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schools like Notre Dame, Penn
State and Pittsburgh, the advan
tages of being an independent
are financially and athletically
rewarding.
They can pick and choose
athletic schedules and can be in
vited to any football bowl game
which isn’t locked up by two
conference winners, as is the
Rose Bowl.
In basketball, usually a hand
ful of independents are selected
for the national tourney while
two or maybe three schools
from each conference are
invited.
But overall, according to most
coaches and administrators, the
pluses outweigh the minuses in
being involved in a con
ference.
Oregon, which was a member
of the Pacific Coast Inter
collegiate Athletic Conference
from 1916-1958, was an indepen
dent from 1959-1963 before hit
ching up with the Pacific-8 Con
ference. And, according to
former Oregon football coach
Len Casanova, the conference
life is much better than the life
of an independent.
“Being part of a conference is
important," says Casanova, who
took the Ducks to the Rose Bowl
at the end of the 1957 season. "It
has been proven over the years
that there are very few teams
outside of Notre Dame who are
established independents."
Oregon was very successful
as a member of the PCC, going
to a handful of bowl games and
posting a string of winning
records in football. The success
also carried over to basketball
and to other sports at Oregon.
The PCC broke up after the
1958 football season because of
NCAA-imposed sanctions on
UCLA, USC and Washington. Ac
cording to Orlando Hollis, then
Oregon faculty representative to
the PCC, the three schools’
sanctions were not well-received
by the conference and therefore,
they left the conference.
"We had a very detailed rule
book in our conference about
what schools should and should
not do," says Hollis. "When
those three schools pulled out
of the conference, there was
nothing anyone could do so it
was in the best interest to
dissolve the conference and
split the money in the con
ference fund."
Almost immediately after the
conference split, Washington,
California, UCLA, USC and Stan
ford joined forces to make up
another conference. That con
ference was soon to be the
Pac-8.
After four years as an in
dependent, the Ducks joined the
Pac-8 in 1964 — it was the begin
ning of a successful marriage
which is still strong today.
' Oregon thought that in the
long run being a member of a
conference and having a shot at
the Rose Bowl was the way to
go," says Hollis. "It was the cor
rect decision at the time."
The Pac-8 was long regarded
as one of the premier con
ferences in almost every sport.
And then when Arizona and
Arizona State journeyed from
the Western Athletic Con
ference and joined to make it the
Pac-10, the conference’s reputa
tion as being the best overall
athletic conference went almost
unchallenged.
"Both Arizona schools are
good teams and both have good
facilities," says Casanova. "It
was financially a good move but
now it makes it tougher on
recruitment.”
Arizona State Athletic Direc
tor Dick Tamburo also feels the
switch was a good maneuver.
"Financially, it was a smart
move by us and a smart move by
the Pac-10,” says Tamburo.
"We've been rewarded by the
move but we have also done our
share of contributing.”
By Steve Turcotte
Portland glides past Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) - Calvin Natt
scored 26 points and Darnell
Valentine added 24 to lead six
Portland players in double
figures as the Trail Blazers
defeated Jhe Houston Rockets
122-104 in a National Basketball
Association game Tuesday
night.
Ralph Sampson led the
Rockets with 24 points and 12
rebounds.
Portland never trailed except
for a brief 2-1 deficit at the start.
The Blazers broke from a 10-10
tie with 8:07 to go in the first
quarter and outscored Houston
22-9 for a 32-19 lead at the end of
the period.
The game marked the
homecoming of Clyde Drexler,
who helped lead the University
of Houston to the NCAA finals
last season. Drexler, who scored
three points, drew cheers from
the crowd when he entered the
game.
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