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Basketball
continued from page 7
victories over Southern Oregon and
Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The
Vikings took Texas Pan American
to overtime on the road, but lost 81
75. Portland finished last season
sixth of eight teams in the West
Coast Conference with a 10-18
record.
Oregon defeated Portland 74-62
at Mac Court last season.
“This is a big game on their sched
ule,” Kent said. “We know that, and
that’s why it’s a good game for us.
They’re going to be up, which is go
ing to require us to be up. ”
Since playing Athletes in Ac
tion, Oregon has defeated Missis
sippi Valley State, Denver and
Portland State by a combined 52
points in its three regular-season
matchups.
But Kent feels his team is too in
consistent, and gave the Ducks a
“C+” as a three-game grade.
“Can we be perfect? No,” Kent
said. “But we can certainly be
somewhere between 90 and 100
percent of our capability, and we’re
not there yet.”
The Ducks played tough de
fense Saturday night against Port
land State, and with 30 minutes
played, the Vikings had only 25
points. But then the Ducks let
Portland State score 37 points in
the final 10 minutes in a defensive
melt-down.
Tonight’s game, Bracev said, will
give the Ducks a chance to show
some consistency.
“We’re excited to come out here
and try to do everything right — of
fensively and defensively,” Bracey
said. “We want to showcase before
we go to Portland.”
Kent, despite the average grade
he gave his team, was optimistic
about the Ducks’ positive traits.
The coach said Oregon is shooting
well, and had gotten good play
from the bench.
“It’s just the experience we need
to gain,” Kent said.
The team's freshmen played well
Saturday, Kent said, but are “still
coming.” Oregon’s four freshmen
— Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson,
James Davis and Jay Anderson —
combined for 39 points Saturday
night.
“All four stepped up,” senior
guard Freddie Jones said. “We
expect them to do that.”
Can we be perfect?
No. But we can certainly
be somewhere between 90
and 100 percent of our
capability; and we're not
there yet
Ernie Kent
Oregon men’s
basketball coach
Jones and his teammates
expected the high-profile recruiting
class to make an immediate impact,
but also realize that they are, after
all, only freshmen.
The Ducks — freshmen included
— will go for their fourth-straight
win tonight on Mac Court. If
Oregon gets the victory, it will be
the Ducks’ first 4-0 start under
Kent.
Crosscountry
continued from page 7
bid and advanced to its fourth
straight national meet in Ames,
Iowa.
The season finished on a low
note for the Ducks, who were
greeted with a nasty, minus 15-de
gree wind chill and 21-mile-per
hour winds. Already hampered by
sickness, Oregon responded poor
ly to the conditions and finished a
disappointing 28 out of 31 teams.
The future is uncertain for
Heinonen and his team. With
Smedstad, Katie Crabb and Rhian
non Glenn all graduating, the re
turning runners will have expecta
tions to step up their level of
running without help from the
team’s three best runners.
Two sophomores with signifi
cant varsity and NCAA experience
are Eri MacDonald and Erinn Gul
brandsen. Freshman Laura Har
mon competed in every meet for
the Ducks this season. Waiting in
the wings are sophomores Carrie
Zografos, Annie Davis and fresh
man Annette Mosey.
The future is much brighter for
the Oregon men. Despite failing to
qualify for the NCAA meet, the
men had a successful season, earn
ing a No. 10 ranking at the high
water mark.
The Ducks, led by All-American
lason Hartmann and senior
Michael Kasahun, finished well all
season, placing second at the Pa
cific-10 Conference Champi
onships and eighth at the Iowa
State Memorial Classic.
Unfortunately, the Ducks stum
bled at the Western Regional meet,
finishing fourth. That finish would
normally have been good enough
for an NCAA bid, but instead the
selection committee picked 12 oth
er teams that Oregon defeated dur
ing the regular season for the na
tional meet instead the Ducks.
“I'm not pleased that we weren't
[at the NCAA’s],” Head coach Mar
tin Smith said. “The goal of any
program is to be at the national
championship, but we'll build off
what we accomplished this year
and move forward.”
Hartmann, a sophomore and re
turning All-American, and
Kasahun both qualified to the
NCAA meets as individuals. Hart
mann placed 35th, while Kasahun
was 65th.
“This year, our team was unique
and the highlight was our second
place Pac-10 finish,” Smith said.
“Every competition, we ran steady
and improved throughout the sea
son, and there are things to be
proud of.”
With five of the top-seven run
ners returning for Oregon, the best
is yet to come. Not only has Smith
landed a top recruit in South Eu
gene High School’s Erik Heinonen
— Son of Oregon women’s coach
Tom Heinonen — but he will have
five other freshmen returning as
true freshmen next season.
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