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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1995)
Kearney: Above all else, Greenball will excite ■ continued from Page 7 last year Gone are the familiar faces of Orlando Williams, Jeff Potter. Daryl Parker and /at h Sellers from the start in^ lineup With them went reserves Jordv I.yden. Aaron Johnson. Damon Runyon and Jon Mitchell, loo. "[This season! reminds me a lot of two years ago when we graduated a lot of people and we wen* still trying to put the piet es together.” Gn*en said at the Ducks' media day Wednesday "For us to tie as good as ! want us to 1m* a lot of things will have to fall into place.” And those things revolve around the only returnees from last year's team with any significant amount of playing time, junior guards Kenya Wilkins and Jamal La we re nee and sophomore guard Jarnor Curry The Ducks also return sophomore guard Brian Williams and sophomore center Michael C arson, but the two onlv have a few games under their belts Henry Madden, who was suspended from tin* team last year for academic rea sons and transferred to Fres no State, is hat k at the University but still cannot play due to academic prob lems. He is also nursing an knee injun According to Green. Madden will not plus at all this year. As for tin* remainder of the team, there are four freshman, two transfers and about three spots that, as of \et, have not been filled. 'We have got four true freshman, (nix!) we have got only 11 players, so we will lake scene walk om." Green said "A lot of things fell into place (two years agoj. but it was about halfway through the year It may fall into piece earlier this year. it m.n t mm' right aw ,0, but we need to find some body from this freshman class to Ixi impact (aiidl to!»> solid for us." The lai k of exponent 1* puts the Ducks in a tough spot this year, hut forte usts a bright future. "Remember that we will have every player that we have got jnow| — plus more back again next year. Green said, “So we are going to tie very, very patient yvith these young men and give them every opportunity in the world to sin i etui The i outing year does not. however, mean that Green and his team will alter their style of basketball, which above all else, is exciting. I have never walked into a press confereiu a at the University of Oregon and said that we are going to win 25 games and kick every body's rear ends, bet ause 1 have still not gotten the pro gram to where I want it." Green said. "I like ext iting basketball I still think we are going to play very ext it ing basketball There has been no time that l know of that we were not going to lie competitive.** Trevor Kearney is the sports editor for the Emerald “32 years of Quality Service" Mercedes • BMW Volkswagen • Audi KM -GERMAN - AUTO SERVICE, INC. 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, 97402 1 he University ot Oregon Law and Hntrepreneurship Program, The Northwest C apital Network .The Oregon Hnterprise Forum, and Mutual of New York present Venture 95 A two-day, multi-city symposium on Venture Capital Friday. October 15, 1995 in Eugene, and Saturday. October 14, 1995 in Beaverton I)uv One \ sympovium on Venture Capital I)av Two A Praiticum on Raising Capital and Starting a Business t*rf\entiitu*n% arui rfnt uiMani *ifh fmrrpfrnridfi t ree to student and (ac uity To reserve your place at Venture 95. call Northwest Capital Network (503) 299 44.sk Pro hockey ready to hit Eugene ■ HOCKEY: The Snowcats training camp nears with the season-opener to follow By Mark McTyre As.w»ftp* Si*-y?-s hUdoe I ht> Kugene Snowcats, of the newly formed North American Professional Hoi kev League INAL), are getting ready for their inaugural season set to start on Nov H) against the visiting Mexico City Toreros a! Lane County I< e Arena During the next two weeks the Snowi ats staff vs ill 1*> solidify ing their training camp roster in preparation for an exhibition game against Mexico City on Ot t 2<). and for the proceeding M game season si hedule. who h will come to a close in late April and he followed by the league playoffs Players are e\|>e< ted to come from the Past Coast. Inter national and Central leagues, and a few former National Him k ey l eague players are expected to lie part of the league as well r EUGENE HOCKEY v wmwgvum Snowcats Home Schedule Nov t0.11 vs Mexico City 24,25 vs. Vancouver Dec 8,10 vs loa Angeles 22,23 vs Mexico CHy 29,30 vs. Las Vegas Jan 12,13 vs Los Angeles 26,27 vs Mexico City Feb 2, 3 ~vs~ LaiVegas ' 16.17 vs F^«x*coC»tj' March t, 2 vs Vancouver 15,16 vs Mc'xico'ciity Apnl 12,13 vs LosAngeles 19,20 vs Vancouver EMERALD !"hi> NAt. is (ho first prnfes sional ficm Lev league to offer teams from more than two coun tries, including the United States. Canada and Mexico league president (inrrwtt Krause, who also owns all five teams the I as Vomits lew Due. I .os Angeles Bandits. Vancouver V enom, Kugene and Mexico (,it\ is optimistic of the N.M.'s future "Our future plans are to have three teams in Mexico City." Krause said We re looking at some teams in Nevada, in Tm son, and we've even talked about teams in Tokyo and C /echoslos akin for a division that would plav off for a Pacific title Our final (Coal is to have a league that covers five or six i ountriex " 1 ven though those goals ma\ tie some time away. Krause is ready to make the five team league sue* eed and expand If it does, plans have I wen set to offer percentages of a team's total ownership to the general public We plan to at tually sell up to t'l (M'O ent lit the team to a wide range of Inv estors and hx al peo pie so thev i an feel like they 're a part of it.'' 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