Scoreboard
Men's Hoop AP Top 25
1. Cincinnati (65) 20-1
2. Stanford (3) 17-1
3. Duke 16-2
4. Syracuse (2) 17-0
5. Ohio St. 14-3
6. Tennessee 18-2
7. Connecticut 15-4
8. Michigan St. 15-5
9. Arizona 17-4
10. Auburn 17-3
11. Indiana 15-3
12. Florida 15-4
13. Oklahoma St. 16-2
14. Kentucky 15-5
15. Kansas 16-4
% 16.Texas 14-5
17. Tulsa 20-2
18. Oklahoma 16-3
19. Utah 16-3
20. Iowa St. 18-3
21. Temple 14-4
22. LSU 16-3
23. Oregon 15-3
24. Vanderbilt 134
25. Maryland 14-6
Women's AP Top 20
1. Connecticut (44) 19-0
2. Louisiana Tech 14-2
3. Georgia 21-2
4. Tennessee 16-3
5. Notre Dame 17-2
6. Penn St. 18-3
7. LSU 16-3
8. Iowa St. 15-3
9. Texas Tech 16-2
10. Rutgers 134
11. N.C. State 154
12. Duke 18-3
13. Auburn 164
13. UC Santa Barbara 17-3
15. UCLA 12-5
16. Old Dominion 14-3
17. Purdue 14-5
18. Boston College 174
19. Arizona 16-3
20. Mississippi St. 16-3
Senior should qualify for
NCAA indoor nationals
Oregon's Marie Davis scored an NCAA
indoor qualifying time of 9 minutes,
26.57 seconds in the 3,000 meters at
the Terrier Classic in Boston, Mass,
on Sunday.
The two-time All American’s mark
fell just short of an automatic qualify
ing time. Her effort, however, should
earn her a spot in the NCAA Indoor
Championships in the 3,000 on
March 10 and 11, in Fayetteville, Ark.
Davis’ mark was her first-ever NCAA
indoor qualifying time at that dis
tance. And it came after she had
spent most of the race running in the
lead pack. Three people passed her
on the final lap, and the senior fin
ished seventh in her section and
15th overall.
“It was a good race, but I feel like I
didn’t have enough left the last lap, ”
Davis said.
Davis’ qualifying time was the sec
ond of her final season for the
Ducks. She notched an NCAA provi
sional mark of 4:47.65 in the mile
last week at the San Diego State In
door Games.
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Oregon struggles at tournament
Krittrakl
February 1,2000
Volume 101, Issue 87
After one
round at the
Ping
Tournament,
Oregon’s
individual
play is not
enough to
rank the
Ducks
among the
tournament
leaders
r
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
The first day of play at the
Ping Arizona Intercollegiate
Tournament yielded disap
pointing results Monday for
the men’s golf team.
The Ducks finished in the
middle of the field in Tuc
son after the first 18-hole
round. Host Arizona fin
ished the day in first place,
only a single stroke ahead of
USC. The second round,
scheduled for Monday, was
cut short due to darkness
but will resume today.
Head Coach Steve Nosier
attributed his team’s play to
lack of mental toughness.
“We need to think posi
tive thoughts,” Nosier said.
“A high percentage of suc
cess we’re going to have is in
the mental part of the game.”
A few positive outcomes
of the day came from two
Ducks, who showed the re
siliency the team needed.
Senior Ryan Lavoie shot a 4
under par 67 to finish third
overall after the first 18
holes. Senior Andrew Tred
way, co-captain of the team
along with Lavoie, finished
in the top 20. Although no
official scores are in for the
second round, sophomore
Aaron Byers played well,
according to Nosier.
But the tournament is still
a team effort. Four scores
from each team count to
wards the total team score.
Nosier said his team’s play
had nothing to do with the
stiff competition they faced.
“If we aren’t doing things
to our own ability, there is
something we can work
on,” Nosier said.
California has been the
surprise at the Ping so far.
Unranked going in, the
Golden Bears ended the day
in third place, only five
strokes behind USC. Stan
ford, New Mexico and Col
orado are all tied for fourth,
one stroke behind Cal.
Women, men searching for ranking respect
Jeffrey Stockton Emerald
Recovering from post-concussion syndrome, junior forward Lindsey Dion is back practicing with
the Ducks.
■ Pac-10 parity
weakens the conference
in the Ratings
Percentage Index
Women’s Notes
By Mirjam Swanson
Oregon Daily Emerald
Obviously, the Oregon
* women’s basketball team
{14-4 overall, 5-2 Pacific-10
Conference) is looking for a
win against No. 19 Arizona
on Thursday.
Really though, it’s a
shame that it has to come
against the Wildcats (16-3,
5-2).
You see, these days the
Pac-10 is a rough, relatively
even-matched conference.
And while parity makes
things exciting, it also
makes earning national re
spect more difficult.
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ii The
more we
beat up on
each other,
the harder
it is.
Jody
Runge
head
coach
Two wins
over ranked
opponents
last week
doesn’t give
the Ducks
the national
respect they
believe they
deserve
Men's Notes
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon (15-3, 6-1 Pacific-10
Conference) made a statement
last weekend with tw'o big
wins at home against then-No.
23 Southern California and
then-No. 20 UCLA. With victo
ries over two formidable oppo
nents, the Ducks put them
selves in a position to place in
the top 25 in both the Associat
ed Press and USA Today
Coaches’ Poll.
Oregon — currently in a four
way tie for first in the Pac-10 —
barely slipped into the AP Poll
at No. 23 and was virtually ig
nored in the coaches’ poll.
Apparently, the coaches
around the nation have little re
spect for the Ducks, ranking
Oregon 32nd.
Head coach Ernie Kent said
he believes his team is worthy
of better recognition.
“If someone looks at us and
they don’t think we’re worthy
of it, than we need to go out
and show them a little bit
more,” Kent said. “These guys
have worked hard enough and
played good enough basketball
to deserve that national rank
ing.”
When asked if he felt the
Ducks are getting the respect
they deserve, forward Bryan
Bracey just shrugged his shoul
ders.
“Not yet. We weren’t in the
USA Today poll, and I think
we’re supposed to be up in
there,” said Bracey, who is com
ing off a 18-point, seven-re
bound performance against
UCLA. “In the AP we’re 23rd,
but I definitely think we should
be higher than that. I guess we
just have to keep proving our
selves.”
Point guard Darius Wright
said he thinks the Ducks’ losses
to Hawaii and Cal-State North
ridge might weigh down Ore
gon’s cause with the voters.
“I think we should be higher,
but we had some games that
shouldn’t have gotten away
from us in the preseason that
probably are hurting us now,”
Wright said. “We’re going to
keep playing through. If we
don’t get ranked, we don’t get
ranked. But we know we’re one
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