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Thursday Best Bet NCAA Men’s Basketball: Stanford at Oregon 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net SPORTS EDITOR: JEFF SMITH Smittside@aol.com Bellotti pleased with his recruiting class Oregon fills its holes with a defensive dominated 2001 recruiting group Blip11'1 mm By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald The recruiting process can be long, tedious and nerve-wracking, to say the least. There’s the constant phone calls, plane trips and ever so im portant waiting games that col lege football coaches must endure before landing prized recruits. That’s not even to mention the numerous Web sites dedicated solely to the fates of innocent teenagers. So it was understandable to hear Oregon head coach Mike Bel lotti say that he felt a “tremendous sense of relief” in an nouncing the signing of 23 football players Wednes day, the first day that high school and junior college recruits could sign letters of intent to colleges. “I am as pleased as I have been with a recruiting class in terms of our needs,” Bellotti said at a press conference at the Casanova Cen ter. “I really feel that our class will stand up with any in the Pac-10. These young men wanted to be here.” pdhki Of the 23 players signed, 12 are defensive players, five play offense iLBr and five have the ability to play on both sides of the ball. There is also one punter in Jose Arroyo, who trans ferred from Pasadena City College. This 2001 class, which includes five junior college players, was i ranked 30th in the nation by the Rivals.com football recruiting rankings. “It is one that has a great em phasis on defense,” Bellotti said. “I really feel like we targeted the defensive line and did a great job of finding men in that area that can come in and help us immedi ately and in the years to come.” The main catch on defense was junior college transfer Junior Siavii, who attended Butte College Turn to Football, page 10A BELLOTTI Laura Smit Emerald Oregon senior forward Angelina Wolvert battles for a rebound in Oregon’s 72-54 victory over Stanford at McArthur Court. Wolvert scored nine points and grabbed three boards against the Cardinal Jan. 13. Women aim for first road win at Stanford since ‘87 In a must-win game, Oregon’s confidence runs high despite losing four of five By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald It’s a 14-year streak that is at the forefront of the rivalry be tween long-time powerhouse Stanford and the recent success story of the Oregon women’s bas ketball team. In their last two seasons as Pa cific-10 Conference champions, the Ducks have not won at Maples Pavilion. Head coach Jody Runge, who has an impres sive 95-41 career conference record, is a mere 2-12 against Stanford and has never beaten Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer on her home court. In fact, the Ducks have only mustered one victory at Maples in the history of Pac-10 women’s hoops — and that was in the inaugural year of the league, 1987.' , , Now is the time the Ducks (12 7 overall, 5-4 Pac-10) — losers of four of their last five — say they must win at dreaded Maples Pavilion tonight to have a shot at a Stanford-like three-peat. And they’re confident that it will happen. “What’s important this year is that we know that we’re a better team [than Stanford],” junior guard Jamie Craighead said. “It’s intimidating to play at Maples — it’s really loud, the court is differ ent. But I think we know we can go down there and beat them.” “I feel pretty optimistic,” sen ior forward Angelina Wolvert said. “This year has been a lot of firsts for us; we’d never lost to WSU, never lost to ASU. Maybe this will be the first year that we • • «Turn to Women’s, page 9A . . . . Adam Amato Emerald Oregon senior Bryan Bracey told head coach Ernie Kent that he didn’t want to end his career without beat ing Stanford. The Ducks have already lost to the Cardinal earlier this season, so there’s one more chance. UO eager to make up for its loss with strong week ■The Oregon men host No. 2 Stanford and California in crucial home games to start the second half of conference play By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald Is it possible to lose by 27 points to one of the worst teams in the Pacific-10 Conference, and then turn around and beat the No. 2 team in the nation? The Oregon men’s basketball team will find out at 7:30 p.m. tonight when it faces second ranked Stanford at McArthur Court. The Ducks will try to erase the memory of a 99-72 defeat to Ari zona State last Sunday, and per haps regain some of the magic they showed against then-No. 7 Arizona in a 12 point Oregon win last Thursday. “If we can duplicate our effort against Arizona, I think we can play with any team in the coun try,” Oregon head coach Ernie Kent said. “We can’t worry about the Arizona State loss, because we’ve got a tough, tough basket ball team coming in here.”“We can’t sit and pout about that loss for days,” junior center Chris Christoffersen. “We lost the game, there’s nothing we can do about it now except play with more energy.” Stanford may be on the prowl after a disappointing loss to UCLA last Saturday. The 79-73 setback was the Cardinal’s first loss this season. Kent said the Ducks will try to Turn to Men’s, page 12A On Tap xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx SOURCE: OUS1999 budget
