Scoreboard
Women’s Pac-10
standings
1. Oregon 13-4
2. (tie) Arizona 12-5
Stanford 12-5
4. UCLA 11-6
5. Oregon State 10-7
6. USC 9-8
7. Arizona State 7-10
8. California 6-11
9. Washington 4-13
10. Washington State 1-16
Women’s scores
Southern California 88,
Washington 76 (OT)
UCLA 95,
Washington State 86
Arizona 79, Stanford 72
California 60,
Arizona State 55 (OT)
South Alabama 51,(3)
Louisiana Tech 95
George Mason 61,(14)
Old Dominion 66
Texas 68, (6) Texas Tech 50
Nebraska 48, (10)
Iowa St. 85
Men’s Pac-10
standings
1. Stanford 14-2
2. Arizona 13-3
3. Oregon 12-5
4. Arizona State 9-7
5. UCLA 8-8
6. California 7-9
7. Southern California 7-9
8. Washington 5-11
9. Oregon State 5-12
10. Washington State 1-15
Men’s scores
California 76,
Arizona State 65
Southern California 90,
Washington 71
Arizona 65, Stanford 61
UCLA 65,
Washington State 56
St. Louis 68,(1)
Cincinnati 58
Clemson 63, (3) Duke 94
Virginia Tech 52, (6)
Temple 71
Georgetown 76, (12)
Syracuse 72
Rice 51, (14) Tulsa 71
Vi I la nova 70, (19)
St. John’s (NY) 75
Seton Hall 64, (21)
Connecticut 79
Notre Dame 58, (23)
Miami (FL) 89
Kansas St. 60, (24)
Kansas84
Best Bet
NCAA Women’s Hoops
Beavers vs. Ducks
7 p.m.
Oregon Sports Network
Sport!
Friday
March 10,2000
Volume 101, Issue 115
Emerald
The Ducks want it all
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Brianne Meharry and Oregon’s post players expect a physical game from the Beavers.
■ The Oregon women’s
basketball team could
claim its first all-out Pac-10
conference title ever
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Expect the noise level to reach
new heights—before tipoff.
Because when the band kicks up
“Mighty Oregon,” the crowd jumps
to its feet and the Oregon women
charge forth from the tunnel, the
announcer won’t just say “here
come the Ducks.”
He’ll say: “Here come your Pac
10 champions!!!”
Oregon has already clinched its
second-straight Pacific-10 Confer
ence title, courtesy of Reshae Bris
tol and the Arizona Wildcats’ win
at Stanford Thursday night.
The No. 24 Ducks play Oregon
State today at McArthur Court at
7:05 p.m.. Should the Beavers upset
Oregon, the Ducks still win the title,
but they will finish tied with Ari
zona and Stanford for the honor.
Should Oregon win...
Insanity. Pandemonium. Chaos.
And complete, utter, all-out, no
holds-barred celebration because
the Ducks will have won the first
conference championship in
school history.
According to Oregon athletic di
rector Bill Moos, sole possession of
the Pac-10 title would dramatically
increase the Ducks chances of host
ing the first two games of the
NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA selection committee
said “the Pac-10 champion de
serves to have a home court game,”
Moos said. “They’d like to see two
West Coast sites, and possibly the
fact that the West Regionals are in
Portland [helps] as well. So we
Turn to Women, pagelOA
On Tap
What:
Women’s
basketball
Who:
Oregon State
vs.Oregon
When:
7:05 p.m.
Where:
Mac Court
Oregon plans to win for its seniors
On Tap
What:
Men’s basketball
Who:
Oregon State vs.
Oregon
When: 7:05 p.m.
Where: Mac Court
■ Oregon looks to end its
regular season with four
straight wins and to send
seniors off on high note
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the Big Dance looming
in less than a week, it might
seem at first glance that the Ore
gon men’s basketball team
would look past its regular sea
son finale.
But au contraire.
It’s Civil Wartime.
And regardless of the win-loss
records of either teams, you bet
ter believe it’s going to be a battle.
Adding to the in-state hype,
when the Ducks (21-7 overall,
12-5 Pacific-10 Conference)
host the Oregon State Beavers
(13-15,5-12) on Saturday at 7:05
p.m., the event marks the last
ever home game for three very
special seniors.
Oregon head coach Ernie
Kent will indeed lead his alma
mater to only its second NCAA
Tournament berth since 1961,
but he is well aware that he
owes a lot to seniors A.D. Smith,
Alex Scales and Darius Wright.
“I think every program needs
to have good senior leadership,
and that’s one of the things
we've started to develop from
day one,” Kent said. “These
three seniors have certainly
raised the bar of accountability.
They allowed themselves to
sacrifice and become great lead
ers and players.”
Smith, Scales and Wright
have played large roles in all as
pects of the game. On the court,
the three account for 54 percent
of the team’s scoring and 37 per
cent of the rebounding. Off the
court, they’re all valuable con
tributors to the “family feeling”
that Kent is so proud of.
“I feel fortunate, and very
lucky, that I’ve had the opportu
nity to coach a group of guys like
this,” Kent said. “I think that, just
as important as the Civil War, is
to finish off the year right for
those three guys. This team is go
ing to play really hard for them. ”
One player who will maJce
sure that his seniors don’t lose
Turn to Civil War, page 8A
Emerald
Senior Alex Scales looks to ran past the Beavers once again in the
final home appearance of his sensational two-year Duck career.