EUGENE — Significant roster turnover during the offseason left Oregon women’s basketball both with the core of its starting lineup and most of last year’s freshman class back and infused with some critical additions.

Seniors Erin Boley and Lydia Giomi graduated and moved on and guards Taylor Chavez, Taylor Mikesell and Jaz Shelley and forward Angela Dugalic transferred.

The Ducks added five incoming transfers of their own though in guards Endyia Rogers and Ahlise Hurst and forwards Shannon Dufficy, Taylor Hosendove and Chanaya Pinto.

UO is still awaiting word from the NCAA on eligibility for Dufficy and Hosendove, both two-time transfers, but Dufficy’s waiver is expected to be a formality due to her being a graduate transfer.

It all means significant shakeup in the Oregon backcourt, which returns Te-Hina Paopao and Maddie Scherr and adds freshman Taylor Bigby as well. So far, the Ducks have teamed Rogers with Paopao to put two ball-handlers on the court at once, much in the way they did with Sabrina Ionescu, Maite Cazorla and Minyon Moore in the past.

“It’s nice to not always handle the ball,” Paopao said. “They’re having me play the 1 sometimes and playing me off the ball, but I personally like playing off the ball. I’ll play point guard. I’ll play at the 2. Me and Endyia, we’ve been solely together these last couple of weeks and I’ve been enjoying her having to come off screens and looking for others and creating for others.”

It took until the NCAA Tournament for Oregon to establish an identity through its post players last season. Sedona Prince and Nyara Sabally are certainly going to remain pillars of the lineup, now with more complementary players in 6-foot-8 freshman Phillipina Kyei and a more experienced Kylee Watson.

With the infusion of transfers mostly combo forwards that can play on the wing, where Sydney Parrish is also back and will play a big role, Oregon can play a very big lineup, four guards and a more traditional rotation.

“I really like our versatility,” Oregon coach Kelly Graves said. “I like the fact that we’ve got players really at all different positions who can impact the game. I think we’ll probably have some kind of a hybrid of the ball screen and the spread-it-out motion that we’ve employed for most of my tenure here with an eye to getting inside maybe a little bit more. I’m not saying we have another Ruthy (Hebard), but we’ve got players inside that can command double teams and really we can pound the ball inside when we need to.

“I think we’re a little bit better in the ball screen than we were last year. Endyia can play out of the ball screens. Maddie Scherr has really gotten better and can play out of ball screen. Te-Hina I felt was really our only player that could really play out of the ball screen action. I think we have additional help there.”

The Ducks, the preseason No. 2 pick among Pac-12 coaches, have two exhibitions on Oct. 28 and Nov. 6 before opening the regular season on Nov. 9 against Idaho State.