–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (6,350) Eugene, OR |
| 02/08/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 3 | at California | W 105–82 | 22–1 (11–0) | Haas Pavilion (2,719) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/10/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at No. 11 Stanford | W 88–48 | 23–1 (12–0) | Maples Pavilion (5,250) Stanford, CA |
| 02/15/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 3 | No. 9 Oregon State Civil War | W 77–68 | 24–1 (13–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR |
| 02/18/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at No. 12 Oregon State Civil War | L 62–67 | 24–2 (13–1) | Gill Coliseum (9,301) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/22/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 2 | UCLA | L 69–74 | 24–3 (13–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (8,858) Eugene, OR |
| 02/24/2019 11:00 am, P12N | No. 2 | USC | W 96–78 | 25–3 (14–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (8,232) Eugene, OR |
| 03/01/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at Arizona | W 83–54 | 26–3 (15–2) | McKale Center (2,517) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/03/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at No. 21 Arizona State | W 66–59 | 27–3 (16–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (4,033) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 2:30 pm, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (8) Arizona Quarterfinals | W 77–63 | 28–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531) Paradise, NV |
| 03/09/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (4) No. 25 UCLA Semifinals | W 88–83 $^{OT}$ | 29–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| 03/10/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 6 | vs. (2) No. 7 Stanford Championship Game | L 57–64 | 29–4 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,023) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/22/2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 P) No. 7 | (15 P) Portland State First Round | W 78–40 | 30–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,523) Eugene, OR |
| 03/24/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 P) No. 7 | (10 P) Indiana Second Round | W 91–68 | 31–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,729) Eugene, OR |
| 03/29/2019* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 P) No. 7 | vs. (6 P) South Dakota State Sweet Sixteen | W 63–53 | 32–4 | Moda Center (11,324) Portland, OR |
| 03/31/2019* 11:00 am, ESPN | (2 P) No. 7 | vs. (1 P) No. 4 Mississippi State Elite Eight | W 88–84 | 33–4 | Moda Center (11,538) Portland, OR |
| 04/05/2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 P) No. 7 | vs. (1 G) No. 1 Baylor Final Four | L 67–72 | 33–5 | Amalie Arena (20,062) Tampa, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| RV | Received Votes |
| NR | Not Ranked |
| ( ) | First place votes received |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.