McGuire, yes. Hebard and the 6'4 freshmen were both athletic and mobile.
Having watched Oregon in every game this year and most last, I think this is exactly the case. And I would add that Oregon is still very young: of the 3, 2 are sophomores (as is Ionescu), and the third a freshman from Germany. And having to travel 3000 miles for an away game also didn't help. (Oregon is currently in the SEC portion of their schedule: they've already beaten A&M at A&M and will play them again in a tournament next week; Sunday they play Mississippi at home.)
Hebard is very effective most of the time (she was 21 of 22 with 15 rebounds against A&M and Mississippi State), but she is still raw (the high school competition in Alaska can't be much) and even considered redshirting when she arrived in Eugene. She is also still trying to learn how to deal with big and really skilled centers. (She was overwhelmed--as was everyone else on the US team--by the Russian centers in the U19 FIBA Tournament last summer, but did very well in the other games.)
Sabally (the freshman) is a major talent still adjusting to the US game. She's smart, knows what she has to work on, and is getting better each outing. Someone has even compared her to Parker. I think that's obviously a stretch, but it does point to the range of her abilities: driving, posting up, shooting the 3, handling the ball--at 6'4" she can already do all of this very effectively and, because she is so smooth, she's always moving much faster than she appears to be.
McGuire does one thing very well--shoot from the top of the key--but she is slow and not in great shape, to put it mildly. The first does help take pressure off Hebard.
I realize that this is more than a little homerish, but I think that later in the season the Ducks would give Mississippi State a run for its money on a neutral court and certainly in Eugene.
