Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard enter their second season with Oregon Both are coming off a stellar 2016-17 that saw the Ducks work their way through the NCAA Tournament, but get shutdown by Connecticut. That is a game that everyone should remember, but the loss will fuel this team to get back there again this season.
On Wednesday, the Preseason Coaches Poll was released at Pac-12 Media Day and Oregon comes in second, tied with Stanford and just behind front runner UCLA. The Ducks have all their firepower returning with all five starters after last season’s Elite 8 run in the NCAA Tournament.