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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1995)
Green ball gains national attention Ducks break into AP Top 25 with wins Chns Met* OrttQon Dotty ErrmnM In a year ripe with reward* at every turn for Oregon athletics, the men's basketball team has provided the latest in the ever growing list of pleasant surpris es. Jerry Green's Ducks, snubbed bv the coaches in the CNN/1 'SA Today poll, were rewarded for their sweep of UCLA and USC over the weekend in opening play of the Par-10 season bv sneaking into the 25th spot in The latest Associated Press Top 25. The Ducks haven’t been nationally ranked since 1077, but have gotten off to their t>est since 1974 with a 10-1 mark. Included in the fast start was the Ducks' first Far West Classic Championship in 20 years with wins over George Washington Turn to DUCKS. Page 12 THE TOP TWENTY FIVE Avtociatad Praia BttAMbaJ) poll 1 Massachusetts (44) g i 2' Connecticut (V*ly"~‘~~t&0 3 Kansas (2) io-i jHfiwth Carolina (2V to' i 5'" Arkansas .~.ff-2 6 U&A 7 1 7 Kentucky (1) 8-2 8 Syracuse ~~ 10-1 9 MaryTand...”.i t-3 to Sectfgeiown 9-1 ft "MlchigaffSt . 9-V i? Af^ooaST ' jjy 13 Arizona i0-3 t S Plor'da 7 3 16 Duke . 9-4 17 Missouri 10-1 18 Clems on ______ 1Q-Q 19 Iowa _\ 1-3 20 California..8;? 21 Penn _ _ §t_ 22 <5 • I ?TT5wa Sf 7" ; jT? 2-1 New Kktxico St 10 3 25. Oregon 10-1 Life as a sportswriter offers blame, occasional credit for job well done Kki> Hfcsm Wo all have days when we an* proud to (h* a pari of a profession and other days when we can't stand our profession Before I bey tut inv tour here at the Emerald. I goj some advice from Terry Fret, former columnist ut the Oregonian and current contributor to The Sp irting Sens Being new at this game, 1 look heed to his warning that spurtswriters art* cynical, !>at kstahbing ba si ard s it thought remained in the hat k of inv mind as 1 covered the volley halt circuit and the Ducks run for the roses It still exists as 1 enter my main Imat of covering the Oregon men s (xiskethall team And it has been in covering basketball for this limited time that I have already uu urrttd the present «> of the dark side of sportswriting. as well as the light aide Following the title game of the Far West Classic. I watt lied with pleasure ns the Ducks received their t hampionship trophy Seniors like Orlando Williams and |ordy l.yden had smites of relief after finally winning the elusive Portland tournament Then my ears burned with amazement is the Far West ( ias.su All Tournament team was announced Notre Dame •- Ryan Hoover was named the Classic's MVP while Ceorge W i.shingtoiis Kwame Fvans and “O” took their place among the tournament's elite, easy choices considering each player's key efforts in the Classic Hut rounding out the list of five were two Oregon State players. Mustafa Hoff and Stnphane Brown two players who displayed average abilities in helping the Heavers lose both games they played Turn to HENRY. Pago IF Penn State star opts for the pros, heeds head coach’s advice STATE COl.LEGK. Pa. (AP) -- Penn Slate tailback ki Jana Carter was impressed when ).|. Stokes of UCLA and Tyrone Wheatley of Mil higan turned down mil lions of dollars from the NIT, to return to m hool last year. But both players had injury-plagued seasons that hurt their draft status, and that heljied Qirter decide to skip his own senior season and enter the NFL a year early, "You only have so many years in football." he said Monday "So I might as well get something out of it now while l‘m young and healthy." Pro scouts told Penn State coach Joe Pnterno that (iarter. the Ueisman Trophy runner-up this season, would lie a top five pick “I don't really think he can improve his situation athletically by coming back to Penn State." Patemo said, "The No. 1 obligation he has is to do what's best for him and his family.” Turn to Kf-JANA, Page 10 A** VKSl fit rrmmi Penn State running back Kl-Jana Carter announced hie Intentions of forgoing his final year of eligibility to enter the 1995 NFL draft. Trade talk