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2019-20 SCHEDULE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS WBB Contact: Nate Krueger NOVEMBER Email: [email protected] Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) C: 253-569-9468 9 Sat. USA WNT (Ex.) P12N 4 PM O: 541-346-5475 11 Mon. NORTHEASTERN 3 PM 13 Wed. UTAH STATE 6 PM 2019-20 OREGON WBB @OREGONWBB 16 Sat. TEXAS SOUTHERN TBD 24 Sun. at Syracuse ACCN 1 PM QUICK FACTS 28 Thur. vs. Oklahoma State @ FloHoops 12:15 PM 29 Fri. vs. UT Arlington @ FloHoops 12:15 PM 30 Sat. vs. Louisville @ FloHoops 12:15 PM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SUPPORT STAFF Name University of Oregon Director of Operations Megan Murphy (4th) DECEMBER Location Eugene, Ore. Director of Creativity Nia Jackson (2nd) Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) Founded 1876 Athletic Trainer Kim Terrell (17th) 8 Sun. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE P12N 12 PM Enrollment 23,000 Strength & Conditioning Courtney Walden (1st) 14 Sat. at Long Beach State 1 PM Average Incoming HS GPA 3.59 16 Mon. UC RIVERSIDE 11 AM 21 Sat. KANSAS STATE 12 PM Nickname Ducks TEAM INFORMATION 28 Sat. CORBAN UNIV. (Ex.) 2 PM Colors Apple Green & Yellow 2018-19 Record 33-5, 16-2 Pac-12 (1st) President Michael Schill 2018-19 Postseason Final Four (L, Baylor) JANUARY Athletics Director Rob Mullens 2018-19 Final Ranking 4th (Coaches Poll) Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) Faculty Athletics Rep Tim Gleason Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 3 Fri. COLORADO* P12N 7 PM Arena Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/2 5 Sun. UTAH* P12N 2 PM 10 Fri. at Arizona State* P12N 5 PM Television Pac-12 Networks & GoDucks.com/Live Redshirts Returning/Lost 1/0 12 Sun. at Arizona* P12N 11 AM Radio TBA Newcomers 5 (3 Freshmen, 2 Transfers) 16 Thur. STANFORD* ESPN 6 PM Apparel Provider Nike Most Returning Points Sabrina Ionescu (755, 19.9) 19 Sun. CALIFORNIA* P12N 2 PM Most Returning Rebounds Ruthy Hebard (335, 9.1) 24 Fri. OREGON STATE* P12N 7 PM PROGRAM HISTORY Most Returning Assists Sabrina Ionescu (311, 8.2) 26 Sun. at Oregon State* ESPN 1 PM First Season of Competition 1973-74 Most Returning Steals Satou Sabally (54, 1.4) 30 Thur. at Utah* P12N 7 PM All-Time Record 795-531 Most Returning Blocks Satou Sabally (35, 0.9) FEBRUARY Matthew Knight Arena Record 102-49 Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) Pac-12 Titles 4 (18-19, 17-18, 99-00, 98-99) STARTERS RETURNING (4) 1 Sat. at Colorado* P12N 1 PM Pac-12 Tournament Titles 1 (2018) Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG APG 3 Mon. at UConn ESPN2 4 PM Pac-12 Tournament Record 11-17 Sabrina Ionescu G 38-38 19.9 7.4 8.2 Satou Sabally F 38-38 16.6 6.2 2.0 7 Fri. ARIZONA* P12N 6 PM NCAA Appearances (Record) 15 (15-15) 9 Sun. ARIZONA STATE* P12N 2 PM Ruthy Hebard F 37-36 16.1 9.1 1.0 14 Fri. at UCLA* P12N 8 PM NCAA Final Fours 1 (2019) Erin Boley F 38-38 12.4 3.5 1.1 16 Sun. at USC* P12N 1 PM WNIT Appearances (Record) 7 (18-5) 21 Fri. at California* P12N 6 PM AIAW Appearances (Record) 2 (2-2) OTHER LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (3) 24 Mon. at Stanford* ESPN 6 PM Postseason Titles 2 (WNIT - 2002, 1989) Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG APG 28 Fri. WASHINGTON STATE* P12N 8 PM Overall Postseason Record 35-22 Taylor Chavez G 28-0 4.5 1.3 1.6 Lydia Giomi F 36-0 1.8 2.1 0.2 MARCH Morgan Yaeger G 25-0 1.6 0.8 0.6 Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) COACHING STAFF 1 Sun. WASHINGTON* P12N 12 PM Head Coach Kelly Graves (New Mexico, 1988) REDSHIRTS RETURNING (1) 5 Thur. Pac-12 First Round # P12N TBA Twitter @GoDucksKG Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown 6 Fri. Pac-12 Quarterfinals # P12N TBA UO Career 6th Season (124-52, 55-35 P12) Nyara Sabally F RFr. 6-5 Berlin, Germany 7 Sat. Pac-12 Semifinals # P12N TBA Div. I Career 23rd Season (506-214) 8 Sun. Pac-12 Championship # ESPN/2 TBA Collegiate Career 26th Season (551-254) INCOMING TRANSFERS (2) 20/21 Fri./Sat. NCAA First Round = ESPN TBA Associate Head Coach Mark Campebll (6th) Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/Last School 22/23 Sun./Mon. NCAA Second Round = ESPN TBA Minyon Moore G Sr. 5-8 Hercules, Calif./USC 27/28 Fri./Sat. NCAA Sweet Sixteen + ESPN TBA Twitter @GoDucksMC Sedona Prince F RFr. 6-7 Liberty Hill, Texas/Texas 29/30 Sun./Mon. NCAA Elite Eight + ESPN TBA Assistant Coach Jodie Berry (6th) Twitter @GoDucksJKB INCOMING FRESHMEN (3) APRIL Assistant Coach Xavi Lopez (3rd) Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown Date Day Opponent TV Time (PT) Twitter @GoDucksXL Lucy Cochrane F Fr. 6-5 Melbourne, Australia 3 Fri. NCAA Final Four ! ESPN TBA Jaz Shelley G Fr. 5-9 Moe, Australia 5 Sun. NCAA Championship ! ESPN TBA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Holly Winterburn G Fr. 5-10 Northampton, England Home games in BOLD CAPS at Matthew Knight Arena Women’s Basketball Contact Nate Krueger STARTERS LOST (1) @ Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, UVI Sports Center Office Phone 541-346-4735 * Pac-12 Conference game Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG APG # Mandalay Bay Events Center (Las Vegas, Nev.) Cell Phone 253-569-9468 Maite Cazorla G 38-38 9.7 1.4 4.3 = No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 seeds host NCAA first two rounds E-Mail [email protected] + Regional sites: Portland, Greenville, Fort Wayne & Dallas Twitter @natejkrueger OTHER LETTERWINNERS LOST (1) ! Smoothie King Center (New Orleans) Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG APG P12N - Pac-12 Network Student Assistant TBA Oti Gildon F 38-2 4.6 3.4 0.5 2019-20 OREGON DUCKS » QUICK FACTS

