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UW in a hole facing ominous WSU ■ Washington hopes momentum has shifted as intrastate rivalry game with Cougars approaches Pac-10 Notes By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Maybe point guard Senque Carey shifted the momentum for the Washington Huskies. Maybe Carey’s sweet-looking “long-range shot that hit nothing but net” with less than a second left to beat California 54-52 — which ended a six-game losing streak — can turn around his team’s season. A season that thus far, has been anything but sweet. But as the Huskies (7-13 over all, 2-6 Pacific-10 Conference) prepare for the Apple Cup “show down” against the 0-8 Washing ton State Cougars on Saturday, head coach Bob Bender knows that it’s going to take a whole lot more than one three-pointer to get this ship turned around. “Record-wise, we’re in a siz able hole,” Bender said. “We’ve been through, in one season, about all the emotion we’ve been through in six years. Now, com ing off a win, maybe we can finish strong.” Bender is not lying when he speaks about an emotional roller coaster. His Huskies opened league play by beating UCLA, 63 62, but then followed that with six straight losses, including over time defeats to co-Pac-10 leaders Southern California and Oregon. Onto the Apple Cup they go. Bruins in Rush to get on top Three days after falling to Ore gon — and further back from the league leaders — UCLA is at tempting to reinstate its suspend ed sophomore guard JaRon Rush. Rush, who was the Bruins’ third leading scorer a year ago when he started 22 of 28 games, has not played since UCLA’s 100 39 dismantling of Morgan State on Dec. 1. He was suspended by the school on Dec. 10 for an NCAA violation in which he admitted that he was friends with a sports agent and accepted $200 from him during the 1998-99 academ ic season. On Tuesday, UCLA Athletic Director Peter Dalis announced that the school would appeal one of the two penalties to the NCAA Subcommittee on Student-Ath lete Reinstatement. The Bruins will not appeal the first penalty, which required Rush to repay the $200 in addi tion to suspending him for half of the regular season. But the second penalty will be contested. That makes sense, be cause in that case, Rush is sus pended for the rest of the season and for the first 17 games of next season. On top of that, he would have to repay $6,125 for the value of gifts that he reportedly received from an unidentified AAU coach when he was still deciding on at tending UCLA. Dalis, for one, said he is going to do everything he can to help get Rush back on the court. “Given the facts of the case as we know them, we will appeal the second penalty on JaRon’s behalf,” he said. Emerald Archives Since he was suspended by the NCAA in December, the only defense that UCLA for ward JaRon Rush has played has been on his own behalf. ESPN predicts NCAA Tourney... Don’t look now folks, but Selec tion Sunday is currently 42 days away. But ESPN.com people jumped ship and predicted its own 64-team tournament. And the Pac-10 schools were well-represented with five — count 'em, five — teams among the group. They predict Stanford will be the No. 1 seed in the West Region; Arizona the No. 2 seed in the East; UCLA the No. 7 seed in the Midwest; and USC to be the No. 9 seed in the East. As for Oregon? They predict the Ducks to be the No. 5 seed in the South region paired against Saint Louis. The first-round match up would take place on March 17, in Nashville, Tenn. You never know. Pac-10 race dependent on Cardinal rule ■ All of Pac-10 could benefit from some Maples Magic as UCLA travels to Stanford Thursday with first place at stake Pac-10 Notes By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald The magic of Maples Pavilion was evident when Stanford came back from a 26-point deficit to beat Oregon, 78-62 on Jan. 15. Although the Maples mystique was obvious long before the season began. The Cardinal is 266-68 on its home floor, and a remarkable 178-9 between 1987 and 1999. Now, with three teams tied for second place, the Ducks are hop ing that the winning tradition at Maples carries on — against UCLA on Thursday. For the time being, the Bruins have sole possesion of first place in the conference with a 6-1 record, followed by Stanford, Oregon and Arizona in a tie for second. If Stan ford can beat No. 15 UCLA and re main undefeated at home in the Pac-10, then the Cardinal will also take a share of first place. And considering Stanford’s performance against ranked teams this season, those propects look good. “Maybe it’s the motivation,” Stanford head coach Tara Van Derveer said. “I can’t explain it, but we get fired up against Ten nessee, or Iowa State, or if Oregon is coming in here or Arizona, and we’ve done really well. Maybe it’s not feeling the pressure — maybe that’s a good thing for this team.” If UCLA, Stanford and Oregon are the teams tied for first come Saturday, that means the Wild cats will be 4-4 in conference play, and will be more or less out of the title race. The Cardinal is doing every thing it can to gain advantage against the Bruins, including the online sales of a ticket package that includes a pre-game dinner and a post-game event. Also, the first 500 fans receive free Pac-10 t-shirts. Superstar Opponents know how intimi dating VanDerveer can be when she’s pacing the sideline, barking commands. Her coaching ability is no mys tery. But before she and her team headed across the bay to face Cali fornia two weeks ago, VanDerveer was in Los Angeles, trying out a different talent: acting. The head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team will appear in a Nike commercial with WNBA superstar Chamique Holdsclaw and colleagues Bill Fennelly from Iowa State and Rutgers’ Vivian Stringer. Reportedly, the commercial takes place in a hardware store, with Holdsclaw working the checkout counter. VanDerveer initialy had no speaking parts, but the director ordered some lines be written for her after the first cou ple takes. Lacking Lackey If one word could summarize the recent offensive effort of Ari zona’s Angela Lackey, that word would definitly not be consistent. After a home-court loss to UCLA two weeks ago, Wildcat head coach Joan Bonvicini challenged her starting forward by giving freshman forward Krista Warren her place in the starting lineup. Bonvicini’s message seemed to get through. In the ensuing 67-52 win over Southern California, Warren scored a season-high 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, plus four rebounds in 21 minutes. However, it was Lackey who stole the show, collecting 23 points, three rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes. But Lackey’s offense deserted her again when Arizona played Arizona State at home Sunday. She hit a dismal lof 5 from the floor in 24 minutes, although the Wildcats won 60-58. Kaplan Classes starting soon February 14th February 15th April 2nd April 9th 1 -800-KAP-TEST vtrMow.kaplan.com op Girls Caryl Churchill Robinson Theatre Jan. 28,29 Feb. 3,4,5 11,12 8pm, Feb.6 2pm Peb. 6 Matinee for the Communitv Alliance of Lane Co Call 483-1755 for ticket information. 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