aside, Drexler leads Trail Blazers past Lakers PORTLAND, Ore, (AI>) — Clyde Drexler. in his first home game since he went public with his request to he traded, made six of seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points as Portland handed the Los Angeles Lakers their most lopsided loss ever, 129-83 Mon day night. Drexler missed his first 3-pointer, then made six in a row. He scored 16 points in the third quarter when Portland turned an 11-point lead into a blowout that emphati cally ended the Lakers' five-game winning streak. The Blazers, who have tx-aten Los Angeles eight straight times, out scored the Lakers 41 15 in the third quarter to go ahead 106-69. Los Angeles hasn't beaten Portland since Jan. 15. 1993 The Lakers previous worst loss also was in Portland, by 42 {mints (130-8B) on April 22, 1990. when then-coach Pat Riley benched Magic Johnson and James Worthy to pr«{wm» for the upcoming playoffs Clifford Robinson added 2,1 points, while Rod Strickland added 14 points and a sea son-high lfi assists Drexler, Robinson and Strickland all sat out the Pinal quarter Tony Smith si ored 17 and Eddie Jones 15 for Los Angeles Cedric Ceballos. who missed the two previous games with back spasms, returned to the lineup but scored only two points in 20 minutes Nick Van Exel also scored just two points and didn't play in the second half. The talkers, playing their second game in as many nights, lost big as is their habit In 10 losses. the Takers have lost by an aver age of 20.2 points The Blazers, who matched their longest winning streak of the season at three games, scored a season-high 65 points in the first half when they led by as many as 12 points before settling for a 65-54 advantage at inter mission. Portland had a 23-3 tun in the third irinr ter. then added an H-l outburst to end the period. Drexler, who had eight reliounds. received a smattering of boos but mostly ( beers when he was introduced The margin wasn't the biggest for the Blaz ers this season They beat the other Los Angeles team, the Clippers, by 4H on Dot 14 TUESDAY Jamuuy 10, 1WS V< ilumr 96, K\uc 73 Slugger inducted into Hall of Fame Ni W i )HK (AP) M ... Schmidt, perhaps the greatest third baseman in baseball history was the Overwhelming arxt onty Chon'.© Monday tor election to the t tall ol Tamp Schm>Cft whose 848 hot r e runs rank seventh on the career list, was named 0>' 4*14 sit the 460 ti.i Ot'i tiy the f J.lseb i ' .V' t,.fs Association ot Amerca m his first year of eligibility Hu. '36 82 vote percentage was the fourth-highest over firnidt a three-time Nl. MVP and MVP of the 1980 World Seres became just the 10th third baseman to be selected tor th© Halt PAC-10 HONORS WALNUT CMt t K, Cast (AP) Washington State point guard (Xwnmc Ellison was i >ivred the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week on Monday Second-hai! scoring by Ellison, a 5-loot-10 sophorin >( ii ted the Cougars (6-4 2-0) to victories last week over then-No 17 California and then No 23 Stanford E>t<son scored a career f -jh PS pom!:', with ail but one point coming m the ••«* n ’■ 1 naif ... Washington State s 83- 71 victory over California on Thursday t .or was 14 of 16 from the line and added six aviists and two steals f llison scored alt of his 12 points m the second halt Saturday to help the Cougars' to a 77-63 victory over Stanford ON THIS DAY ■ 1972 The iorii)• 4 winning streak tn major professional sports « snapped wfxin the Milwaukee Burns bool the t os Angatos l tikws 120 104 T he L akors had won 33 straight. txit Kareern Abdul Jabber's 39 points gave Los Angeles its first loss since Oct 31 ■ i960 Goaltender Jm Stewart, playing m hts first and onty grime with the Boston Bruins, gives up throe goals in the first tour minutes of the gartie and a total ot five m the first penod t to is replaced and never plays in the NHL again ■ 1982 Joe Montana's third loochdown pass of the game, a & yarder to Dwight Dark, with 51 seconds remaining, lifted tfie San Francisco 49ers to 20 27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC title game
