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FRIDAY
November 4,1998
Oregon Basketball
Men, women in key early-season matchups
Duck men
ready to
face BYU
After a loss to the Golden
Gophers, the Ducks are
preparing for Brigham Young
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
Optimism is brimming on the Oregon
men's basketball team.
Although the Ducks squandered a 14
point halftime lead to lose their first
game of the season at Minnesota on
Monday, they are still happy with the
way the young season has unfolded
heading into a nonconference game
against Brigham Young at McArthur
Court on Saturday.
On Tap
WHO:
Oregon men’s
basketball vs.
Brigham Young
WHERE:
Mac Court
WHEN:
7:05 pm Saturday
Obviously,
you want to win
the game,” said
head coach Ernie
Kent of Oregon’s
72-61 loss to the
Golden Gophers,
“but [the Ducks]
played so well on
the road trip in
general, and we
grew so much.
nuw, we just neea to taice wnat we
learned from that road trip and move on
forward from there.”
The trip also included a 70-64 win at
Southern Illinois last Saturday for Ore
gon (2-1).
The Cougars (1-3) are coming off an
overtime home loss to No. 13 Arizona
last Saturday. The game was close
throughout, as BYU held a two-point
halftime lead before the Wildcats knot
ted the score at 67 by the end of regula
tion. Arizona then out-dueled the
Cougars 11-7 in overtime to escape with
a 78-74 win.
BYU was led by its four young wing
players, who all scored in double digits.
Freshman forward Mark Bigelow led the
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Oregon center Mike Carson scores two of his 13 points against Global Sports on Nov. 23 at McArthur Court.
Oregon will
meet Butler
in Classic
By Joel Hood
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Ducks have found their defense.
Now they will take it on the road.
The Oregon women’s basketball team
matches up against Butler tonight at 6
p.m. in the first round of the JayHawk
Commerce Bank Classic: at the Allen
Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. An Ore
gon victory would pit the Ducks against
either No. 17 Kansas or Maryland-East
ern Shore in the championship game at
noon on Saturday.
It Uregon loses
tonight, the Ducks
will play in the
consolation game
at 2 p.m. on Satur
day. If Oregon
and Kansas meet
in the champi
onship game on
Saturday, the Ore
gon Sports Net
work will televise
the game in Eu
gene on KVAL
(channel 8) at 3:30
On Tap
WHO:
Oregon women’s
basketball
WHAT:
JayHawk
Commerce Bank
Classic
WHERE:
Lawrence, Kan.
WHEN:
Tonight
jj.m.
The Ducks (5-1), who have won four
straight after the humiliating 72-70 loss
to Colorado State at McArthur Court on
Nov. 16, seem to have gotten on track de
fensively in the last three weeks. Oregon
has held its opponent to less than 60
points in four of its five victories this sea
son, including a 63-33 drubbing of
Wyoming in the Pepsi Shoot-out cham
pionship game Saturday.
The secret, forward Angelina Wolvert
said, was simply being patient with the
defensive scheme and having confidence
in it.
“We’re playing awesome defensively
right now,” Wolvert said. "It looks like
we match-up pretty evenly with Butler.
The key will be containing their post
players inside.”
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Dellinger to be inducted into track coach Hall of Fame
DELLINGER
Bill Dellinger leaves a lasting
legacy at the University after 32
years coaching track and field
The U.S. Track Coaches Association an
nounced Wednesday that Oregon’s most
recent track and field head coach Bill
Dellinger will be elected into its Hall of
Fame this weekend.
Dellinger, a Grants Pass native, wrapped
up his 32-year career as Oregon’s cross
country head coach on Nov. 23 by leading
the Ducks to a fifth-place NCAA finish in
Lawrence, Kan. The Ducks earned a total of
20 top-10 NCAA finishes under Dellinger’s
leadership, as well as NCAA titles in 1971,
1973,1974 and 1977.
Last spring, Dellinger completed his 26th
and final season as head coach of the Ore
gon men’s track and field program. His
teams finished among the top 10 at the
NCAA Outdoor Championships on 14 oc
casions, including winning the NCAA title
in 1984.
TRUCK
! Dellinger’s athletes
have produced 146 All
American performances
and 22 NCAA titles in
both track and cross
country.
me induction cere
mony will take place on Dec. 5 in Orlando,
Fla. Also inducted will be Jim Kehoe of
Maryland, Joe Newton of New York High
School, Tom Tellez of Houston and Stan
Wright of Texas Southern.
“To be recognized by your peers in such
a manner is one of the highest honors one
can achieve,” Dellinger said in a released
statement. “It’s a humbling experience —
there are some great names in the Hall of
Fame, and it’s a distinction that I’m proud
to receive.”
Prior to his years as a head coach,
Dellinger was a distinguished distance run
ner for the Ducks under the guidance of
Bill Bowerman. Dellinger was the NCAA
champion in 1954, second in the mile the
next year and won the 5,000 meter title in
1956.
Dellinger continued his running career
after his collegiate days, earning places
on three successive U.S. Olympic teams
— 1956, 1960 and 1964. He won the
bronze medal in the 5,000 in 1964, then
rekindled his Olympic experience in
1984 as the assistant coach for men’s
distance runners at the Los Angeles
Games.
Dellinger will become the second
Oregon coach inducted into the U.S.
Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
His mentor and coach Bill Bowerman was
part of the inaugural class in 1995.
— from staff reports
“It's a
bumbling
experience.
There are some
great names in
the Hall of
Fame, and it’s
a distinction
Fm proud to
receive. ”
Bill Dellinger
Retiring Oregon
track coach