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There’s some ridiculous things in the Pac-10
With only six games left in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence basketball season, it seems like an appropriate
time to take a look back at some of the most ridiculous
things in the conference this season
Here we go:
• The crybaby attitudes of Oregon State's Teo
Alibegovic, UCLA's Don MacLean and Tracy Murray
and California's Roy Fisher.
Alibegovic has got to be the worst whiner in the
conference. In a recent feature on him in The Oregoni
an. it seemed like half the article was spent on
Alibegovic complaining about teammates, officials
and Oregon State students. With this kind of attitude
is it any wonder that Alibegovic spent his first two
years in Corvallis in and out of Ralph Miller and Jim
Anderson's doghouses?
It’s too bad to see Alibegovic still hasn't grown
up. In a year that you would like to root for a young
man that has suffered through so much personal trage
dy and is playing so well. Alibegovic makes it impos
sible to do so.
Fisher, like Alibegovic, is a senior and should lie
more grown up than he is. Farlv in the season, when
Coach Ixiu Campanelli was looking for a leader on his
young team, he needed Fisher to stand up and be one
Instead. Fisher continues his hot head act and is prob
ably the most despised player in the league.
Then there is Maclean and Murray. F.arlier in the
season. 1 actually thought that maybe Maclaian should
lie the conference MVP instead of Oregon's Terrell
Brandon, largely because he was playing not only
much better than before, but was acting more mature
From the Sidelines
by
ASHLEY CONKLIN
That is until the Arizona game at Pauley Pavilion
when MacI.ean cost the Bruins the game when he
drew a technical foul for throwing the ball at Arizona's
Brian Williams A class act
Maybe Murray's attitude is understandable since
he is only a sophomore After he hits one 25-foot
jumper though, he keeps putting them up because he
thinks he's Bob Cousy Then, if Murray doesn't get the
ball, he starts complaining to teammates Maybe Mur
ray should start using his tifoot-H frame to start post
ing people up if he wants the ball more
• The actions of Macl.ean and Murray lead us to some
thing even more ridiculous UGl.A's conference re
cord
The Bruins, despite being 18-7 overall and beating
such non-conference fix's as Virginia and Pittsburgh,
are tied for fifth in the conference at ti ll
Granted, the Pac-10 is much tougher this season,
hut with easily the most talented team in the confer
ence. there is no reason UGI.A should lx- tied for fifth
• It's incredible how had the officials are in the Pac-10
and the only place where you'll see worse refs is in the
NBA if 1-cirrv. Mix: and Guriy are the Three Stixiges, I
don't know what you would call Booker Turner. Rich
ie Ballesteros and Tom Harrington except for maybe
the Three Boohs Hut those three aren't the only eul
prits — they're all had
• Home attendance at Washington State's Friel Court
The Cougars wen- in second place in the confer
ence standings before getting swept by Oregon and Or
egon State last week S'et you wouldn't know it by the
home attendance. Washington State is averaging only
.1,677 fans per game Consider how bad that figure
would be if there hadn't been 10,365 on hand for the
Jan 26 game against Washington
That’s hard to believe. I mean really, what else is
there to do in Pullman? Co to the Hard Rin k Cafe? Co
to Hloomingdale's? Co to the local amusement park?
• Players fouling Oregon guard Kevin Mixon and
sending him to the free throw line
After hitting both of his free throws against Wash
ington. Mixon is 49 of Til at the line this season, a 961
percentage Mixon, however, doesn't lead the nation
in friN) throw percentage because he needs 2 5 made
attempts per game, or f»fi made free throws, to ijualify
for the NCAA statistics
Mixon is on track, with two made attempts per
game, to break UCLA's Rod Foster's Pac III record of
950 set in 1962
I can't understand why coar lies or players would
send Mixon to the line It's an automate two points
Duck tennis team shuts out PSU
By Ashley Conklin
Emerald Sports Editor
The Oregon women's tennis team continued its
dominance of Portland State last Friday, winning
9-0 despite leaving four of its top players Irehind
The Ducks always have an easy time against
the Vikings, so Coach Tom Creider used the
match to get some of his other players matt h ex
perience
"We still win, and it’s a strategy session where
we can practice the things that will make us a
better team, such as not staying hat k and coming
to the net more." Creider said.
Freshman Katie Clynn. Oregon’s top singles
player, did make the trip to Portland, and beat
Tomo Ichiyama 6-0. 6-0.
Sophomore Jackie DeFord stepped in at No. 2
singles and won 6-1. ti-l over Jenn Cordon, while
Cynthia Armstrong topped Shelley Smith 6-0. 6-0
at third singles Armstrong also teamed with
Clynn to win at No 1 doubles. t> 2. ti-l
Tracy Miller, Margaret Fraleigh and Melissa
Krion .i!m> won their matches in straight sets anil
only Fraleigh. a 7-5, ti t) winner. lost more than
three games.
Del ord Miller ami Fraleigh Krion also had easy
wins at No 2 and No t doubles, res per lively
Oregon will 1m* back in action the next two
weeks w ith extended trips through California
On Friday, the Ducks will face one of the na
tion’s top three teams in UCLA. and will meet
DC Irvine and Cal State Northridge the following
days
While Creider isn't expecting the Ducks to pull
off iin upset of the Hruins, lie is looking at the
road trip to give the Ducks who have five
freshmen and sophomores in their top six
some miu h-needed experience
"Our No 1 probably couldn’t even make their
top It), hut my feeling is, ’Why don’t you come
.ind play No 1 lor us than No 10 for them,’
Creider said.
"We have all these freshman in 1(1*11 and than
we ll turn around and make this same trip in two
years when they’re juniors." he said
UCLA ousts Ducks from
Arizona Softball Classic
Oregon's softball team was eliminated from the Arizona
Softball Classic in Tucson, Ari/ , Sunday when the lHth
ranked Ducks fell 5-1 to top-ranked UCLA
Oregon went 4 4 in the tournament, and despite losing to
the liruins in the quarterfinals, were the only team to get a
run off IJCl.A pitching ace UeDe VVeimann in the tourna
ment
The Dm ks took <i 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning
when Kim Manning hit her third home run of the tourna
moot Manning's homer leaves her only one awav from the
season school record after only eight games
l!(:i.A ( ame ba< k with four runs in the next two innings off
Oregon piti her Katie Wiese (1 4| to take a 4-1 lead I he i up
ping blow was a three run home run by Yvonne Gutierrez in
the top of the third inning
The Brums, who later won the tournament with a t> 0 vic
tory over No 12 Arizona State, had six all tournament selei
lions, while Manning was Oregon's onlv all-tournament se
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