ON THE TUBE
Men’s College Basketball,
North Carolina at Duke,
ESPN (34), 6p.m.
DAILY TRIVIA
What year did baseball’s
Hall of Fame open?
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Oregon-UCLA game: always an upset in the making
OPINION
There is just something about UCLA that
seems to drive everyone at Oregon into a
frenzy. Particularly when it comes to
men’s basketball and especially when the
Bruins come to McArthur Court.
For the last three years, the Bruins have come
into Mac Court nationally ranked and twice left de
feated. One of those defeats came in their National
Championship year. The Bruins were physically
beaten by a team not nearly as good, and mentally
beaten — possibly even spit on — by a relentless,
heckling student section.
Who can forget two straight years of rushing the
court against mighty UCLA and taunting the play
ers as they walked of the court dejected.
Unsportsmanlike? Probably.
But a hell of a good time too. There aren’t too
many things more fun than personally escorting the
conference cover boys off your home court, hang
ing their heads and wishing they never had to play
at The Pit again.
"We have a difficult time at Mac Court,” UCLA
head coach Steve Lavin admitted. “To me, it is one
of the most difficult places to play as far as its hos
tile, snake pit, hornets nest environment.”
Although, last year UCLA got its revenge when
they came back from a 14-point second half deficit
to beat the Ducks in Eugene. And it was a bitter pill
to swallow when the Bruins’ Kris Johnson and
Charles O’Bannon stood in front of the student sec
tion after the win and did a little post game trash
talking to some of the sections more boisterous fans
before being led off by security preventing a riot.
So, here we are again on the eve of the biggest
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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
NBA
Portland.120
Toronto .84
New York.109
Boston .107
Cleveland.84
New Jersey .62
Orlando .82
Washington.102
Charlotte .98
Indiana.97
Milwaukee.84
Detroit .93
Sacramento.91
Milwaukee.88
L.A. Lakers .102
Dallas.83
Denver.99
Utah .114
Chicago.111
Vancouver.96
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Phoenix .1
Philadelphia.4
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Major League Soccer
may drop yellow, red cards
for penalty points system
NEW YORK (AP) — Suspensions in Major
League Soccer may soon be as easy as 1 -2-3.
MLS said Tuesday it may adopt a points system
to determine suspensions for on-field offenses.
Currently, two yellow cards or one red card dur
ing a game causes an automatic ejection plus a sus
pension of at least one game. Players also were sus
pended for one game last season after they
accumulated yellow cards in five games.
Deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati did not give
specifics, but the points system would be similar to
one used in England’s Premier League, where more
severe fouls are assessed more points. At a fixed
limit, a player incurs an automatic one-game sus
pension.
Tiger Woods’ mom hopes
he’ll marry his heritage
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)—Tiger Woods' moth
er hopes her son takes a Thai bride — but said the
woman had better love golt.
Kulthida Woods said Tuesday that she would be
thrilled if her 21 -year-old son followed in the steps of
his American father, Earl, and married a Thai
woman.
“But this is a new generation and you can’t
choose for them," Mrs. Woods said. “Whoever she
is, she'd better love golf, because it takes up 99 per
cent of his time.”
Tiger’s mom is visiting relatives before the Honda
Asian Classic Feb. 6-9 in which her son is playing.
Woods is something of a hometown hero, even
though he barely speaks the language.
The Thai cabinet decided Tuesday to hold a recep
tion in his honor next week and prime minister
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is expected to join him for a
practice round.
DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER
On this date in 1936, the baseball Hall of Fame
opened its doors for the first time.
The World Wide Web of Sports
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they like them now. With the conception of
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are the best places to find that information? The
following is a review of the best, and the worst, of
sports web sites.
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Basketball
• NCAA Football
•Tennis
•Golf
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■ DOWNLOAD TIME
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WHAT’S BAD
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Club volleyball teams improve records over weekend
■ CLUB SPORTS:
A team record
was set by the
men, while the
women made it to
a tourney
championship
By Rob Moseley
Freelance Sports Reporter
Men’s and women’s club volleyball saw action this
weekend, and both teams enjoyed success, with a team
record being set on the men’s side.
Swing hitter Pat Wallace paced the men’s team to a
match victory with a club-record 24 kills, as the Ducks
defeated Lewis & Clark in four games Friday, 15-3,15-7,
12-15,15-10.
“Pat was awesome,” teammate Brian Berdanier said.
“It seemed like every time he touched the ball we got a
point.”
As a team, the men continued their trend of jumping
to a quick lead in the first game.
“We started really hot,” head coach Andy Isogai said,
“but we let our guard down a little
bit. [Lewis & Clark) relaxed and
started playing better, but we re
grouped in the fourth game.”
The win puts Oregon at 2-1 in Pa
cific Coast Intercollegiate Volley
ball Association play, with another
league match this Friday night. The
Ducks host Lane Community College in Gerlinger An
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