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Sports Ducks swim to third at NorPacs By Marcus Prater Of the Emerald Tina Helm and Babette Brundage placed in the top three, a combined nine times to lead the Oregon women’s swim team to a third place finish in the first-ever NorPac Championships this week end in Santa Clara, Calif. California led from start to finish to collect the crown with 1,598.5 points, followed by Washing ton's 1,077.5 and the Ducks' 627. Washington State was fourth and Oregon State ended up fifth over the three-day meet The senior Helm proved her national ranking of 11th in the 200-meter backstroke was no fluke with an easy victory in the event Helm will be the solo Oregon representative, swimming the 200 back, in the NCAA Championships in Lincoln, Neb , Mar 17-19 Helm also notched a first in the 200 individual medley, second in the 400 individual medley and 100 backstroke and a third in the 50 backstroke Brundage dropped 26 seconds off her 1,650 freestyle time from the last week’s Northwest Collegiate Championship to collect a win in the mile event She also took a first in the 400 individual medley, a second in the 500 freestyle and a third in the 200 individual medley. The Helm-Brundage story is a familiar one The two Ducks have been the only top-three competitors all season, and again were the main crux of the scoring this week This leaves Oregon coach Dan Cole somewhat frustrated. "California won because they have the most money and Washington is in pretty good shape (financially) We had the least amount of any team there,” Cole said of the two schools' ease at giving financial aid Despite the lack of big-dollar swimmers, this week's championship meet was a success, according to Cole "For the first time out, we did all right We did great.” With the women’s season officially ended, Cole now turns his attention to the men They will leave Wednesday for Los Angeles, via Burbank, for the Pac-10 Championships which start Thurs day and run through Saturday. This will be the last chance for the men to make qualifying standards for their NCAA Championships which are set for Indianapolis, Ind , Mar 24-26. Erik Hughes and Mark Cannard, the two top performers for the men, will have the best shot at the trip east. Worthy’s year just getting started INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - James Worthy, the top pick in last year's National Basketball Association draft, hasn’t en Beasley sets school record Quenna Beasley set a school record in the shot put Sunday with a heave of 50-1 V? at the Husky Indoor track and field meet in Seattle Beasley bettered her own mark and school record of 4 9-8 Vi. joyed the type of season that might be expected But he's not complaining And neither are the Los Angeles Lakers. "I'm pretty satisfied with how things have gone,’’ said the 6-foot-9, 219-pound rookie for ward in a recent interview "I came in and had to make a few adjustments to the difference between college and this league. "Now, I feel like I'm pro gressing every time I play." Despite not being a starter for the defending NBA champions, Worthy is playing a little more than half of every game, on the average He has scored at a 12.3-point clip, pulled down nearly five rebounds a game and connect ed on almost 54 percent of his field goal attempts He played one of his best games of the season against the Boston Celtics last week, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds while playing 37 minutes. Cougars claw to top as UNLV drops in poll Front Associated Press reports Houston, winner of 23 of 25 games, became the na tion's top ranked college basketball team Monday, the first Southwest Conference team to reach the No 1 since Arkansas in 1978. The Cougars, who made it to the Final Four of the NCAA playoffs last season, drew 42 first place votes from the nationwide panel of 58 sports writers and broadcasters and 1,130 points Coach Guy Lewis's team won its 18th straight by beating Rice 86-52 last week The Cougars are 14-0 in the SWC and face Arkansas, 13-1, in a league showdown at Fayetteville, Ark., Thurs day night Houston moved up from the No 2 spot after pre viously unbeaten Nevada Las Vegas lost twice and fell from No. 1 to No. 9. It marked the first time Houston held the top spot since 1968 when Elvin Hayes was the Cougars' star Virginia, 23-3, landed 15 first-place votes to take second place with 1,081 points. The Cavaliers, No. 3 last week, beat North Caroli na State last week Louisville, 24-3, a winner over Wright State and Wes tern Kentucky last week, jumped from No 5 to No. 3 with 992 points. Villanova, 20-4, which clinched the Big East crown with an overtime win over St. John's Saturday and earlier beat St. Joseph's, advanced from seventh to No 4 with 914 points Arkansas, 24-1 and a loser only to Houston, moved up a notch to fifth with 894 points after stopping Texas and Texas Tech. UCLA, 21-3, which drew the other first-place vote and 854 points, took over the No. 6 spot, moving up two places after two victories over Southern California Kentucky, 20-5, which clinched the Southeastern Conference title by downing Tennesee Sunday, took over the No. 7 spot with 791 points, three notches higher than last week North Carolina, 22-6, which snapped a three-game losing streak by topping Wake Forest and Clemson last week, moved from 11th to No 8 The Tar Heels col lected 647 points. Nevada-Las Vegas, 24-2, which had held the top spot for two weeks, lost road games to Fullerton State and West Virginia and drew 629 points. 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