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No Name Position Height Class Hometown High School/Last School No Name Position 0 Satou Sabally Forward 6-4 Junior Berlin, Germany Rotteck Gymnasium 21 Erin Boley Forward 1 Nyara Sabally Forward 6-5 RS Freshman Berlin, Germany SLZB 3 Taylor Chavez Guard 2 Morgan Yaeger Guard 5-9 Junior Adelaide, Australia St. John’s Grammar School 12 Lucy Cochrane Forward 3 Taylor Chavez Guard 5-10 Sophomore Surprise, Ariz. Valley Vista HS 14 Lydia Giomi Forward 4 Jaz Shelley Guard 5-9 Freshman Moe, Australia Berwick College 24 Ruthy Hebard Forward 11 Holly Winterburn Guard 5-10 Freshman Northampton, England Charnwood College 20 Sabrina Ionescu Guard 12 Lucy Cochrane Forward 6-5 Freshman Melbourne, Australia Cathlolic Ladies’ College 23 Minyon Moore Guard 14 Lydia Giomi Forward 6-6 Junior Seattle, Wash. West Seattle HS 32 Sedona Prince Forward 20 Sabrina Ionescu Guard 5-11 Senior Walnut Creek, Calif. Miramonte HS 1 Nyara Sabally Forward 21 Erin Boley Forward 6-2 Junior Hodgenville, Ky. Elizabethtown HS/Notre Dame 0 Satou Sabally Forward 23 Minyon Moore Guard 5-8 Senior Hercules, Calif. Salesian HS/USC 4 Jaz Shelley Guard 24 Ruthy Hebard Forward 6-4 Senior Fairbanks, Alaska West Valley HS 11 Holly Winterburn Guard 32 Sedona Prince Forward 6-7 RS Freshman Liberty Hill, Texas Liberty Hill HS/Texas 2 Morgan Yaeger Guard

