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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 Pac-12 Conference, 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, Inc., Nike provides the official team uniforms for University of Oregon sports teams. 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 State University, Oregon Agricultural College, Pacific University, and elsewhere, an effort was made during the 1902–03 academic year to organize a women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The university also operates the Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health in Portland, Oregon; the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston, Oregon; and Pine Mountain Observatory in Central Oregon. UO's 295-acre campus is situated along the Willamette River. Most academic programs follow the 10-week quarter system. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities. Since July 2014, UO has been governed by Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon, its own board of trustees. UO student-athletes compete as the Oregon Ducks and are pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific-10
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State University and Washington State University. The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah. Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history. Washington's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by third year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament which was their first trip since 2005. They defeated Temple and upset Duke in the first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history where they upset Maryland to advance to the elite eight where they lost to Connecticut. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Non-conference regular seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2016 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 2, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network. All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. Participants The 2016 Postseason WNIT field will consist of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee is to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT shall be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, will earn the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by second year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State, Fresno State and Utah in the first, second and third rounds, UTEP in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota in the semifinals. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Pac-12 regular season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by first year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round in the Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington State. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;", Pac-12 regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#004F27;", Rankings See also *2014–15 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team Oregon Ducks women's ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2014 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 19 and ended on April 5. All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights who defeated the UTEP Miners, 56–54, in the championship game before a sellout crowd of 12,222 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. Participants 64 teams were selected to participate in the 2014 WNIT. 32 teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA women's tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. Automatic qualifiers At-large bids Bracket Region 1 Home teams are listed first, unless noted. * = Overtime Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Team
The 2013–14 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fifth year head coach Paul Westhead, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 16–16 overall, 6–12 in Pac-12 play for a tie for a ninth-place finish. They lost in the first round of the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Pacific in the first round before losing to Washington in the second round. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 , Regular Season , - !colspan=9, 2014 Pac-12 Tournament , - !colspan=9 , WNIT See also 2013–14 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team Oregon Ducks women's basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The tournament is played entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. 2010 Preseason WNIT At the beginning of the season, there is a Preseason WNIT. Round 1 *The games for round one were played on November 13. Bracket 1 *New Mexico 81, Northern Colorado 59 *Florida Gulf Coast 66, UTEP 54 *Georgia Tech 63, Winthrop 30 *Oklahoma State 67, Arkansas Little-Rock 58 Bracket 2 *Ohio State 91, Eastern Illinois 68 *Bowling Green 76, Chicago State 41 *Marist 80, North Carolina A&T 64 *West Virginia 79, Towson 42 Round 2 *The games for round one were played on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Team
The 2009–10 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks were coached by Paul Westhead. The Ducks were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. Offseason *April 14: Two additions were made to the Oregon Ducks coaching staff. Keila Whittington and Kai Felton will assist head coach Paul Westhead. Whittington was previously at Marist College, while Felton was at the University of Southern California. *April 20: Former Ducks assistant coach Dan Muscatell will return to the Ducks. For the past six seasons, he was head coach at Sacramento State. In his six seasons with Sacramento State, his Big Sky Conference record was 36 wins and 21 losses. *May 8: Kristi Fallin, the reigning Northwest Athletic Association of Community College Southern Region Player of the Year, signed a letter of intent to play with the Oregon Ducks. Fallin led the NWAACC with an average of 23 points per game. *May 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westhead
Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American former basketball coach. He was the head coach for three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and an assistant for four others, and also coached in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), American Basketball Association (ABA), and Japan Basketball League (JBL). In his first year as an NBA head coach, he led a rookie Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers to the 1980 NBA Finals, which they won in six games for the team's first title in eight years. Westhead won titles in both the NBA and WNBA, and he is also remembered as the coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) men's basketball team. Westhead is known for an unorthodox, run-and-gun style called "The System." He was nicknamed "The Professor" due to his former career as an English teacher prior to coaching and his tendency to quote Shakespeare and other literary sources while coaching. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The teams were deemed the "best of the rest" from the 31 Division I conferences were joined by 17 at-large selections. The final four of the tournament paired Wisconsin against Western Kentucky and Wyoming against 2006 WNIT champion Kansas State. Wisconsin (23–12) defeated Western Kentucky 79–72. Meanwhile, across the country, Wyoming and Kansas State played a triple-overtime thriller. The Cowgirls eventually pulled out the victory, holding Kansas State to a single point in the third overtime, and winning 89–79. The championship game of the WNIT was played Saturday, March 31, 2007, in front of 15,462 fans at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming (the largest crowd in Wyoming Cowgirl History). Wyoming dominated the game an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
