Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Losing wears on Duck coach By Dave Chartoonneau Emerald Sports Editor___ Monday afternoon, Oregon mens basket trail coach ferrv Green missed his first practice in 25 years of coaching due to a bad case of the flu. As the losses pile up for the Oregon men's bas ketball team, the first-year coach is caught in one of the most dreadful seasons of his coaching career, and it's beginning to take a toll on the man. "It wears on me everyday." Green said. "It's the first thought that goes through my head when I wake up in the morning, and it's the last thought that goes through my head when I go to bed." The Ducks ore in last place, with a 0-9 record, in the Pacific-10 Conference, and Green, his players and Oregon fans are beginning to wonder if the team will win another game this season. After a 7-5 start in the pre-season, it looked as if Green's style of up-tempo basketball was sitting well with a team that went (i-21 the year before under coach Don Monson Hut now, Oregon is on pace to finish worse than last year's team, which went 2-lfi in the Pac-tO. Green knew of the Ducks' laughable reputation in recent years, and ho knew it was unrealistic to expect an NGAA or even a NI T berth in his first season at the helm of Oregon. But he didn’t expect his team to be the worst team in the Pac-10. (■Urto Oy Jn*l PaMh Oregon men's basketball coach Jerry Green has watched a season ot expectation crumble Into a sea son of contemplation. Green's pain is magnified by the fai l that the team lie left as an assistant — Kansas — is cur rently ranked in the Top 10, and even spent a cou ple of weeks at No. 1 Turn to GREEN, Page 8 Pac-10 in logjam at halfway mark By Steve Mims Emerald Sports Reporter 1993 was supposed to tie a rebuilding year for the Pacific 10 Conference, but with eight teams still alive for post-season play, the conference is making a comeback. Arizona went 9-0 in the first half of the conference season and is the overwhelming favorite to win the conference title, but the next sever) teams in .the standings are only two games apart. The parity within the conference will most likely result in fewer teams being * invited to the NCAA tournament than in past years. "The consensus is that the league is down compared to past years." Arizona State heud coach Bill Frieder said. "There is no doubt about that. I think we have to have some teams emerge from the crowd and cre ate a gap if the conference is to gut many teams in the tourna ment." Arizona State was picked to finish last in the Pac-10 in most pre-season predictions, but the Sun Devils have responded by winning six of their first nine conference games and are tied for second place. 'Our team has played hard and intense.” Friedur said. "We are small and don't look like a basketball team, but we play unselfish and as a result we have been getting wins." Oregon State recovered from a 4-5 pre-season to begin the Pac 10 season with five consecutive wins, but has lost three of their last four games to fall into a sec ond-place tie at 6-3. Beaver point guard Brent Barry is expei ted to come track from an injury this weekend and his return has sparked optimism in Corvallis. Washington State has recov ered from an 0-3 conference start and is currently on a six gamu winning streak that has them alongside Oregon State and Arizona Slate at 6-3. Washington is alone in fifth place at 5-4. followed by UCLA, USC and California at 4-5. Cali fornia shocked the conference on Monday when h fired head coach Lou Campanelli midway through the season. Campanul li’s fellow coaches expressed shock and outrage at his dis missal "Lou's firing totally shocked me." Arizona head coach Lute Olson said "I wonder what is going on when a coach is in the I loginning of a five-year contract, takes his team to the NCAA tournament for the first time in more than 20 vears and has. I'm Turn to PAC-10. Page 8 ♦a************** W/UNDERLAND^SJ “ ’ MR STREET ( PU6UC MARKET a>—>-3— tfjmmt 683-8464 • ~ i VIDEO ADVENTURE ^ VALlf V AIVCP PLAZA 1C VIDEO roAi / ^ i [ 1 Lowest Rates: r-1 BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS 10% OFF with ihra coupon HOCK tOfT 68(V-5069 1122 Aktef I Valentines Love Flowers... 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