COACHING STAFF SUPPORT STAFF

Name Position UO Experience Alma Mater Name Position Kelly Graves Head Coach 6th Season New Mexico, 1988 Megan Murphy Director of Operations Oregon Record: 124-52 (55-35 Pac-12) Collegiate Record (26th season): 551-254 Div. Record (23rd season): 506-214 Nia Jackson Director of Creativity Mark Campbell Associate Head Coach 6th Season Hawai’i, 2004 Kim Terrell Sr. Assoc. Director of Athletic Medicine Jodie Berry Assistant Coach 6th Season Western Washington, 2002 Courtney Walden Strength and Conditioning Coach Xavi Lopez Assistant Coach 3rd Season Point Loma Nazarene, 2007 Illya Lebow Administrative Assistant

ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

BY CLASS BY POSITION BY HOME STATE & COUNTRY Name Pronunciation Seniors (3): Hebard, Ionescu, Moore Guards (6) Forwards (7) Australia (3): Cochrane, Shelley, Yaeger Taylor Chavez CHA-vez Juniors (4): Boley, Giomi, S. Sabally, Yaeger Chavez Boley California (2): Ionescu, Moore Lucy Cochrane CAH-crane Sophomores (1): Chavez Ionescu Cochrane Germany (2): N. Sabally, S. Sabally Lydia Giomi Gee-OH-me RS Freshmen (2): Prince, N. Sabally Moore Giomi Alaska (1): Hebard Ruthy Hebard HE-bird Freshmen (3): Cochrane, Shelley, Winterburn Shelley Hebard Arizona (1): Chavez Sabrina Ionescu Yo-NESS-coo Winterburn Prince England (1): Winterburn Satou Sabally SAH-two Sah-BUH-lee Yaeger N. Sabally Kentucky (1): Boley Nyara Sabally Knee-ARE-uh Sah-BUH-lee S. Sabally Texas (1): Prince Morgan Yaeger YAY-ger Washington (1): Giomi Xavi Lopez CHA-vee

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32 SEDONA PRINCE KELLY GRAVES MARK CAMPBELL JODIE BERRY XAVI LOPEZ MEGAN LOPEZ RFr. | Forward | 6-7 Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Liberty Hill, Texas

NIA JACKSON KIM TERRELL COURTNEY WALDEN Director of Creativity Senior Associate Director Strength and of Athletic Medicine Conditioning Coach

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QUICK HITS: #20 SABRINA IONESCU

