Photos by: AMANDA COWAN
Story by: RYAN FRANK
ABOVE: Senior Mike Carson gets help stretching before the Washington State game on Feb. 11.
BELOW: Jamie Craighead (from left to right), Ndidi Unaka, Karen Piers and Camber Ellingson agonize as the final minutes
tick off the clock in the Ducks' win over Stanford.
With the Oregon
women pulling away
from No. 7 UCLA in
the final minutes of a 27-point win,
the sixth person (the Oregon
crowd) was so raucous that the up
per levels of Mac Court were shak
ing.
For the men’s and women’s
games, Mac Court provided the
typical atmosphere this year that
helped it earn Sports Illustrated’s
attention in 1995 as one of the 12
toughest places to play in college
basketball.
Fans turned out in record num
bers tor women's games. Oregon
led the conference with an average
of 5,042 fans a game, with a high
of 8,290 for the Civil War. The men
sold out five games and averaged
8,158 fans a game.
RIGHT:
Assistant coaches
Stephanie Osbum Nor
man and Kirsten McK
night rejoice after Ore
gon’s win over Stanford
on Jan. 4. It was the
Ducks' first defeat of
the two-time national
champion in 11 years.
MIDDLE:
FanJimLydon cele
brates an Oregon three
pointer during the
women's 106-79 defeat
of UCLA on Feb . 4.
ABOVE: Head coach Ernie Kent protests an official's call during the game against Washington State
LEFT: The women’s basketball team takes on the UCLA Bruins, as seen from the top of Mac Court.
LEFT: Oregon cheer
leaders entertain the
crowd during a timeout
of the women's game
against UCLA.
LEFT: Agroupofyoung
fans show their Oregon
spirit from the third lev
el before the women's
UCLA game.