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The basketball band has finally found a more stable home at Mac
Court that doesn't disrupt as many fans as their previous seats The
basketball band had played this musical chairs charade three times
in the past three years
Basketball band shoots,
scores big with new seats
By Jayson Jacoby
t *’ > ci:fl S j ; if ’ f, H *jper • or
The Oregon tiuskeilialI bund
is known for its mtisu .1! uiiili
ties.
Hut iur lhi* lust lew years
musical (hairs has been the
turn tor this group ol students
wh entertain Ians at \h -\r!hur
( ourt
i lie hand lias been moved
three times m three years in an
effort to ensure it doesn't dis
nipt Ians views or piuv over
the Husks1 huddles during
timeouts
finally, though. ;l looks as it
the hand has found a home
where tt doesn’t seem to he
bothering fans or the basketball
team
That new home e. in the end
/one seals at the northwest for
ner of Mat (ourt which were
tormerlv reserved lor students
The spot puts the hand far
uwav from the Oregon bench
hut 1! is almost direi tlv across
In;;n tin- visiting team
S.in.iv W alton. the l ulv ersi
tv's senior associate athletic di
ns tor said all the moves have
been the result of a variety ol
1 omplainls Irom students and
other tans concerning prev ious
hand localums
It's |ust an effort to try to do
what is best for the most peo
ple Walton said.
hast vat the hand was lof at
i-d in the west bleat hers, also
part of the Student sei lion In
the past, the band had occupied
that same spot for more than it)
straight years
Although last year's move
gave students Hi more seats
than they had before, students
weren't happy about losing
prime seats, going so far as boo
ing the band at several games
Two years ago. the hand had
been moved from the west
r
bleat hers In section CC in Uu)
southeast corner under one of
;i1 V\ .1 i! 11:; '-..id ii. - ; ' -i::
t-i'T.'d m in\ rc'.i ra ‘ s 1 h
\V hen l In siiidi i.t' ; urn
plained about dm subsequent
niovi! bulk in the « iai blow h
its \\ llioll sail! the athletll (If
partr cii! dm ;dfd !u trv a dit
it-rm: spot, until, seems In
have mi idf everyone happy
In its aimml location, the
b,md is only direr iiv in front id
a small portion of scats in the
mt‘//.ininr section
During tlic men's basketball
team's last homi* game against
Stanford fans in the aifeclrd
scats had few complaints about
the band, saying the hand
members sat down during the
game and weren't a nujsan e
other than being a tittle loud
Through -ill the moves and
.ill tin- i onlroversy. the Univer
sity's director of bands said the
basketball band just wants to fie
close lo tile -ic lion, regardless of
what side of tiie : our! It sits .,n
The fi.iiid needs to be down
on the court where they can lie
heard. director Dave booth
said t he energy and the vtsi
bility tiie band creates is help
ful to the home team For tiie
v isiting teams it makes tiie are
na an intimidating fiiai e to
play "
That's the image that has
made The I’tt famous, and
coach Don Monson likes the
hand right whore it is near
tiie visiting team's bench
"It's loud in there anyway,"
Monson said "If it's going to bi
as disruptive .is it is at most of
the other schools (in tiie Pac if
ic- 10 Conference), at least it's
toward the visitors
hand u is
tiers, who i-tinij
,ame and obs!
and was siar
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Saturday in a victory over Ar
izona State
“USC doesn't possess the
mismatches UCLA does," said
Monson. "hut Miner can dmn
inale .1 game "
Jordan will get the task of
guarding Miner, and if he can
keep him in chef k. the Due ks
could have a chance against
use:
Easier said than done
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