CAREER (18.2 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 7.3 APG) » Enters senior season with career totals of 1,984 points, 792 assists and 756 rebounds, giving her the chance to become the first player in NCAA women’s basketball history to reach 2,000+ career points, 1,000+ career assists and 1,000+ career rebounds. » NCAA all-time leader (men’s and women’s) with 18 career triple-doubles; Previous record was 12 (Kyle Collinsworth, BYU). » 2018-19 Wade Trophy (national player of the year) and Wooden Award (NCAA most outstanding player) winner. » Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19). » Two-time Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19). » Two-time unanimous first-team all-American (2017-18, 2018-19). » USBWA, ESPNW and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year in 2016-17. » Oregon’s all-time leader with 792 career assists, 101 more than any other Duck in program history. » No. 2 in Oregon history with 102 double-figure scoring games; All-time record is 108 held by Alison Lang (1980-84). » No. 3 in Oregon history with 269 career three-pointers made; All-time record is 283 held by Lexi Bando (2014-18). » No. 4 in Oregon history with 1,984 career points; All-time record is 2,252 held by Alison Lang (1980-84).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018-19 (19.9 PPG, 7.4 RPG. 8.2 APG) » Racked up an NCAA single-season record eight triple-doubles to become the new all-time career record holder with 18. » Led the nation with 311 total assists while pacing the Pac-12 and ranking third in the NCAA in assists per game. » Second in the Pac-12 and eighth in the nation with 755 total points; Fourth in the Pac-12 in points per game. » Second in the Pac-12 and 14th in the NCAA in three-point percentage (42.9). » Led the NCAA in minutes played with a whopping 1,369. » Shattered the UO single-game assists record with 17 on Dec. 2, 2018, against Long Beach State.

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#20 SABRINA IONESCU IN A HISTORIC 2018-19 SEASON, THE DUCKS... » Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year watch list » Reached the NCAA Final Four for the first time in program history while making their third straight Elite Eight. » Preseason all-Pac-12 (unanimous) » Claimed their second straight Pac-12 regular season title and fourth in program history. » Led the nation in three-point field-goal percentage (41.5), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.88) and turnovers per game (10.0). #24 RUTHY HEBARD » Ranked third nationally in scoring offense (84.9 PPG), fourth in field-goal percentage (50.1), fifth in scoring margin (+21.9), » Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year watch list » Preseason all-Pac-12 seventh in assists per game (18.9) and 20th in free-throw percentage (76.6). » Set new single-season program records for team points scored (3,227) and free-throw percentage (.766). #0 SATOU SABALLY » Shattered the program’s single-season record for attendance at Matthew Knight Arena with an average of 7,148 per game. » Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year watch list WELCOME BACK #23 MINYON MOORE Highlighted by the return of SR SABRINA IONESCU, who chose to come back to Oregon for her senior season rather than » Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year watch list declare for the 2019 WNBA Draft, the Ducks bring back four of five starters and seven total letterwinners from last year’s Final Four team. Ionescu is joined by returning starters SR RUTHY HEBARD (16.1 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 67.0 FG% in 2018-19), JR SATOU 2018-19 AWARDS RECAP SABALLY (16.6 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 50.5 FG%,) and JR ERIN BOLEY (12.4 PPG, 43.0 3PT%). The Ducks also bring back three more letterwinners from last season in SO TAYLOR CHAVEZ, JR LYDIA GIOMI and JR MORGAN YAEGER.

