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Oregon Daily Emerald Sports No defense for Pac-10’s failures i!\ the poor Pat the Iu ( onferem e I t cr\ \ ear i! .A. spends !i .mths pers . dun; (h*» rest of the i otintry that it is i great basketball conference ! hen Mart h happens If the I’ai 10 is tint vet famous lor its failures m the N( \.\ tour noment. it's quickly making a name for itself I he sc enario ftas become tvpu al The conference gets four, maybe five, teams in the* playoffs with two or three that are nationally ranked and highly regarded Then, in the span of one week, two at the most, allot the teams vanish In the past five tears the Pat 10 has seenonly five- teams reac h the Sweet 10 Only once m the last five years (f t I,A in 199JI has a Pat 10 team won three games in the tournament Nobody Irom the i onterem r has reached the Final Four sine >■ Arizona in 1 <JHH So pardon the rest of the country from not shaking in tear if it sees (ail or UCl.A or Arizona close to it ni Sunday's tournament draw No other tna|or conference can boast such .1 history of illus trious teams that w in so few of the lug games Why can't the Fac 10 win7 No defense Teams like Arkansas, Duke. UNLV (before probation) and Cincinnati have shown that one formula for perennial success in the* post season is a reliance on aggres sive defense all over the court The Pac -10, on the other hand, has never been particularly fond of defense The conference's open-court, freewheeling style of play can Soon Simonson i,msc headai In's tor opponents Whi'ii thf games grind down lo .1 half court, every possession i omits st\ |i> of plas till' i onfer rnt •• s teams lire at a disadvan tage \riroii.i anti l ( I A have both shown themselves i a|iahle of playing tough defense hut neither seems interested enough to do it for 40 minutes at a time I’.e It) games rarelv ire vson with defense I! a team has a had shooting night, it blames itself instead of the opposition At tournament time teams know better They play basketball at both ends of the court l oo small Quick Who's the best i enter m the I’ai ID' Uh. (.eorge Zuiek The i onferent e has few players who fit the post I ion. let alone ones w ho an actual play it l'ho list of talented [»ovver lor wards isn't much longer ()t course. college basketball always lias a shortage of big players However, the tourna ment is full of small name teams with big guys Look at the teams that have fared well in the tournament in recent years Michigan. North Carolina Duke and I’NI.V for starters Those teams tan put enough size out on the court to mati i: i i (' With .11) NHA team Pat it) ic.nits tun*' doin' this only rarely Not t f mu: ..h Per haps thf i onfereiue doesn ' <h> .1 vfr\ good |i>h i>l preparing its teams tor Man I. Madness Took .1! thf other 1 onferenues around the 1 ountry and you will lie hard pressfd to find one th.it gives its !«>st teams sis games against thf likes of Oregon, Oregon State and Washington Teams that w in in the towrna merit Iwn e to do more than lost handle big. noisy < rowds They have to know have to will b\ looting from behind They have to handle pressure hallgaiiiev where every possession over a five or six minute streti h 1st nt teal to w inning I he f’ai 11) lai ks parity ft gives its good teams too few si ares too few tri uls by fin* Ihen again. this whole trend i.ould hi' sumo kind of aberrn lion i stiiiistn a 1 anomaly ready to til' shovoti 111 till' t o o III those who like to look .it numbers too inui.h "But when you're filling mil that tournament br.u ket betore your finals on Monday, when your pride uni your live dollars are .1! stake and it s tune to show v our friends you ore the sw.uni and original font ol col lege hoops knowledge, try to remember that the odds are against more than one i’ai 10 team winning more than two games this year Go Call Go UCLA Go Ari zona Hut don’t go very far Scott Simonson is a sports reporter for the Lmerald Pac-10 teams await NCAA bracket By Dave Charbonneau 1 hrwe are lot ks. two me hope luls iind two nriAfong shots \s the Pat ifil to ( (Jlltereiu e heads into its tliliil week of ii tion. that’s how tfie possible NCAA bids for the conference pan out Arizona (14 I in the Pat-10. 2r> 4 overall), t ’(II.A (12-4. 20-5) and California (12-4. 21-fi) art) locks The only question is where they will he playing and how high they will Ire seeded Washington State (8 8, 18-10) ■ind Stanford (9-7. 10 0) art1 both on Ifie bubble, .is they say in March, and need two wins this weekend to remain in the limit for a hid However, that will be kind of hard considering the two teams meet tonight in Pullman It will be a big game ,nought) Washington State i eii.h Kelvin Sampson said We're two very similar teams who play physical basketball It we win one game this weekend, we have a good shot If we win mo, v\r n* a look Stanford head ( ouch Mike Montgouierv is not tpute >is ( on lultinl about lus train s • ham es 1 don’t tlunk sweeping tins weekend guarantees us ans thing, fie said "There s no way of knowing what wifi happen. That decision will be made at a table in a snioks room USC coat h (.eorge Raveling has taken his team to a 7-‘t Pan 10 record and 14-11 overall. I he 1 rojans should have a good shot at an NIT bid. hut two wins this weekend over Oregon and Ore gon State mav put them in the Pac-10 selects Parker Oregon forward Darryl Parker was m.’ Uh * * m 1 I uesdav lor lilt- second annual Pacifii 10 ( onferentf a 11-newt omer loam Parker averaged *> 2 points and 3.4 rebounds in his first year at Oregon after transfer ring from Mira Costa Junior College in Vista, Calif The f> foot-5, 200-pound junior took a while to adjust to Jerry Green's system Iwfore coming alive with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the Din ks 74 t>4 um it home against Oregon State Parker has started 1 > of Oregon s lti Put 10 Confer fin e games ami is averaging almost nine points per game during the conference season Also named to the team, which tie lodes freshmen, were Newi inner of the Year Isa.it Burton of Arizona State. Oregon State's Stephana Brown and Washington's Sain Allen and Michael Mi Clain running for .in NCAA bid Raveling said he believes the Cougar* .uuf Cardinal should get ,i strong look from the NCAA Both an* sen, nuu.lt in the pu ture ' he said "The onlv prof) lent inav !>■ how they i losed their seasons But I think they have a better chance than most people think I he Cougars have lost four of their last seven games hut Samp son said much of their semi-i ol lapse was the result of an iniury to starting lorward Mark Hen dm kson Our team is playing as well as We have all year, he said. We lost three of four during one stretch, hut that yv.is without Hendrickson.” Arizona State 14 I.) i ould also have a very slim shot at the N( ;\.\ with an upset id Arizona Saturday Coming into tonight's action. Arizona is the highest ranked Bai - 10 twain in the nation at No. 7 in the A I’ poll and No f> in the l SA Toda\ Poll A No 1 sand in tin* West is a sers ii'<!I possibilits considering the Wildcats are ranked No 1 in USA I odav Sagarin i otnputer ranking Arizona has won eight straight and 12 ol 1 l Ihe Brums are currently ranked lath and will lace Oregon and Oregon State on the road this weekend ( allloriiM is at lntii and will plus at Washington State and Washington t Cl.A coal h Jim Harm k said he is most impressed with the (.olden Hears at this point head ing into the tournament I think that whoever meets ( a! is going to sas 'Wow' How d t he s finish second or third in the i.onfereiu eHarrick said "The top three teams m the Pu< -10 this sear are the Ih-s| I've seen in ins si\ years here Host bargains of th« year!! 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