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Anderson trying to stay optimistic
By Dave Charbonneau
lor jifflim Anderson, this is the tvpe of season
nightmares .ire made of
As i.oar.h of the Oregon State men's basketball
team. Anderson has been fin ed with the gruesome
task of Irving to make the best of a season with a
team virtual!) destroyed by ui|ur\
Three of the Beavers' top sis players went down
with injuries before the season had even begun,
fori mg Anderson to use a ( ast loaded with fresh
men. inespeneni ed veterans and ev en a Ke< ( en
ter gym rat to try and compete in the Pa< ific-10
Conference
The result has been a season that has seen the
Beavers finish the first half of the Pac-10 season
with a 1-8 record, tfie start for an Oregon State
team sun e 10ri2
The scenario is not unlike the story of Don Man
son. former Oregon coach who was fired two years
ago after going (i J 1 with a team riddled by injuries
and lacking in talent
Last season, media spei ulalion was that Ander
son would fie gone following the Beavers disap
pointing 1 t 14 season Anderson however
shrugged off the rumors and athlete director
Dutch Baughman kept Anderson on as head coach.
Without the injuries that hit the Beavers this s.-.t
son. Oregon State may have had a rhance to at
least crack the upper tier of the I’m 10 Instead the
Beavers ha\ e been lumped in with perennial t el
lard wellers Oregon and Washington.
Anderson, a diehard optimist, continues to
insist that some good can come out oi this season
It's nightmarish in that we re not winning
..is games, but we re constantly improving, he
said ' You never giv>- up on the season you're
involved in. but you also have to look toward the
future and realize that a lot ol players are getting
some good experience that t an only help them and
our program in the future
For much of the season, the Beavers starting
lineup lias consisted ol two freshmen, center
Innihn Brown and guard David Drakelnrd, mid a
junior college transfer Stephane Brown, m ins lirs!
season w ith tin' team
All hast* play ml wall at turn*, but their mexpe
riant e has taken its lull on the Beavers at times
Stephane Brown, for instance. is the set ontl
leading scorer for the Beavers, averaging 14 f> and
5 .! assists a game, but has also averaged over four
turnovers a game
As for the veterans, juniors Kareetn Anderson
and Brent Barry have been looked to carry the
team Both are averaging over 14 points a game,
hut Anderson said the season has worn on them
"They’re good competitors who like to win, he
said "They get frustrated when they can't i arrv
the team as mut h as they would like
Mustapha Hoff and J II Vetter, both expei ted
starters this season went down with injuries
before the season started Freshman Sonny Ben
jumin wont dow n as well Benjamin was expei t
ed to lie the sixth man lor the Beavers this season
( Tuning into ()regoo State s game with the I tucks
Saturday at (.ill Coliseum, the Beavers lineup is
made up of six walk-ons and seven freshmen
\iuferson. a former assist mt under former head
t i.e :i Ka !ph Mi Her has \\ iti h*'d t lie (Ire g< i ite
program slowly deteriorate since M;ii*-r • * *■
merit following the I‘1HU-mt i-a-.oi
During Miller 1 seas . it On*.,on Sr.ir. tnc
Beavers failed to finish above ’0(1 seven time , in
Anderson’s tout seasons as bead . o.u h Ins team
has finished .dime r>00 only'out e. and this his
fifth year is quickly turning into his worst seasur.
as head coach
The Beavers are now a I l overall this -.eason In
l'laj. Oregon state finished <1 10 and t lit in the
I’m in With games remaining at home against
Arizona. Arizona State. I (.LA and CSC. and road
games against Washington State. Washington
Stanford and Cal, the Beavers are in jeopardy of
finishing worse off than the Cl .2 team
nit
Oregon Slate head coach Jimmy Anderson is trying to remain positive
about the Beavers 18 start in the Pac 10 this year
Arizona State booster investigated by Pac-10
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toOlt)illl pla\ er has filed a grie\
mice w ith the Pat ifit 10 Confer
illicit, alleging that the universe
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ex-Sun Devil wide rei fiver |olm
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includes allegations that Ari
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violations and provided improp
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officials have looked into the
allegations and found nothing
improper
Livingston, from San Mari os,
(.all! transferred to Arizona
State from Palomar Community
College hut played in just two
games lor the Sun Devils last
season He lias sinr e transferred
t c ■ Nebraska
The Arizona Republic report
ed Tuesday that the Livingston
family's grievance alleges an
Arizona State booster provided
improper housing benefits to
some football plovers
The booster. |ohn Babbling,
was interviewed last Friday by
David Price, assistant commis
sioner of the Pat -10. and |errv
Kingston. A SI s fai ulty athlet
ie representative
bubbling stud he shows no
favoritism to athletes in renting
apartments at lus two I empe
( umplexes ami rci entK eve tod
two football players for non pay
moot of rent
Rubbling denied offering
U nod Inn- in kcts or hottd
a. i ommodations to sim her son
p|,iv at Arizona State tint did
admit inviting her to vs .iti h a
game from his luxury skybox at
Sun Dev il Stadium
"That's the one that could get
me in trouble. Rubbling said
It is against Nt.AA rules for a
booster to provide an athlete or
his family with benefits not
available to the general student
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I’rn t! (In-11neti i ommnnt oil
I he I ’,11 His inv ustigation, citing
conferenr c polit v
WAl.N't I ( Kl-.I.K. ( -ilit (AI*)
U ashington - enter Maurn »•
WtMills lus been named Pm ifit
10 C.lll'll>rvlH e plavef 1)1 tin- Week,
tilfn nils iiuiouni nl
Woods a si'IIIDi, totJled It)
points and a i amor-high It
rebounds in a I mb I loss to Ari
zona State Two days Inlei ho hit
a i aieer high it) points and had
ID retKiunds in a vn lory over Ari
zona
I or the week, he shot (>l) per
i »nt Irimi the field.
Woods Ihm ,nne Ihi) firsl Wash
ington athlete to warn plnyer of
the week honors since March
I'he f’ai 10 is now M 10( 07'/)
in non i onferem n i wnpetition
tin-, season, which is ahead of last
.e ison’s showina ol 71 I'M n-tri)
and against tougher competition
than in re< ent years I ivo out id
league i olllesls ivinain during the
regular season (.alifornia vs
( inciniiati on Sunday. I ehrimry
70 at the '( )’ Shoot Out m (trlan
do. I’lorida and Louisville at
I ( I .A on Sunday, Man h f ith