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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1996)
Dynamic duo reunited at Oregon Ramaker and Milling give the Ducks experience By Andrwi 0* Young Attmunt Spam eamr If you go to a Oregon man's basketball game this sea son. you wifi see a lot of unfamiliar faces on the team But two of the newest Ducks are quite familiar with each other, and soon will be to you Kyle Milling and Rob Ramak er have been teammates since they started college together They were roommates their MILLING freshman veer and. according tn Kamaker. iwCSKID best friend* 'Pretty much •• we got older." Kamaker Mid. “he found hi* major and i found mine But when we were younger we used »o go everywhere together For the first four quartan, we had all the RAMAKER same cUtiet We are really cltMM*." Before Milling and Kamaker even began in play together, their career* were almost tutral let Both men were high school standout* in California They each made the USA Today all’ •tale team and were each named on the Beat In the West list by the Utng Beach Prom~Tat*gram their senior year They both decided to go to the University of California at .Santa Barbara to play college hoops But neither of the men were too happy playing for the Can cbo* At the end of hi* sopho more year. Milting decider) to leave Santa Barbara to come play for Oregon C-— —~----—iimmumif „., —-1 ,i . „,.Ml \»a P jLt. Mr f< wMaHI #*•* •% -—. Rob Rnmnknr «n<t KyUi Milling h*v* piayod bMtottMtfJ togothnr *»nc» ttvry dm h—hmmn ml Sonin SotkMi ’When you ere transferring you just tall all the schools.’ Milting wild, "and I t ailed the gon because I knew all the post player* were leaving So es far at playing time, it was a perfect opportunity I saw that the pm gram was on the rise so 1 dm id ml to just t ome be a part of It “ Milling sjient last yeai prat tfcrng with the Ducks and learn ing the system He Attribute* the year off to his ability to play well for Oregon this season. “I have adjusted pretty good,” Milling said. "Last year helper! a lot because I got to practice, grit to team the system without hav* take it slow, whereas the new guys this year only had a month to learn the system before they got thrown into a game I had a year to learn the system [hiring the veer, he convinced ka maker. who had been attend tug a tumor cot log!) in Sam* Bar bara to coma play for the Ducks "I b»*i« ally told him that they let you play,* Milling said "That II'* your type of n*nw up here end they don't make you play * certain way Th«y take your talents and try to bland everyone's talent* together So whatever you’re good at. they let you do that instead of changing what you can do and make you do something *!ae.“ Katnaker wasn't I<m> sure about the Oregon program out of high school, but when Milling came up to be a Duck, his per caption changed “I looked at Oregon out of high school.'* Katnaker said, “and [former Oregon head coach Don| Munson was here and the program didn't really look like it was too happening. not muc h to talk about. But once Kyle Irens (erred up here, it looked like ii Ait - /O, Oregon atul the ftH>iholl team ami all that iluff ~~ this (i the kintl of atmosphere that / wanted to hem The\ take athletu % seriously hrrr ami there are a lot of tportf —Ron Ramaktr Sttfhng C#n(«i 99 overyfhmg wt» going rooS ***ll At « pUy»r you want 10 play fur ctm hm with ottlhutiatm and a program thai* no i ho ri**> 'll Mat good fur mo htn outo I know that ! would lo> turning in with Kvi« 4mi Jhon relatival} «ll froth moil *ml MiLo (latrton j it 4 Turn lo DUO Page IQ RMMMUMINMMMMMBMMIfllBlMMMBMMIMft Oregon takes on winless ASU tonight By Travor Kearnay ftNMiCkMr The Oregon men's haskndtttll team is in the midst of a three game l’«* ilu 10 Gonfemme lu* in# streak. a slreak In which ihe Du« ks have twice been outscorwd by 2U u» mote (joint* Knliir the Atituiw State Sun Devils While Thursday night's name attain*! Anemia State won't t*> a . akcwalk for the Duck*, you wouldn't get that impression talking to Sun Devi'* head coach Bill frieder The not-MHhy sixth-year head coach didn't hesitate to »<H that hu train iV(l overall. 0 5) i* outinaiched hy the young Oregon team (« ?. 2 3| "Our team U struggling." Frteder *aid on Tuesday during a telephone i rmferetu e We am not a very good team Our talent level, lor whatever reason, i* fust near the bottom ot the league, prnhahly with Oregon Stale ‘We are jut! finding way* to lone rather than finding way* to win We don't have a lot of hod te* and our practices have not been a> competitive a* I would like “ Hut Oregon head coach Jerry Green was not i(uite a* candid with the media during the tel# conference "I think Arttona State is very, very athletic." Green said They have got some excellent shooter* on I he outside We expect it to h« a high scoring game, we think they will get live hall up and down the < uurt and there will be a lot of outside threes that will be taken " The Sun Ifevfls' woes this season give Oregon no room to complain shout it* 9-f overall record Arizona Slate Is in the middle of a nine-game losing streak compared to the Ducks* Turn to GAME DAT. Page 11 Ducks get second Pac-10 victory with 72-52 win over ASU ■ WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Ducks coast to an easy victory over the Sun Devils, who have yet to win in the Pac-10 this year By Trevor Kearney spamlm* The Oregon wunutn * basketball team won it* second consecutive Pacific-10 Conference game by routing Ancona Stale 72*52 in Tempe. Ah*., Wednesday night. The Duck* (10-0 overall, 2 4 Pac 10J were posed by junior Arianne Boyer, who stored 23 point* on 7*for*tJ «hooting from the floor and eight free throw* Boyer added three itaei*. 10 rebound* and two umii as the Ducks foiled to their second blow-out victory in as many games losing (our •I ought Fai -10 game* to •tail out conform!* a play, tho Dm k* h«v« rabound wd to notch two strong Fac-10 win* lj»*t Sun dav, tha Duck* beat Call fomia ?J-S* at McArthur BOYER i-ourt after leading the whole way. Bover U playing in her third game *inc* • ona-gama tuaperaion left her *ta tu* with the teem In limbo The ft-foot for ward lead* the team in tearing and rebounding and recorded her fourth dttu bio double of (he year in piat avat 32 nun ute* of play li»f 23 point* w«r« the un on*! highest by a thick thi* year Earlier in lb» v«ar Boyer *cured 26 point* against Santa Clara and Saint Mary‘a. and *»niur Renew Ptlgani equaled the task again*! Washington two wwk» ago Orffgun also got 13 point* from junior !;uard K-I*a Oliveira and 11 point* apiece roro Fegent and junior guard Cindy Edamura Fngent aiao pulled down night board* and Edamura swiped the bail from the Sun Davila throe time* The Sun Devil* (7-11. 0 6) last confer - onr# victory came a I moat one year ago. a* the team i* currently on * 17-game league lo*»ng streak Th« Duck* now have a J5 B all-time advantage in the wrti>* and have won four of the iast five meetings between the two schools. Tim Duck* »hot only 3? ft percent from the floor for the game and only 30 [ torrent on ft of 11 shooting in the first half, but were able to grasp a 33-22 lead at halftime thanks to 10 first half turnover* and ftof 23 first-half shooting by the Sun Devils Tlte Ducks then wen! on to shoot 4ft per cent from the field to outw ore the Sun Devils 3ft-30 in the second half. For the game. Arizona Stale oinnm imi on only l4-of-47 shots bom the field for a 2ft.ft pervnntagi' Nest up for Oregon i* Anxona at McArthur Court at ft p.ro. on Friday.
