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Cougars take to the Pac-10 road Pac-10 Notes: Cougars to face tough test in Arizona Chris Metr Outran l Xfrfy ( meratef The surprising Washington Stole Cougars have won three straight conference games but now have their work cut out for them os they toke their mx and’ place standing into hostile terri tory down in Arizona The unranked Cougars, who are a per for t 5-0 .’igniust the con ference at home, share second place with No 1-! Arizona But that's sure to change as the two meet up on Thursday night The YViWhats have won 1M straight over the Cougars, hut Washing ton State enters the game boast ing nil incredible S3 peri ent shooting clip It doesn't get any easier lor the Cougs either, as they fa<» a reiri vigoratcd Arizona State squad that dropped three ploi es m the latest Assrw IA tori Press poll • Speaking ol ASH, here's the hrtMt fallout <m the BUI 11tatar "Give me I tar k nn money' front Following the burglary at Frioder's room at tlie Valley Riv er Inn here in Fugene, Frieder's wife, Janice, hinted that the thieves- were probably smart ones at that "You notice they didn't take his wnrdrolx*," she said Hu! the burglars did get away 355 f Broadway only 345-9976 Must present student 10 Not void win other discounts Valid tor I 0 hoder onty WUNPERIAND 5C video games 5U> STREET PUBLIC MARKET 683-8464 VWO ADVWTUWn LVAU.IV HlVC W KA1A V ALL DAY TUESDAY s p A G H E T T I t r. ALL YOU CAN EAT EVERY TUES! HKtudOS Gan<c 6<Md 11:30 am-10 pm PIZZ<9 ITALIAN KITCHEN 2673 Willamette • 464-0996 —._ STANDINGS Men's basketball COMF OVERALL j UCLA_frg 1? 2 i Afi/ona 5-2 15 4 | WSU 5-2 10 5 Stanford 4-3 13-3 Oregon 4-3 12-4 Arizona St 4 3 14 5 California 3-4 11 5 " , - st ;■ ■ 5-11 ■ USC ?•€ Ml Washington 1-6 5-10 I Mt RAI D with around 55,000 end norm* i ndil urdi among other thtnjfs And Bill whs not to be one upped by bis wifi* in the ribbing department "Worse than the money is ail the < red it curds and all my key* and free airline tickets." "If the hills from those credit iards are less than what my wife i barges, whic h will probably fie the case, 1 won't report them as stolen " • and those darn Dancin' Devils Arizona State's song and dam e routine after Saturday's game against Oregon was not very popular with the* Oregon fans and players The fans fui filled their part In the taunting process with their "SAT" i hants. apparently chiding the Devils for some kind of c ranlal def'n i«n< \ But on a more serious note, the players didn't enjoy tfie display by the visiting team "I didn't like that too much." Oregon forward Jeff Potter said after the game "I'll be looking for ward to playing down then- nest time." A* for the Sun Devil#, they just felt like getting funky, according to ASU big man Mono Bennett "That's the A-state.'' Bennett said when asked al>out the dam*'« official title “The crowd was loving it." Bennett said about the fans at Mai Court "I wish our fans wen? like these fans are We'd proba bly go undefeated " • Former DSC coar h George Raveling will make hi* debut a* a TV analyst when Oregon State invades The Pit to take on the Ducks next weekend Raveling, who retired following a serious automobile at ridem last fall, will l*> joined by play-by-play com mentator Keith Shipman. • If the Dut ks advant e to the NCAA Tournament this season, they would la* the ninth Pec JO team in the liMMis to do so The only team that would be missing from the list of tournament par ticipants would 1h? Washington Of course the Ducks still have a long way to go. and history '% not on their side as it has been its years since the green and gold have played in the hig tourney • Washington State's Mark I lendrn kson is i urrently third in the nation in field goal |>en ent age with a lofty 87 8 pen outage from the field FREE FALL Continued from Page 5A will st.or*? Goilwas taut he and Rain water had no more than .15 see onds to perform eac h round'* formations, which is the average free fall time when leaving a plane from 10.000 feet Judges viewing the video* taped routines awarded Gall was and Rainwater five points on their first jump, five on the second and nine on the third There is no lim it to the number of points one urn earn There were nearly 150 i ompetitors representing approximately 15 colleges and universities at the com petition. according to the National Parachute Assoc ia tion. The National Collegiate Competition keeps getting bigger. Gregory said. "My understanding is it's growing" he said “The whole sport is growing, and we're happy to see it growing on the collegiate level." (•allwas. who is also a rock climber and trampolinist, had only fumped for Skydive Oregon near Salem until the competition in Arizona He was inspired to make his first jump, in October of 1‘i‘iJ, because rock ( limbing had enlightened him to the