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Ducks battle the best at Alaska
By Brent De La Paz
Of the Emerald
Basketball, Alaskan style, will be on the
agenda for the Oregon men’s team this weekend
as they travel to the land of ice and snow for the
Great Alaska Shootout Nov. 23-25 at Sullivan
Arena.
The Shootout, based in Anchorage, has been
rated as one of the best holiday tournaments of its
kind. The Alaska Shootout’s eight-team field
boasts some of the best teams in the nation, in
cluding the University of Illinois, ranked No. 2 in
the Associated Press Top-Twenty Poll. Four of
the teams played in last year’s NCAA playoffs
while two others have National Invitation Tour
nament experience.
“I don’t know how we’ll do?” says Oregon
coach Don Monson, who opens the official
regular season after an exhibition victory over the
University of Victoria, 81-52 at McArthur Court
Nov. 9. “Hopefully we will be represenative and
play well.”
Oregon’s chances of winning the tournament
will rest on the shoulders of co-captains, center
Blair Rasmussen and guard Chris Harper. Both
will need to play key roles, if the Ducks hope to
find themselves playing for the championship
Sunday at 4 p.m. PST.
”1 think we are going in prepared to play up
to our potential,” says Harper, who scored a
game-high 19 points against the Vikings of Vic
toria. "We have to play as well as we can to get by
everybody. I think that (the high-ranked teams)
should motivate us to play our best.”
Rasmussen, who pumped in 18 points and
pulled down 11 rebounds against Victoria, knows
the competition will be a test for the Ducks, who
received some votes in the top-twenty rankings.
“I think we are ready, but we won’t know un
til the actual game situations," says Rasmussen of
the competition that has two top-twenty teams
amongs its ranks.
Besides Illinois, the tournament includes the
19th-ranked University of Kansas Jay hawks. The
Fighting Illini, 1-0, are in the upper bracket of
competition while Kansas is paired with Oregon
in the lower bracket. The upper bracket consists
of Illinois, Idaho State University, the University
of Alabama-Birmingham coached by Gene Bartow
and the University of Tennessee.
Before Oregon sets its thoughts on a possible
meeting with Illinois, Monson’s team must get
past first-round opponent and host, the Universi
ty of Alaska, Anchorage. The Seawolves are 2-0
after back-to-back wins against San Francisco
State University last weekend. Alaska’s offense is
triggered by 6-1 senior guard Ron Beach and 6-9
sophomore Hans-Jurgen Gnad.
If Oregon gets past Alaska in the first round,
Phuto by Kirk Hiroia
Center Blair Rasmussen (40) will play a key
role in the Ducks’ chances for a shot at the
championship of the Great Alaska Shootout
this weekend.
they meet the winner of the University of
Maryland-Kansas contest Saturday at 5 p.m. PST.
Monson thinks Kansas coached by Larry
Brown will “probably” win the matchup against
coach Lefty Driesell’s Maryland Terrapins. Kan
sas. 22-10 last year, has a pair of twin towers on
the baseline which could present problems for
Oregon under the the basket.
“We will be at a disadvantage,” says Monson
of the Kansas height which features 7-foot-l
center Greg Dreiling and highly recruited 6-11
freshman forward-center Danny Manning.
Providing Oregon advances to the champion
ship round, the team they most likely will face is
Illinois at 4 p.m. PST on Sunday. The Fighting II
lini, 26-5 last season, have three returning
starters, including 6-9 center George Mon
tgomery. Illinois completely dismantled fifth
ranked University of Oklahoma and Wayman
Tisdale, 81-64 in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic
Sunday in Springfield, Mass.
The Great Alaska Shootout is being covered
by Metrosports television network. KEZI TV
Channel 9 may televise Oregon's final game in
the tournament on Sunday.
Staff
Sidelines is the Emerald’s
weekly sports supplement
published each Wednes
day except during exam
weeks and vacation.
Editor.Sheila Landry
Copy Editor.. Mike Duncan
Production. .Lauri Neely, Susan
Hawkins
Cover Photo.. . .Michael Clapp
Photo TechniciansHank Trotter
Ross Martin
Projections
Editor’s note — Pac-10 Projec
tions has been a weekly
scorecard of Emerald sport
swriters attempts to pick each
week’s winners in the Pac-10
race. The following is the final
results for the 1984 season.
Final Game Scores:
•Oregon, 31; Oregon State, 6;
•UCLA, 29; USC, 10;
•Washington. 38; Washington State.
29;
•Stanford. 27; California. 10
•Arizona State. 45; Colorado State, 14;
Emerald Sportswriters Final
Scores:
•Editor Brent De La Paz. (25-5-1)
•Rob Collias, (23-7-1)
•A1 Lazo, (17-13-1)
•lease Burkhardt. (18-14-1)
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