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Emerald WEDNESDAY January 24. 1006 ‘Hoop Dreams' star striving for NBA WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A little more muscle Unas his body, hi* bead ts shaved and there's a die mond stud in his left ear. but the shy grin is the same and Arthur Agee la instantly recognizable In (act, anyone who watched more than (our years o( his life unfold in the documentary film Hoop Dmtms may (eel a kinship with this basketball player At 23. he's still chasing his NBA dreams, although right now the hunt has taken him (ar afield. Agee is playing for the Winnipeg Cyclone in the fledgling International Bas ketliall Association, a five team league. It's a long way from the NBA. but it's still pro has kethall —* which means Agee is getting paid in his first year afier leaving Arkansas State He moved north after completing a season in the United States Basketball I-aague. where he was the No 1 draft pick. "The money is OK, but it's not that good," he said of the Winnipeg-based lBA. with its weekly team salary cap of $2,200 for the UK week season "You're really here for the opportunity. *Tve got plenty of time I'm young. I've got a little talent. I think. I'll just keep working at It," Hoop Dream* spends three hours following Chtca go teen-agers Agee and William Cates hum gram mar school to college as Ugh pursue their dreams of making it in the NBA ON THE TUBE January Z* ■ t p.m. ESPN PGAQoK, PTKMKfcX Opan. first round, at Scottsdale. Ani ■ 4 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Syracuse at Georgetown ■ S p.m. TBS NBA Basketball. Pboenui at Minnesota ■ § p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball. Virginia at Wake Forest ■ 7:30 p.m. PNIME NCAA BaaketbaB. Southern Cat at UCLA (HtfMlO Upstart Oregon faces reeling Arizona State ■ WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Ducks fake on the Sun Devils «n the second o< three games «n a six-day stretch Wednesday evening By Pwt* Schtwdw Spamtsvemr Aft«r breaking into th» Pacific ]0 » win nine column wuh * 73 5ft fowl of California on Sun. d*y. lh» Oregon wnmen'i ha*keibatl team i* feeling confident going Into tonight’* game again*! Arizona Stale The Sun Devil* are at the opposite end of the ape*; trum from the thick* They are in the midst of a »u game lo*in§ streak, including a 0 5 mark in league play Not only ha* Arizona Slate lost every Far 10 game it has played, but the team ha* loal by an average of more than 10 [joint* per game Although the Sun Devil* are reeling from their lo* mg record, Oregon head coach Jody Runge *aid *he know* that her team * *wing through Arizona will not tie easy. "We re looking at a tough road trip down through the *ia!e of Arizona," *he taid, "We are particularly focused because (both Arizona and Arizona Stale} got u* last year at home Arizona State ha* a much better team then they've had in the [last. *u we can't look past that game in preparation for Arizona ~ The team had little time to reli*h Sunday * win before it wa* back on the court for only one day of prat tit e prior to de|«irtinR for Tempe In all. Oregon will have played three game* in *u day* after a game in Tucson on Friday The ruad weary Ducks uptad will then have a few days to rest before playing UCLA at home on Fob I Arizona play* A5C right before we do *o if they don't get a win there, then they need one again*! at," Rouge said. "They are »uch different team* that we don't have a lot of time to prepare for I think that * a tough spot for us to be in now " Oregon face* a defensive.minded, tow storing team in Arizona State tonight The Sun Devil* average only fill 5 points per game while holding it* opponent* to jiut <53 shooting .Arizona State feature* a tough trout line with Molly Tutor (11 t point* per game) and Fauna Witowski (12 5 points per game) both u taring in double figure* Junior point guard )uli*> Ciedhill ha* recorded til assists this year Arizona State will have to i .intend with the Duck* K-n.i*- Feganti who t* coming off a Siig perlumon. e against California The ft foot 2 junior led Oregon in scoring Sunday with 15 point* and pasted the 10O blocked-shot* milestone with three that night "Everyone hat the winning feeling again,” Regent said. "Hopefully it will carry over when we go down to Ancona People aren't going to want that footing of losing again ami lhai will help u* thl* week " —\wmi J »«mU . m fmm. rnz-mm-m. T mmm f Th# Orogon woman * baakaibalt team know* M con count on cante# Room Faganl Wadnaaday again*! Amona Slot* Tha »anto< *cw*d If pottrt* again*! CaMfomte on Sunday and t* av*f aging 14 point* paf gam* Ihi* y*«r Tempe searches for identity in midst of Super Bowl hoopla ■ NFL: The college town vows to show that it .s more than just a suburb of better-known Phoenix TEMPE. An* (AP) - Thai * Tem PEE Not TEMP-m. Tem peh or Temp And definite!) Phoenix Ttw wcond-MMlimt city «vw to host * Soper Bowl, (hit col lege town it waging « war (or lit identity a* football fan* either mispronounce Us name or assume if* part of Phoenix **We want to make sure peo ple know Tempe hasn't actually been annexed by the city of Phoenix," said Mayor Nell Glu llano. whose staff snipped infor mation to media around the world instructing them on Tempo's proper pronunciation. Founded in 1872. Tempe was named by English traveler bar rel Duppa. who said the city's desert buttes reminded him of the vale of Tempe tn northeast Greece. The city is the home of Ari zona Stain University. the Southwest* Urges! university With a population at ISS.QOO. which is expected to double on game day. Temp* ha* fought being overthailowm! by It* giant neighbor. I'limml* In fact, the firtt round of Super tn.wi tpomng gear actual ly aaid Phoenix Super Bowl “ "it.Haute Phoenix U where th# airport i*. people assume that’* the only city in th* (area) that counts." said Abbte Pink, a Temp* spokeswoman "But there * only one place where Sun Devil stadium is. and that's Temp#." Mispronunciation* aside. Tern (leans are not looking to compete with Phoenix. "temp# has always known it wasn't Phoetux Nobody has any giant egos here, they |u*t kind of get the job done Tempe is kind of a sleepy tilths giant.” said Keith Stone, owner of Stan's Metro Deli Resident* believe the city's small town feel will set It apart from past Super Bowl *»num, including m*|ot dlitt luch a* Lo* Angeles. Miami and San tranuxn The smallest .Super Bowl city. Pasadena. Calif , ha* played host to the chant pi unship game fivo times sine# »«r? With its sidewalk coffee shops, throng* of college stu dents and offbeat shops. Temp# is hoping to show out-of-town ers an alternative to its wealthi er neighbor. Scottsdale, a teeming city with gllt*y art gal lories and posh golf resorts "The thing that's cool about Tempe is that it's a town You've got mostly independently owned stores." said Dave Sher man. owner of The Cap Co., a downtown store hawking 7tto style* of Super Bowl beseball taps Other resident* don't seem bothered by lb# confusion "Tempo is |utl lht> southeast turner of Phoenix." Mid Uny Bennott, a Tempt? resident who work* for AAA Cab in Phoenix Bennett Mid customer* coining in few ib» Super Bow) sometime* don’t know the different .1 be!ween the iwo < tlin* Sometimes »«** a litite urtbrt> ing. bui people oui of stale don't know where Temp* is They think of Phoenix." he mid The ret (ignition of the slate is more important then drawing * fine line" Mark Hrophy. manager of l^mg Wong's, a popular bar and restaurant in downtown Tampa. Mid the Tempo ’Phoenix deflate is pointless The typical wealthy Super Bowl visitor will likely head to a more upscale area alto gather, he said “If you live here, you know they're going to Scottsdale any wiy,“ he said. They're not coming here."
