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Sports 'Today Show' to attend Oreeon-Boise State dual By Ron Gullberg Of the Kmerald The Oregon wrestling team will be looking to rebound from a devastating week, while former Duck wrestler and famous author Ken Kesey will be interviewed by the “Today Show" at tonight s 7:30 p.m. dual meet with Boise State University at McArthur Court. The Ducks, who have lost three straight and eight of their last nine dual matches, hope to upend the 2-2 Broncos with a re-arranged lineup. The Broncos’ 134-pound Tracy Yeates is ranked national ly. so Oregon coach Ron Finley will counter by moving nationally-ranked Shon Lewis up to face Yeates. Lewis is Oregon’s most suc cessful wrestler this season with 20 wins and only three losses. Chuck Kearney, the Ducks' other nationally-ranked wrestler, will move hack to the 177-pound class for the meet, facing Scott Cook. “Those (Yeates and Cook) art; two of their lw;st wrestlers,” Finley said. ”1 think Shon and Chuck can heat them. If Shon beats Yeates. I think we’ll beat Boise State." Roberto Pelayo. who went undefeated in three meets last weekend, will compete for the Ducks at 11H pounds, while Dan Martin intends to increase his impressive 12-8-1 record at 187 pounds. Lewis. Kearney. Pelayo and Martin account for 40 percent of Oregon’s wins this season, while the team tries to over come a rash of season-ending injuries. In addition to an already ex citing evening. Pleasant Mill author Ken Kesey will be inter viewed during the meet for a feature to be aired on NBC’s “Today Show.” Kesey. who competed for Oregon from 1955-57 and wrote the novel-turned-movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” is a regular attender of Ducks Three-point shot: Will it change college basketball? By Gary Henley Of the Knit-raid It’s been called “silly” and “ridiculous,” while others say it adds excitement and opens up the game. Don Monson doesn’t like it, Ralph Miller doesn’t like it, and neither do 65 percent of other Division I coaches. It’s the NCAA basketball's three-point shot, and whether you’re for it or against it. the shot is changing the game of college basketball. The rule was put into effect April 2, 1986, by the NCAA Rules Committee, headed by Springfield (Mass.) College pro fessor and athletic director Fid ward Steitz. “It’s an integral part of the entire game,” Steitz said. “It will open up the game and put more excitement into it. It’s what the fans want to see. “During the last 12 years, field goals were down six, field goal attempts down 13 and points down 17. We expect the three-point shot to put more of fense into the game and change all that.” Since the 1983-84 season, the rules committee also has added the 45-second shot clock and the “infamous Valvano Rule.” to eliminate time-consuming possessions, Steitz said. A big complaint by college coaches around the country was that the rule was instituted too quickly, without warning. “We've researched this for at least five years,” Steitz said. “How long did they want us to study it anyway? Did we have to look at it for 26 years like we did Ww1 -JV mm i -S-WiMkW Oriental Buffet Lunch Downstairs & Try Our Dinner Upstairs Hours: Downstairs M Th 11:00 7 00: F Sa 11 00 43C Closed Sundays Hours: Upstairs Su Th 4 30 10 00 F Sa 5 00 10:30 1275 Alder Street • 683-8886 CHINESE RESTAURANT for the shot clock?" Steitz was speaking of research done hv the committee from experiments with the three-point shot during tin* past five seasons in 20 different conferences. The rules committee’s survey of 742 NCAA coaches showed that only 35 percent favored the shot. ‘‘The problem with the coaches," said Steitz, "is that they're telling us to get lost, we don’t need you. the game is fine without you,’ The game doesn’t belong to the coaches. It’s for the spectators, the players and the news media.” Much of the controversy sur rounding the new rule is the distance of the shot itself. The three-point line is a mere 19 feet 9 inches from the basket. Even Steitz admits that after this season, the rules committee "may push the line back a foot, or to the international three point line (20 feet 0 inches).” Oregon guard David Girley said, "the shot is nothing new to me. That’s where 1 take most of my shots anyway." Junior guard Anthony Taylor adds, "it is real close, so it’s a pretty easy shot. I don’t mind though. I like it." Sports Illustrated called it a “win-a-teddy-bear-at-the carnival shot." and quoted Reg gie Miller, UCLA's high-scoring forward, as saying, "I can almost throw it in underhand from 19-9." It was estimated that BO of Miller’s 274 baskets last season were made from three-point range. Mt. 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Mis son Jed competed from 1982-84 before he was tragically killed in the Jan. 21. 1984 wrestling van ac cident in eastern Washington. Finley expects Kesey to talk about wrestling, his ac complishments and safety in travel. “We’re looking to get as many students as we can possibly get to attend the meet,” Finley said. “It is a great chance to get some free national advertising for our university. Student’s 10% Labor Discount On All Repairs! iStiSv U V W VJ ^7 n U W University (Neighborhood Dentist Gentle care for students for 14 years. Student Discount Available J. 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