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.
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