SPORTS
The Pacific Division is now the NBA’s elite
If (he World Seri*!* is over .ind Oregon State is
more than halfway through another dismal football
campaign. then it must he |ust about lime lor the start
of another XHA season
Mere is one sportswriter fan s predic tions for the
1990-111 NBA i ampuign
It looks like ll will he Portland vs Detroit tills
spring in a championship rematch that will leave the
Trailbla/ers with the responsibility of preventing a
Piston three peat
I'lie good ol' days of the Eastern Conferenc e lieai
mg up cm the soft" W estern ( onfereiu e are gone De
spite the (ail that Detroit has won hack-to hack titles,
the balanc e of power in the XHA lias definitely shifted
to the younger, rpiic ker and more exc iting Western
('.(inference more spec if it ally the loaded Pacific Divi
sinn
I'he Par iti< has gone from Ireing the bis Angeles
bikers and .1 six-par k of mediocrity In being .1 division
that is pat kcd from top to bottom, or at least down to
tin1 fast plain Sacramento kings, with the NBAs best
young talent If tin* Pistons ar<* to la* dethroned. it will
lie by the team that staggers out of this heavyweight
division
This is the year that the Portland Trailbla/.ers will
break the bikers' string of division titles
The Blazers improved their most glaring weakness
From (he Sidelines
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ROBERT WEBER
in the off -season by acquiring sharp-shooting guard
Dannv Ainge from Sac ramcnto The improved bench
will mold nicely with a maturing t.'liff Robinson and
the league's strongest st.irting five to give the Blazers
the top spot in the west
Phoenix. Seattle and the litkers vs 111 lie on the
Blazers' heels throughout the year hook for the Super
Souk s to Ire the darkhnise of the league her ause Cars
Payton will thrive in the NBA now that he has Soon
mates Shawn kemp and Xavier Mr Daniel finishing on
the fast break instead of college teammates Kail Martin
and W ill Brantley
The Pacific makes the Midwest Division looks like
the minor leagues
Admiral David Robinson and Ins pals in San An
tonio are the only team in the division that appears ca
pable of playoff sut i ess but their hopes are riding on
the inexperienced shoulders of point guard Rod Strick
land The Spurs will win the Midwest but will lie
knot ked out of the playoffs by a quicker team from tin*
Pac ific
The balance in the east is even more lopsided than
it is in the west, with five of the conference's top sev
en teams located in the Central Division
While the Central is stacked w ith the Pistons Mi
chael Iordan s "hole in the middle Chicago Hulls,
and four other plavoff teams, the Atlanta Division has
become a haven for slow, boring and muscular teams
that are unwilling to make the transition to the up
tempo game and are heading downhill at breakneck
speed
Look for the Celtics to reclaim the top spot in the
Atlanta !«*< ause they replaced the ageless, and in re
cent years, useless. Dennis Johnson with rookie Dee
Hrown and Hrian Shaw.
The Pistons will clinch another berth in the finals
by defeating the Bulls in the conference champion
ship Chicago must learn that they will never defeat
Detroit using their three-ring circus of Hill Cartwright,
Will Perdue and Stacey king at the center position
The league finals will be a remati h of last year's
Portland Detroit series, but tin* outcome will differ
slightly Look for Portland, with their new and im
proved bene h, to knoi k the Had Hoys ofl the top of the
heap in six games with Kevin no make that Terry
Porter snaring the MVP.
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Ducks check back
into AP poll at 25th
Oregon reentered the Associ
ated Press Top 25 poll this
week, one week after dropping
out.
The Ducks are ranked 25th
this week, receiving 9H total
votes to return to the rankings.
Oregon was as high as 19th two
weeks ago, but fell out of the
poll with a )8 17 loss to Wash
ington The Due ks beat Arizona
State 27-7 this past Saturday
Washington is the highest
ranked Pacific-10 Conference
team in the poll, checking in at
No 7, moving up from the nth
spot it held a week ago DSC
fell from No 15 to 21st after
losing to Arizona which also
diet ks bat k into the poll at No
2:t
The Pat in and the South
eastern Conference .mi the only
two i onferem es in the t;ountry
v\ ith tout teams in the 1'op 2r>
Besides the tour Par 10 teams
in the poll. California received
02 votes this week to i lie< k in
at N'o 27 The (".olden Bears are
coming off their first win over
l'CLA in the last IH games be
t\\ een the two schools
Virginia remained No. 1 this
week, the second week in a row
that the Cavaliers held down
the top spot Auburn moved up
from No. 5 to No 2 this week
after defeating Florida State last
weekend.
Rounding out the Top 10 are
Notre Dame, Nebraska. Illinois.
Houston. Washington. Miami.
Brigham Young and Colorado.
The Top Twenty Five
By The Associated Press
The Top Twenty Five teams
in tile Asmk ialed Press 1 >)<)() col
lege foot thill poll, with first-place
votes in parentheses, recurds
through (kt 21) total points
based on 25 points for a first
place vote through one point for
a 25lh place vote, and last week's
rankings
Record
Pts
PV5
1 Virginia (45)
2 Auburn (4)
J Noire Dame 15)
A Nebraska i5)
5 Illinois
6 Houston (1)
7 Washington
8 Miami Fla
9 Bngham Young
10 Colorado
11 T ennesaee
12 Florida St
13 Tenas
14 Florida
15 lo*a
16 Georgia lech
17 Mississippi
18 Wyoming
19 Clem son
20 Michigan
21 USC
22 Oklahoma
23 Arizona
24 TCU
25 Oregon
7 0-0
5 0 1
5 M)
700
5-1-0
500
6 10
4 20
5-tO
6 11
4 1 2
4 20
4 lO
6 10
5 10
50 1
6lO
600
6 20
3 30
520
5-20
520
510
5-2-0
1 469
1,370
1369
1.352
1.219
1,180
1 106
1.061
972
930
899
795
689
681
665
628
606
426
414
373
300
196
172
161
98
1
5
6
4
8
9
13
2
12
14
3
7
19
17
22
11
18
21
22
10
15
16
Other receiving voles Louisville 77,
California 62 Indiana 66. Te*as A&M
39 Michigan Si 33, Penn Si 31 S Mis
sissippi 23. Alabama 13. Ohio Si 13
Souih Carolina 10. Minnesota 7, Can
trat Michigan 3. LSU 2. Fresno Si 1
Oregon ranked sixth
The Oregon women's cross country team is ranked sixth
in this week's NCAA cross country poll which was released
Monday.
Coach Tom lleinonen's team moves up one spot in this
week's poll after being seventh a week ago. The ranking is the
highest for the Ducks this season.
The Ducks are only one of two Pacific-It) teams ranked in
this week's poll Washington State is also in the poll us the
Cougars check in at No. 1H
After being off this past week, the Ducks return to action
Saturday when they compete in the Pac-10 cross country
i hampionships in Stanford, Calif. Oregon is a strong favorite
to win its fourth title in the last five years and regain the title
it lost last year.
Oregon's 1-2 punch of Liz Wilson and Stephanie Wessell
are expected to la- among the favorites for the individual Pac
10 crown with Washington State's Jennifer Robertson also fig
uring in the individual title race.