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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
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