#20 SABRINA IONESCU NEWCOMERS PROVIDE VALUABLE DEPTH » Wade Trophy winner (national player of the year) In addition to bringing back 80 percent of last season’s roster, the Ducks added a pair of transfers and three freshmen to » Wooden Award winner (NCAA most outstanding player) bolster the team’s depth in a big way. SR MINYON MOORE is expected to play a big role for Oregon after coming to Eugene » Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award winner » Pac-12 Player of the Year in the offseason as a graduate transfer from USC. Moore is a two-time Pac-12 all-defensive selection and led the Trojans last » All-Pac-12 season with 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. RFR SEDONA PRINCE, the No. 8 ranked recruit in the nation » Unanimous First Team All-American two years ago, also joined Oregon via transfer after sitting out as a true freshman last year at Texas. Joining Moore and » NCAA Portland Regional MVP Prince as newcomers this year is a trio of highly-touted international recruits in FR JAZ SHELLEY (Moe, Australia), FR HOLLY » Pac-12 All-Tournament Team WINTERBURN (Northampton, England) and FR LUCY COCHRANE (Melbourne, Australia). » Naismith Trophy finalist (national player of the year) » Dawn Staley Award finalist (nation’s top guard) UNFAZED BY EXPECTATIONS Oregon will enter 2019-20 with the first No. 1 national ranking in program history after topping the AP preseason top-25 poll #0 SATOU SABALLY released on Oct. 30. The Ducks were also ranked No. 1 in the espnW preseason top 25 published this fall, in addition to earning » WBCA Honorable Mention All-American top rankings from NCAA.com and Sports Illustrated. “I think it’s neat, at some level,” head coach Kelly Graves said. “Obviously » All-Pac-12 » Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year finalist people have high expectations of us, and I think that’s great; we have them of ourselves. But I don’t think that’s going to add any pressure. … We know what we’re capable of doing. But that’s such a long way away.” #24 RUTHY HEBARD » WBCA Honorable Mention All-American PICKED TO THREE-PEAT » All-Pac-12 For the second straight season, the Ducks have been picked to win the Pac-12 in the preseason poll of the conference’s coaches. » Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year finalist Oregon received the maximum of 11 first-place votes and 121 points, with Stanford picked to place second with 111 points and one first-place vote. Oregon State (99), UCLA (93) and Arizona State (77) round out the top five of the preseason poll. Oregon, #5 MAITE CAZORLA which also topped the Pac-12 preseason media poll, has won the Pac-12 regular season title each of the last two seasons, and » All-Pac-12 the Ducks won the Pac-12 Tournament in 2017-18. #21 ERIN BOLEY » Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention TEAM USA COMING TO MKA The Ducks will get a unique opportunity prior to the official start of the 2019-20 season when they host the USA Women’s HC KELLY GRAVES National Team in an exhibition game on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. in Matthew Knight Arena. The game is being played as a part » Pac-12 Coach of the Year of Team USA’s expanded training program to aid in its pursuit of a seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal.

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GET TO KNOW COACH HEAD COACH KELLY GRAVES

HEAD COACH EXPERIENCE Oregon Experience Sixth Season Oregon Record 124-52 (55-35 Pac-12) Collegiate Experience 26th Season Div. I Experience 23rd Season Collegiate Record 551-254 Div. I Record 506-214 Alma Mater New Mexico, 1988

OREGON - 2014-PRESENT (124-52) » Guided the Ducks to the program’s first-ever Final Four in 2018-19 while reaching third straight Elite Eight. » Went to back-to-back Elite Eights in 2017 and 2018. UO had never been beyond the second round previously. » Oregon’s 33 wins in 2017-18 set a new program record, matched again during the Ducks’ 2018-19 Final Four run. » Led the Ducks to back-to-back Pac-12 regular season championships in 2018 and 2019. » UO won the program’s first ever Pac-12 Tournament title in 2018. YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD GONZAGA - 2000-14 (316-136) Year School Overall Conference Conference Finish Postseason » Took the Zags to seven NCAA Tournaments in his 14 years 2018-19 Oregon 31-5* 16-2 1st NCAA Final Four as the head coach, including two Sweet 16 appearances 2017-18 Oregon 33-5 16-2 1st NCAA Elite Eight and one Elite Eight. 2016-17 Oregon 23-14 8-10 6th NCAA Elite Eight » Eight-time WCC Coach of the Year 2015-16 Oregon 24-11 9-9 6th WNIT Final Four » 10-straight WCC titles (2005-14) 2014-15 Oregon 13-17 6-12 T-9th - » Went 5-23 in his first season in Spokane, including a 0-14 2013-14 Gonzaga 29-5 16-2 1st NCAA First Round record in WCC play. Lost just 12 total WCC games in his 2012-13 Gonzaga 27-6 15-1 1st NCAA First Round final 10 seasons. 2011-12 Gonzaga 28-6 14-2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2010-11 Gonzaga 31-5 14-0 1st NCAA Elite Eight SAINT MARY’S - 1997-2000 (66-26) 2009-10 Gonzaga 29-5 14-0 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2008-09 Gonzaga 27-7 12-2 1st NCAA Second Round Three seasons as head coach 2007-08 Gonzaga 25-9 13-1 1st WNIT Second Round » Took the head job at Saint Mary’s after working as an 2006-07 Gonzaga 24-10 13-1 1st NCAA First Round assistant for four seasons at Portland under Jim Sollars. 2005-06 Gonzaga 16-14 11-3 T-1st - » Took Saint Mary’s to its first NCAA Tournament in 1998-99. 2004-05 Gonzaga 28-4 14-0 1st WNIT Second Round 2003-04 Gonzaga 18-12 10-4 T-2nd WNIT First Round BIG BEND CC - 1989-92 (45-20) 2002-03 Gonzaga 18-12 9-5 T-2nd - » Originally took an assistant coach position with the men’s 2001-02 Gonzaga 11-18 2-12 8th - team at Big Bend, but was asked to coach the women’s 2000-01 Gonzaga 5-23 0-14 8th - team after the previous head coach left. 1999-00 Saint Mary’s 20-10 11-3 2nd WNIT Second Round » Took a four-win team in his first season to a 23-10 mark in 1998-99 Saint Mary’s 26-7 10-4 3rd NCAA First Round 1997-98 Saint Mary’s 20-9 9-5 T-3rd - his third and final year. TOTALS 22 Seasons 506-214 242-94 12 conference titles 11 NCAA Appearances * Graves missed Air Force & UC Irvine wins in 2018-19 on suspension NUMBERS TO KNOW Note: Graves was the head coach at Big Bend Community College (Moses Lake, WA) from 1989-92, going 45-20 over 3 seasons. He is in the NWAC hall of fame.

