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Last weekend, he turned an ankle at Arizona and sprained his knee against Arizona State After .1 win at home against Washing ton, Potter came into the inter view room with a deep gash on his forehead. "I'm going to look like Scar face by the end of the season.” he said As the Ducks' power forward. Potter has done his share of banging inside The result has been a number of bumps and bruises Hut Potter has discovered a place on the court that is safe for him. a plai e where he can rest his battered hones and help the team at the same time That place is the free-throw lino. Potter has become virtually automatic at the line for the Ducks this season He’s hit HO percent of his free throws — sixth in the Pacific-10 Confer ence — and has hit 92 percent of his shots in c onference play Those numbers are even more incredible when considering he shot 4fi pen ent from the line his freshmen year Potter, who shot 75 percent from the line in high school, said he struggled because the coaches wanted him to shoot like, of all people, Don Mac Ukiii of UCLA "When I got here, the coach es didn't like my style of shoot ing." he said. "They wanted me to shoot like Don Macl.ean They gave me the run-around and I just never got any confi dence." After that season. Potter went hack to his old style and hit 75 perc ent last season This season. Potter has missed only two of 27 tosses in c onference play. '"lately, I've had good rhythm at the line.” Potter said. "I expect every shot to go in. I don't even remember the last time I missed one.” The fret* throw line is not the only place in which Potter has helped the Duc ks this season. In Par.-10 games he’s averaging 13 points and 5.3 rebounds a game, second on the team in l>oth cate gories "Jeff really improved over the summer," Oregon head coac h Jerry Green said. "He's scoring and rebounding Jietter, but the thing I really like atiout Jeff is that he’s one of the few players I've ever coached who comes to work every day." Throughout Potter's career at Oregon, he's always been a fan favorite, thanks to his tough work ethic. In his two-and-a half seasons with the Ducks. Potter's been stuck with defen Jlf F PA Sl.A v '£ mec o»d Oregon forward Jeff Potter has become a fan favorite because of his hard work and Improvement, particularly at the free throw line. sivu assignments like guarding NBA prospects Chris Mills. MacLean and Adam Keefe, to name a few. "One thing I'm really proud of is that none of those guys i nine in and really went ofl on me." he said. As strange as it may sound. Potter considers himself lucky to still he a Duck. He thought he was on thin ice two years ago when the Ducks fired coach Don Monson and hired Green. "I lived in Seattle when Lynn Nance took over at Washington and cleaned house,” Potter said. "When the new c caches came in. I didn't know what they were going to do with me 1 didn't even know what 1 wanted to do at that point." While many players from the Monson years disappeared one by one from Green's program, Potter became a stable and reli able force, starting every game last season and averaging nearly 10 points and four rebounds in his sophomore season. Potter and Green have an obviously mutual admiration for each other, and with regard to that. Potter believes he lucked out. "Coach Croon is a great coach and a great guy," ho said. "I just feel really lucky ho didn't ship (Monson's team) all out. because to take over a 6-21 team, ho could have easily done that.” Although Green's run-and gun style of play doesn't exact ly cater to Potter's style of play. Potter said it is Green's attitude that he really likes. "His attitude is 'We're going to got this done,' ' Potter said. "At first I had my doubts about whether (turning the program around) was possible, hut late ly, we've been playing competi tively and I really think things are going to turn around for us." The question is: Mow long will it take before the Oregon program crai ks the upper eche lon of the Pac-lU? Chances are it w ill likely hap pen after Potter — who only has one year left after this one — is gone "That's kind of a bum thing," Potter said. "But hopefully players like myself, Aaron (Johnson), Orlando (Williams). Jordy (Lyden), Jon Mitchell and Damon Runyon — the 'Old Guys' — will be looked at as the guys who helped bring it back, not the guys who went 6-21." Men’s Basketball Schedule FEB 3 Thursday STANFORD McArthur Court (TMpjii) 12 17 19 Saturday CALIFORNIA McArthur Court (Stt pi*-) (RAVOOM) Saturday ©OSU Corvali*. Or* (1 (RAYCOM) Thursday ©Washington S**ai*. wraUi (700pm.) Saturday ©Washington State Puknan. Wmh (MO p.m.) 24 Thursday ARIZONA STATE McArthur Court (7:08 p.m.) 26 Saturday ARIZONA) McArthur Court (1:06 p.m.) (RAVCON) MAR 3 Thursday @Calilorma BortwtOy, am (7 30 pm) 5 Saturday @ Stan lord PrtoAha. Caor. (7:30 p.m.) 10 Thursday USC McArthur Court |7M pm.) Saturday UCLA McArthur Court (SMS p.mj (RATCOM) 12