Kevin Calame Emerald
A first-team all-Pac-10 selection, Angelina Wolvert was one of the Ducks’ most consistent players all season, shooting 58 per
cent from the floor. The senior-to-be had a career-high five blocks in Oregon’s first-round loss to Alabama Birmingham.
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Craighead (10), Ndidi Unaka (52), both juniors-to-be, and Kourtney Shreve, who
will be a sophomore, represent some of the Ducks’ up-and-coming talent.
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nity slip away. Any time we get to
the Tournament, that’s an oppor
tunity to go to the Final Four.”
But you did sweep UCLA —
with whom you shared the title
last season — and in so doing as
sured everyone which of those
two teams is better.
And you did pull out the sec
ond-largest comeback in school
history in a 22-point second-half
comeback at Arizona — and on
the Wildcats senior night.
A lot of good things happened.
“The season? A little disap
pointing really,” said guard Jamie
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Craighead, a junior-to-be. “I love
the fact that we won the Pac-10
outright, but, for me, we’ve been
there, done that Pac-10-champi
onship thing.
“If this team doesn’t make it
past at least the Sweet 16 next
year, that’s gonna be a lot of wasted
talent.”
Indeed, the term “sense of ur
gency” might have been coined for
the 2000-2001 Ducks, who only
lose senior Nicole Strange to grad
uation.
“We’re gonna have five seniors
that really want to win it next
year,” said senior-to-be Angelina
Wolvert immediately following
Oregon’s season-ending upset
loss. “I’m sure were going to do
everything we can to make sure
that happens.”
That means becoming consis
tent, head coach Jody Runge said.
“Our consistency has to im
prove,” Runge said. “We have to
have individual players who are
dependable to do certain things
every game. They’re of an age
group now that they should be tak
ing responsibility for those things,
you can expect a lot more out of
them.”
Point guard Williams certainly
does.
“That’s gotta be the biggest dif
ference next year,” she said. “If we
can get consistency from people, I
don’t care if every other game
somebody different steps up off
the bench [which happened nu
merous times this season]. What’s
important to me is that the same
people show up every game.
“If anything we should have
consistency because they’ve been
there and they’ve done that, you’d
expect some inconsistency from
freshmen and sophomores — but
not from a senior.”
Oregon will likely be tested ear
ly next season. The non confer
ence schedule is expected to in
clude match ups with Texas Tech,
Texas, North Carolina and North
Carolina State — four of the na
tion’s premiere programs.
“It’s gonna be great for us,”
Williams said. “Because our team,
for some reason, plays to the level
of our competition. So if we’re
playing good people, hopefully
that’s gonna keep our level high.”
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And there will be rematches
with Santa Barbara and San Fran
cisco, who beat the Ducks on the
road this season. Next season,
however, they’ll play at the Pit.
“That’ll be fun,” Craighead not
ed, with a slight chuckle.
One newcomer will join the
Ducks in their pursuit of a third
conference crown and, more im
portantly, at least a Sweet 16 ap
pearance. Freshman-to-be
Catharine Kraaveyeld, a 6-foot-3
small forward, will arrive forward
from Kirkland, Wash.
“Catharine is a very good play
er,” Runge said. “She can face the
basket, handle the ball and will be
able to defend on the perimeter
with her height.”
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Lindsey Dion’s injuries limited — but didn’t quash — her defensive contributions.