In 23 seasons as a NCAA Division I head Kelly Graves is in his sixth season at the helm of the Oregon women’s basketball program. He was named the seventh head coach, Kelly Graves has racked up 506 coach in program history on April 7, 2014. On March 20, 2019, Graves and UO agreed to terms on a contract extension that will total wins, including 124 in his five keep him in Eugene through the 2025-26 season. 506 seasons with the Ducks. Graves enters the 2019-20 campaign with a record of 124-52 in his previous five seasons with the Ducks and a 551-254 overall Graves has led his teams to 12 NCAA head coaching mark over 25 seasons, which includes three years at Big Bend CC. He is 506-214 all-time as a Div. I head coach, Tournament appearances, including two with stops at Saint Mary’s, Gonzaga and Oregon. As a head coach, Graves has won 12 regular season conference titles and reached the NCAA Tournament 11 times. In tournament play, he boasts one trip to the Final Four, four career trips to the Elite Elite Eights (2017, 18) and the 2019 Final 12 Eight and six total Sweet 16 appearances. His teams have won 20-plus games in 12 of the last 13 seasons and 17 total times. Four with the Ducks. Graves has coached seven all-Americans, including three-time selections Courtney Vandersloot (Gonzaga) and Jillian Alleyne Graves has guided teams to 11 regular (Oregon). Sabrina Ionescu enters her senior season in 2019-20 as a two-time unanimous first-team all-American. .

season conference championships, In 2018-19, Oregon won a second straight Pac-12 regular season title after going 16-2 in conference play. Graves and the 11 including back-to-back Pac-12 titles with Ducks were ranked as high as No. 2 in the AP poll and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive the Ducks each of the last two years. year. Sabrina Ionescu was named the Pac-12 player of the year for a second straight season as well, before earning the first national player of the year recognitions in program history, from the WBCA (Wade Trophy) and the Wooden Award. The Graves has coached 7 all-Americans Ducks went 33-5 for a second straight year in 2018-19, capped by the program’s first-ever trip to the Final Four. UO upset No. throughout his career, including three- 1 seed Mississippi State, 88-84, in the Elite Eight in front of a raucous crowd of 11,538 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. The time winners Courtney Vandersloot 7 Ducks are 10-3 in the NCAA Tournament over the last three seasons, after winning just five total NCAA Tournament games (Gonzaga) and Jillian Alleyne (Oregon). previously in program history.

