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Oregon guard Darius Wright, a member of the Pac-10's All-Newcomerteam, lays up two of his 10 points against Cal on Saturday.
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started, when talk of an NCAA
bid was realistic, it is indeed a
great reward considering Ore
gon’s trials and tribulations in
1999.
After an 8-1 preseason that had
Oregonians dreaming of a top-25
season, the Ducks suffered one of
the most disheartening tailspins
of any team in the nation.
The Ducks won just twice in
the first half of the Pacific-10
Conference season, both in over
time. Oregon lost seven times, six
of those by four or less points.
But after a last-second loss to
UCLA to start the second half of
the conference schedule, Oregon
finished as one of the hottest
teams in the Pac-10, justifying its
late mention as a possible NCAA
participant.
The Ducks won six of their last
eight games, losing to two top-10
teams, Stanford and Arizona.
The Yellow Jackets, on the oth
er hand, have taken a nearly op
posite road to Eugene.
Georgia Tech began the season
10-3 but stumbled to a 15-15 final
record, including a first-round
loss to North Carolina in the At
lantic Coast Conference Tourna
ment.
“Lately we’ve been getting
beaten up,” Yellow Jackets head
coach Bobby Cremins said. "We
won at Florida State, and then
our schedule kind of bit us in the
butt.”
Georgia Tech beat the Semi
noles 111-108 in overtime in Tal
lahassee on Feb. 11 but won just
once more in their last six games,
all but two on the road.
The Yellow Jackets fell 78-58
and 67-58 to Louisville and
Wake Forest, respectively.
They then returned home for
two games, the first a 91-60 loss
to nationally ranked Maryland.
They managed to win once
more, 74-68 over Virginia, then
lost 92-64 to Clemson and 78
49 to the Tar Heels.
“We’re young and inexperi
enced, but we’re capable of being
a good team,” Cremins said. “We
have yet to show that we’re a
good team, though.”
Rob Moseley is assista nt sports edi
tor of the Emerald. He can be
reached via e-mail at
dodgrfan@gladstone. uoregon .edu
Sports Brief
Hornets announce interim coach
FORT MILL, S.C. — Paul Silas was appointed in
terim head coach of the Charlotte Hornets today, one
day after Dave Cowens quit because he felt he was not
being paid enough.
Silas, the only one of Cowens’ three assistants with
previous NBA head coaching experience, takes over a
team struggling on and off the court.
“Where this thing is going, who the heck knows?”
said Silas, a friend and former Celtics’ teammate of
Cowens. “Hopefully, miracles do happen.”
Cowens, dissatisfied with his salary, walked into
the office of general manager Bob Bass before the
team’s practice Sunday at its training center and quit.
Cowens, the only coach to lead the Hornets to con
secutive 50-win seasons (54-28 in 1996-97, 51-31 in
1997-98), signed a three-year, $1.89 million contract
in May 1996. The contract called for him to get
$575,000 his first year, $625,000 last year and
$675,000 this season.
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