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Senior Fio Hartenstein and his Oregon teammates had their NCAA Tournament dreams crushed by Seton Hall in the first round.
Men’s loss
continued from page 9A
ble. As the Oregon bench stood
waiting to celebrate the Ducks’
first NCAA Tournament victory
since I960, he drove on Oregon
seniors Alex Scales and A.D.
Smith and let the ball roll off of the
fingers on his right hand.
It seemed to glide in slow mo
tion as it floated through the air,
bounced off the top of the glass
and sank through the net.
With that, Oregon’s (22-8)
dream sank as well.
And Seton Hall’s (21-9) season
continued all the way to the Sweet
16, while the Ducks parted ways
to enjoy a lengthy spring break.
“I don’t think it was one of our
better games,” Oregon head coach
Ernie Kent said. “I really felt like
we were going to win the game, in
regulation and in overtime.”
And boy, the Ducks did have
their chances to win in front of the
sold-out crowd of 18,920.
Oregon was down 62-60 after
the Pirates’ Darius Lane drilled
three of his 14 points with 1:36 left
in regulation.
The Ducks then gave the ball to
junior forward Bryan Bracey
down in the post. Bracey created
and hit a spinning bank to tie it up.
Oregon went right back to Bracey
with 12.7 ticks left. Bracey was
fouled and sank two free throws to
give his team the two-point advan
tage, and possibly the win.
But Holloway dished to his
teammate — senior Rimas Kauke
nas — who proceeded to bank
home a layin to force overtime.
“I don’t know what [Oregon] was
thinking,” Kaukenas said. “I’m just
happy to make the layup. ”
Even when the whole season
came down to five precious min
utes, the Ducks still believed they’d
win. After all, they’d been in do-or
die situations many times.
Except that this time, the last
second defensive collapse against
Holloway meant that there would
be no tomorrow.
Sure, there will be other college
basketball games for Kent, Bracey
and Jones.
But for Oregon’s three seniors,
the loss marked the end of three
terrific collegiate careers.
“It’s difficult to realize the finali
ty of this right now,” said a somber
Smith in front of the visibly dis
traught Oregon locker room. “It’s
disappointing to go out like this. I
think Seton Hall did a great job at
containing our transition game.”
Indeed. Oregon was often
forced to play the half-court game.
Scales could never get into his
open court rhythm. He closed out
his Duck career with 16 points, but
went just six of 16.
A lasting memory will be Smith’s
face when Darius Wright’s half
court heave fell woefully short.
Smith, who sat on the bench for
most of the conclusion, stood still.
Then in disbelief, he lowered his
mask-covered face for a moment
before looking back up slowly to
see Seton Hall players celebrating.
Afterwards, Kent’s reasoning for
Smith’s unusual late-game bench
ing was the hot hand of Bracey.
“ A.D. did a good job of getting us
off to a good start ,” said Kent of
Smith who scored 15 of his team
high 17 points in the first half. “But
there was a point where he was
kind of neutralized by their athleti
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cism. You shouldn’t wonder when
you look at Bracey’s numbers.
Bryan was in a good rhythm and we
wanted to ride that rhythm. ”
Bracey scored all 10 of his
points in the second half, but in
the opening half it was Smith who
kept the Ducks in it.
Seton Hall jumped out to a
quick 12-4 lead, which was ex
tended to 20-12 at the 12:30 mark.
But behind Smith’s crafty play
the Ducks went on a 23-16 run to
close it to 36-35 at the half.
Oregon appeared to keep con
trol in the second half, as Scales
connected on a three-pointer to
give the Ducks their first lead, 38
36, with 19:14 to play.
But in the ensuing 12 minutes
the Pirates stormed to a ten-point
lead thanks to a 21-9 run, capped
by a Kaukenas jumper.
Then, as the Ducks were one or
two more Seton Hall buckets away
from having a fork stuck in them,
came the Anthony Norwood show.
The sophomore guard almost
single-handedly kept his team in it.
He began a 9-0 Duck run with
back-to-back driving layups, and
capped the run by banging home
three of his nine points.
“It felt good, but I just wish I
could have done more for our sen
iors,” Norwood said. “Being here
just makes me want to come back
next year even more. ”
The future does seem to be in
good hands with Kent and his re
turning players, but afterwards it
was tough for the coach not to
wonder “What if... ”
“I just thought this win would
reenergize us in terms of the next
game,” Kent said. “It would give
us more confidence.”
Kent can’t go back in time and
change the outcome of the game.
He knows his team participated
“in a great game for the fans to see”
but he nonetheless wishes things
would have gone differently.
Holloway, however, couldn’t
have written a better ending to his
first NCAA Tournament game.
“Growing up as a little kid you
watch the NCAA Tournament and
see people doing stuff like that, and
you think that one day I want to be a
part of that,” Holloway said. “It’s
just a great ending to a great story. ”
And a heartbreaking one for
Oregon, which closed the book on
a season that included some truly
incredible chapters.