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The 2017-18 campaign will always be a special one, as Oregon won its third ever Pac-12 regular season championship and the first Pac-12 Tournament title in program history. Graves and the Ducks went a program-record 33-5 on the season, including IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT a record 16-2 in league play. The Ducks clinched the title over Stanford by sweeping the Arizona schools on the road in the final weekend of the regular season. Oregon also topped Stanford, 77-57, in the tournament championship game at » 11 career NCAA Tournament appearances, including nine in KeyArena in Seattle. his last 11 seasons. Oregon earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, hosted games in Eugene for the first time since 2000, and reached » 18-11 career record in the NCAA Tournament; 10-3 at Oregon. the Elite Eight for a second straight season before falling to eventual national champion and No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the Spokane regional final. » Four career trips to the Elite Eight. Sophomores Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard each earned a multitude of awards at the conclusion of the season. Ionescu » Six career Sweet Sixteen appearances. was a unanimous first team All-American and was named the Nancy Leiberman national point guard of the year. Vandersloot won the Lieberman award in 2011 under Graves. Hebard was an honorable mention All-American and was named the Katrina » Three NCAA Tournament appearances in first five seasons McClain national power forward of the year. After earning Pac-12 player of the year honors in the regular season, Ionescu at Oregon, guiding the Ducks to two Elite Eights (2017, 18) was also named the Pac-12 Tournament MVP after scoring a championship game record 36 points. The Walnut Creek, Calif., native also broke the NCAA career triple-doubles record in 2017-18. The Ducks were, statistically, one of the best shooting and the program’s first-ever Final Four (2019). teams in the nation in 2018-19. Oregon finished the season ranked fourth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (50.0), third in » 2019 Final Four run was the first of Graves’ career. three-point percentage (40.1) and seventh in the country in scoring (82.4 points per game). » Oregon upset No. 1 seed Mississippi State, 88-84, to reach Prior to the Ducks’ incredible 2018-19 season, 2016-17 was considered the best year in program history. Oregon not only reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005, but Graves and the No. 10 seed Ducks shocked the college the 2019 Final Four; Graves is 1-3 all-time vs. No. 1 seeds. basketball world by reaching the program’s first ever Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. » All three of UO’s NCAA Tournament losses under Graves With three true freshmen in the starting lineup, the most in the tournament that year, the Ducks defeated No. 7 seed Temple, have come to No. 1 seeds, including two eventual NCAA No. 2 seed Duke and No. 3 seed Maryland before falling to No. 1 seed UConn in the Bridgeport regional final. Graves became champions (Notre Dame in 2018, Baylor in 2019). the only coach in NCAA history to take two double digit seeds (Gonzaga in 2011, Oregon in 2017) to the Elite Eight. The Ducks’ exciting tournament run was fueled by Graves’ work on the recruiting trail the year prior, as he signed the No. 3 ranked » Oregon has been a No. 2 seed in each of the last two NCAA class in the nation, highlighted by USA Today national high school player of the year, Ionescu. The lead guard would go on Tournaments (2018, 19), the highest seed in program to be named the ESPNW and USBWA national freshman of the year, in addition to all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 freshman of the year. history and best of Graves’ career. Oregon’s offense under Graves was typically efficient in 2016-17, ranking in the top-30 of the NCAA in field goal percentage (45.0), three-point percentage (39.2) and assists (16.5 assists per game). » Under Graves, Oregon has been a No. 2 seed twice (2018, 19) Graves guided the Ducks to a 24-11 record and an appearance in the semifinals of the WNIT in 2015-16. Oregon’s 24 wins was and a No. 10 seed once (2017). just one shy of the previous program record of 25, set in both 1980-81 and 1998-99. UO’s 33 wins in 2017-18 is now the record. » As a No. 10 seed in 2017, Oregon upset Temple (7), Duke (2) The Ducks began the season with a perfect 11-0 record, the second-best start in program history. The Ducks led the NCAA in three-point shooting at 42.1 percent and ranked sixth overall in field goal percentage, shooting 46.6 percent. At the end of and Maryland (3) to reach the program’s first Elite Eight. the 2016 season, star forward Alleyne, a two-time third team All-American under Graves, was selected in the second round of » The only coach in NCAA women’s history to take two the WNBA draft, the Ducks’ first player drafted since 2012. double-digit seeds to the Elite Eight (No. 10 Oregon in 2017, Graves went 13-17 in his first season with the Ducks in 2014-15, taking a team built to run-and-gun under former head coach No. 11 Gonzaga in 2011). Paul Westhead and instilling strong fundamentals and a tough defense-first philosophy. Oregon held their opponents under 70 points 14 times in 2014-15 after allowing an NCAA-worst 89.1 points per game in 2013-14. The new offense also got going » Guided Gonzaga dancing seven times in 14 seasons; once as Graves led his Ducks to a 66-64 win over No. 19 ranked Stanford in the regular season finale, UO’s first win against the as a No. 6 seed, once as a No. 7 seed, twice as a No. 11 seed Cardinal since 2004. Alleyne was named a third team All-American and first team all-Pac-12 following the season, making the jump from honorable mention in both as a sophomore. and three times as a No. 12 seed. » Took Gonzaga to three straight Sweet Sixteens (2010, 11, 12) Oregon is Graves’ fourth head coaching position, previously leading the programs at Big Bend Community College (1989-92), Saint Mary’s (1997-2000) and Gonzaga (2000-14). before matching that streak at Oregon (2017, 18, 19).

