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Duck basketball's new dilemma: crowd control
First the good news: Fans are
coming to McArthur Court in
droves to watch the Duck
basketball team.
Now the bad news: Some
Duck fans feel that they have to
resort to throwing paper and ice
and cursing visiting players. It's
just as bad before the game —
as onrushing fans nearly tram
ple one another to get a seat.
inside 'n' out
Steve turcotte
Oregon basketball fans are a
rare commodity. Since they are
seated so close to the playing
floor, they almost have direct in
put on the game itself.
Some 8,700 fans are spinning
the turnstiles to watch Oregon
play each game. But amongst
those 8,700 are a select few who
make the others look bad with
childish stunts.
It's one thing to stand, cheer
and yell at opposing players.
That's great. I love it. It's
another to throw things on the
floor, disrupt play and possibly
cause injury to players or
officials.
Things were so bad at thp
Oregon State game that the of
ficials called time out to clear
the floor of debris. That pro
mpted Oregon coach Don Mon
son to ramble up the bleachers
and plead with fans not to throw
things.
"I think our place lends itself
to, people getting involved with
the game because they are so
close," Monson says. "But if
they start throwing things when
athletes are performing, I don't
want any part of it."
Against Washington last
Saturday, things once again got
out of hand.
First, Reggie Rogers hit
Oregon's Reggie Wallace in the
eye with an elbow. That pro
mpted end-zone onlookers to
taunt Rogers, and one fan went
too far by nearly going on the
court.
"Something like that
shouldn't happen," says
Oregon guard Gary Gatewood.
After the game was another
story. People began hurling ice
and paper on the floor and at
the Oregon bench. Gatewood
was hit with a piece of paper in
the leg. It might have been a
piece of ice, or a bottle.
"It makes you wonder who
the people are throwing things
at," Gatewood says. "Things
like throwing paper and ice are
dangerous to everyone out on
the floor. When it gets on the
flo’or, it is slippery.
"I remember my sophomore
year I slipped on a wet spot and
broke my wrist. I was out for the
year."
For opposing coaches, fans'
antics are part of the game. But
for Washington coach Marv
Harshman, today's Oregon fans
are nothing compared to fans of
the past.
"Things are not nearly as bad
as when (former Oregon coach
Dick) Harter was here," Har
shman says. "I remember one
time my wife was sitting in the
stands and got hit by a golf ball.”
It's great when a crowd can
get into a game. For three years
at Oregon I witnessed dwindl
ing crowds and a general lack of
enthusiasm for the basketball
program. But enter Monson and
a winning attitude, and the fans
are back.
But it's not without incident.
viit-.
As Monson says, l would nice
to be treated the same way on
the road I get treated at home."
Getting hit by paper and ice is
not Monson's idea of hospitable
treatment.
"We still have some of the
best fans in the league/' Mon
son says. "But sometimes peo
ple throw things and it needs to
be corrected.
"I think a lot of people don't
like it — it's just not a class thing
to do."
Well said.
Wins and attendance are up this year at McArthur Court, but a tew tans have gotten out of hand in
the process.
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