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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1977)
Basketball.15 Biking.28, 29 California football preview.10 Championships.2 Club sports.21 Cross country, men’s.19 Cross country, women’s.18 Emerald Pac-8 football poll .6 Facilities.12 Fall schedules.14 Field hockey, women’s.20 Fishing. 27 Hiking.24 Jogging.26 Oregon football preview.6 Oregon State football preview. 11 Parks.22 Pinball.23 Rich Brooks .11 Southern California football preview.7 Stanford preview.9 Swimming pools.25 Ticket lottery.3 Title IX.\.5 UCLA football preview.8 Varsity sports .18 Washington football preview .8 Washington State football preview .10 Women’s practice schedules.>.21 Women’s recruiting.12 1 UO hosts four NCAA Events By DAN LINDAHL Emerald Sports Editor Never before has any university hosted four NCAA championship events in the same school year. In 1977-78 that will change. The University of Oregon is the place it will happen. Beginning in March with a first-round doub leheader in the NCAA's western regional basketball playoffs, Oregon wiU see four major champ ionship events contested on or near campus. Following the west ern regionals will be the NCAA gymnastics championships in April, the NCAA track champion ship in May and the NCAA golf championship at the Eugene Country Club in June. The impact will be staggering. “The amount of public relations value to the state, the community and the University is hard to quan tify,” said John Caine, Oregon ath letic director. “But the worth would have to be in the millions of dol lars. “There will be hundreds of ath letes and coaches, press and media men all coming in to see the various events. You would have to pay millions for that kind of expos ure on the open market." The kind of exposure the Uni versity wil be getting is just the variety which could convince a talented young athlete to come to Eugene. But not all the coaches involved agree on just how much recruiting value hosting the championships actually carries. “It’s not that big a thing for us,’’ admitted basketball Coach Dtqk Harter. “Since we recruit through out the nation the kids back East won't even know where the reg ional are." track Coach Bill Dellinger con curs with Harter’s belief that host ing a championship event isn't the recruiting advantage it might ap pear to be. but for a different reason. “Any national exposure will help, but recruiting is on such a limited basis now that it's not that big a help,” explained Dellinger. “We only have 14 scholarships to offer and until they change things the days of big dual meet powers are gone. You can't field a team with 14 people." Bill Ballester and Jim Ferguson, the coaches of gymnastics and golf respectively, are both much more excited about the pos sibilities of national focus on their programs. “The effect can only be posi tive.” enthused Ferguson. "The program has been going ex tremely well. It has been easier to recruit the last few years because of the success of the program." Ballester is especially fired up about the impact the champion ships will have on gymnastics as a whole in Oregon. “It will have a real good effect on recruiting as far as exposure," said Ballester, who added, “but its real effect will be to strengthen (Continued on Page 3) Your store on campus ^db Conveniently located - in the EMU Lower prices - knowledgeable friendly people SEE OUR: Day packs, bike packs, rain gear, woolshirts & parkas, backpacks, skis and climbing equipment, tents, fabrics. WE HAVE: Snow Lion, Camp Trails, Chouinard, Hine/Snowbridge, Woolrich, Powderhorn, Sierra West. SEE OUR DUCK DOPE COUPON