Graves’ coaching career started at Big Bend CC in Moses Lake, Wash., where he accepted an assistant coaching position on » Led Gonzaga to the 2011 Elite Eight as a No. 11 seed; the the men’s team, but after the women’s coach left, he moved over to lead the women’s program instead. lowest-seeded team to reach the quarterfinal round.

In three seasons (1989-90 through 1991-92) Graves took a four-win team his first season to a 23-10 record in his final year, » First NCAA Appearance came in 1999 with Saint Mary’s; the the first 20-plus win year in program history. Graves was inducted into the Northwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in Gaels lost to Notre Dame in the first round as a No. 12 seed. 2018.

Graves left Big Bend CC to become an assistant coach under Jim Sollars at the University of Portland prior to the 1992-93 season. Following four years with the Pilots, Graves was named the head coach at Saint Mary’s for the 1997-98 campaign. Graves advanced to his first NCAA Tournament with the Gaels during the 1998-99 season, his second of three seasons at Saint Mary’s, and went to seven more over 14 seasons at Gonzaga.

Graves left Saint Mary’s for Gonzaga for the 2000-01 season. His first year with the Bulldogs, his team went 5-23, including 0-14 in WCC play. But by his third year at Gonzaga, the Bulldogs went 18-12 overall and went to the WNIT the following season. Gonzaga won the first of 10 straight WCC titles under Graves during the 2004-05 campaign when his squad went 28-4 overall and 14-0 in league play. Including that year, Graves and Gonzaga lost just 12 total conference games over his final 10 years leading the program.

Gonzaga’s first NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2006-07, when the Bulldogs went 24-10 and 13-1 in WCC, and after a WNIT bid in 2007-08, Gonzaga advanced to six straight NCAA Tournaments. Graves and the ‘Zags advanced to the Sweet 16 for three straight years (2010, 2011, 2012) and went to the Elite 8 in 2011. Overall, Graves brought eight West Coast Conference Coach of the Year awards and a 382-162 (.696) Div. I head coaching record to Eugene in 2014, with a 427-202 record overall before joining the Ducks.

“Kelly Graves is a great guy and one of the best coaches in America,” said UConn head coach Geno Auriemma when Graves was hired in 2014. “Oregon is a place with tremendous women’s basketball potential and Kelly is the perfect person to lead the Ducks to the next level. I won’t be surprised when Oregon is competing for Pac-12 championships, and contending on a national level, in the near future.”

Graves added USA Basketball to his resume in the summer of 2012, becoming an assistant coach with the U18 women’s basketball squad and helping the team to a gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas. He again coached for USA Basketball in the summer of 2013. As an assistant, he helped the USA U19 squad win the FIBA Women’s World Championship.

Graves and his wife Mary have three sons - Max (1995) Jackson (1997) and Will (2000). Max graduated from UO in 2017 and is now working with the Dallas Mavericks. Jack is an assistant coach with the Lane CC women’s basketball team and Will graduated from South Eugene HS in 2018 and is a sophomore on the Lane CC men’s basketball team.

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