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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1995)
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Potter said It isn't just about winning for thi* basketball player, however Potter stressed that even though he's been a part of an Oregon program that had only won 2fi game* in thru** yearn prior to thin season, he has nonetheless been thrilled with his experience at Oregon as not only an athlete, hut a student as well "This year is just icing on the cake,'* Potter said "The losses are hard, but I've just had so much fun just being abb* to say that I've been able to play at Pauley Pavilion, and play against player* like Harold Miner Its just a special experience.” On Tuesday. a smiling Potter told stories of his mother |«*»nnio and her sometimes over* zealous habit of collecting all her son's newspaper clippings Although in his early years in high school and at Oregon he didn't really understand why his mother so meticulously collected the material, he's not complaining now 'My mom Itkc*. to keep every dip — she's almost annoying with it Now I'm looking hac k and thinking it wasn’t such a had idea." The collection isn’t getting any smaller as Potter's final season is now officially in the homestretch, literally, as the Washington native prepares for one more go-around with two m hools that ho wouldn't have minded going to — Washington and Washington State "1 looked at them very closely." Potter said of his choosing a school. Potter said that he looked at Washington State closely because of its coaching staff, and he looked at Washington bt* a use of its dose proximity to his home and family in Redmond In the end. Potter chose to attend Ore gon because he just couldn't find anything realty wrong with the school whereas there were little things about the Washington s< hools that made them less appealing to the 1993-94 recipi ent of the Harry Ritchie Scholar Athlete Award With every game now. Potter's i areer at Oregon is just that JJ It used to be a real pride thing If some body yelled at me, I Has going In get really mad much closer to the end Inevitably it happens to everybody, hut for Potter, the thought of winding up his basketball days with the Ducks has become maybe a little bit harder than he had originally expected. “It's starting to hit me a little bit.” Potter said, pointing out that the final Civil War of his career struck n chord last week "it‘s kind of sad " While basketball is a very important pari of Potter's life, he doesn't necessarily want to be remembered as just a guy that gave it all he had on the basketball court, it seems unlikely that, as a player, the gutsy red-head would be remembered as anything other than a guy that wasn't afraid to mix it up and throw an elbow here or there m the middle - JEFF POTTER S*o*x tonwnJ It's no wonder Potter feels like he's a middle nger. considering ihe multitude of round trips he's made from his feet to the floor and hack again. Surely he feels the adverse effects of his rough and-tumble style of play, fust ask him. "If it's 8 o’clock, and 1 go home ami sit down on the couch — I'm done for the evening I'm out." Potter's quick to point out that he doesn't expei t any Spei ini treatment or that basketball is such an overwhelming endeavor Instead, Potter said that school is the big challenge, as far ns time constraints go, and that being a student is the most rewarding part of college. “I've always just wanted to be another student," he said. Potter, on English major, said that being a student athlete was never that difficult before, but this, his senior year, has proved to be a bit tougher. "I've never really felt it was that tough until this \ear Maybe it's b«i:iUM my classes art* harder, but I’m having a rough time." be Mid "It's not that basketball takes so much time, but it takes so much energy More than his status as a basketball player, though, ho prefers to think of himself ns a down-to-earth regular guy. Potter, who admits to being rather shy when it comes to people he doesn't know, said he tries to stay away from the "stuck-up jock" mentality that most students seem to expect Instead, he likes to have friends away from the basketball team in addition to his teammates For ns much ns Potter enjoys playing basketball, in his free time he simply likes to hong out with his friends and take his mind off basketball. "Sometimes I’m not the most talkative guy," Patter said “A lot of people come up to me and talk about basketball A lot of times I don’t really want to talk about basketball." Potter dot's enjoy interacting with the fans, though When it t omes to Oregon fans, he said, it is gratifying to gel congratula tion* on a job well done. And even as harsh as opposing fans cart be, Potter also enjoys their input in a weird wav "A lot of people like to give their opinions.” he said. "Sometimes I'm not as receptive to that " (in the subject of unmerciful fans on the road. Potter even has a tiny space in his heart for them, even if his family doesn't “It doesn't bother me so much, but my family really gets upset.” Potter said, who noted that the fans in Seattle seem to really get on his taste "I kind of like it. Fan* should go to games and have fun " Coming from a guy that used to take strong offense to criticism and taunting, these comments really do indicate a player, and a person, who has come bill circle. "It used to he a real pride thing," he said nlxmt his blowing his top from time to time when he first came to Oregon "If some body yelled at me. 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