won ders of (ho outdoors, ho said But why would anyone jump out of an airplane from 10.000 feet? "For me it is that intense com munition,~ (.allwnx said "It is like lead climbing where there is only you and the rock." Rainwater has his own rea sons for enjoying skydiving. "Besides the adrenaline rush, it’s actually kind of relaxing and lets me forget about s< hoot,” Rainwater said Though it carry* a fair amount of initial expenses, the sport is only expensive for beginners, he said. Once one is certified, it is only $10 to $17 a jump. Kven though there are sev eral pl»( ex to skydive from in Oregon, the cloudy weather prevents people from jump ing during the rainy months. Gall was said Currently, there is not a skydiving club at the Univer sity But Sandy Vaughn. ( oordinator of club sports at Oregon, said if interest in such a club followed through with a request for funding and designed a program that shared the sport with other students, a i lub could exist. Missouri topples Cyclones in Big Eight clash AMKS. Iowa CAP) No tH Missouri con tained Iowa Sialc s Ixiruu Meyer in the sm Ond hoif and got k«y 3-point basket* from Jason Sutherland ami Kendri< k Moon> in U it trig tin* No 11 ( vi loners HU-71 Monday night The shots by Sutherland and Kendrick capped n 1-1-2 run that gave Missouri (15-1 overall 4 2 Big Tight) an eight-point lead and control of the game with seven minutes left Fred Moiberg made a school-record eight 3-poinfers and scored 29 point*, hut he couldn't keep Iowa State (17-3, 3-2) front los ing at home for the first time this season The Cyclones now plav throe straight road game*. including a Fob H rematch with Mis souri Hoiherg's sixth 3-pointer gave Iowa State a 55-50 load with >2 27 loft, but ho didn't make another until Kittling two in the final minute, when the game was out of reach Iowa State led ’i7 'i l when Missouri began its d« isive run lulian Winfield's basket inside and Sam Hue Haley's dunk gave the Tigers a fit-57 lead w ith ft Oft remaining and they never trailed again Meyer, w ho si ored lti points in the first half, cut Missouri's lead to 61-59 with his only basket of the second half Hut Suther land hit a 3 pointer from the right of the key and Moore followed with another from almost the same spot, making it 67-59 with 7:03 left Moore Inter hit another key basket, a jumper with 1.25 left that gave Missouri a 74-65 lead and enabled the Tigers to with stand iioitierg's two late 3-pointers Sutherland led Missouri with a career high 23 points and Haley, n freshman, had a season high 16 Moore finished with 14 points. HENRY Continued from Page 5A Frieder mined on instead of quitting So what makes Arizona State hotter than Michigan? Exportations "It's hewn a lot more fun build ing this program that hadn't won in eight years when I arrived than feeling I had to maintain a top 10 program like I did Ian k in Mic higan. ' Frieder said "I've enjoyed making tins a i ornpetitive program I made a commitment to myself and my family that 1 wasn't going to let this goofy game gel lo me. and I've done a real good ]oh the last six years not allowing it to.'" Exactly what Friader anjovs is what Oregon head coach lerry Green has in Eugene Outside the othletii department, not too many Greenhall fans expet t the Ducks to be in the top 10 every year. Saturday night's crowd against the Sun Devils proved that fact as much as anything Oregon followers showed up and cheered for a team that is competitive for the first time in many years There was no con tern in the crowd that the Ducks would not win the Pat -10 title are everything Make a lasting impression with a variety of presentation matenois 1265 Willamette 344 3555 / Fax 344 0870 or jump up in the rankings Then? was only a desire to see the hometown team in? able to play with any other team on the court A w in would have been nice, but how many people hon estly went home completely dis traught over the nature of the team? "There are many more impor tant things in this world than wins and losses," Frteder said "When you look at the tragedy of a Jimmy Valvano, those are the important things — this is just a moment in time." but when all is said and done, most professions involve just The Copy Ske|> Open MorvFrt 8-7 Sat 10-4 BktmemK Pattncn a furry Rgrt on ijn 485-6253 moments in lime. Some days you either can do no wrong or do no right But no matter what happens, ns a famous redhead once said, tomorrow is another day — as Krieder is living proof So I hope the leader of the Ducks understands that basket* ball mav l** his life, hut it's only part of his life. If he can keep Oregon competitive and enter taining then 1 believe this state will see him through whatever difficulties his job may encounter. Kris Henry is a sports reporter for the Emerald. 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