Oregon wants to be ‘greedy’
■Oregon’s Pac-10 schedule
revs up with important games
against California and Stanford
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
Don’t blame Oregon head coach
Bev Smith if she has mixed emo
tions when the Ducks travel to the
Bay Area for tonight’s game at Cal
ifornia.
For one, the first-year coach
will take her squad to Haas Pavil
ion for a 7 p.m. contest against the
Golden Bears, a team searching
for its first Pacific-10 Conference
victory. Secondly, No. 5 Stanford
looms large, with the Ducks head
ing to the South Bay on Sunday
for a game against the confer
ence’s top team.
Who could blame Oregon (9-6
overall, 4-2 Pac-10) if they looked
ahead to the Cardinal?
Cal hasn’t won in conference
play and has defeated the Ducks
only once since 1993. Stanford, on
the other hand, is simply Stanford
— its tradition speaks for itself.
But the Ducks can’t afford to look
ahead to the red and white. The
Berkeley blue and gold is all that
matters right now.
“Every game in the Pac-10 is
huge,” senior Edniesha Curry said.
“There are a lot of good teams, and
we can’t overlook anybody. We just
have to find a way to win.”
To an outsider, the Bears (5-8, 0
4) don’t seem to represent much
of a challenge for Oregon. After
all, they return
only one starter —
senior Ami Forney
— from last sea
son’s squad, which
finished 12-16.
But anything can
happen when a
team is hungry for
its first win. It will take a total team
effort for the Golden Bears to remain
competitive.
“Our goal is that we need to be
able to defend teams the last five
minutes of the game,” California
head coach Caren Horstmeyer said.
“Our mental toughness needs to be
at a level that’s tougher than any
team that comes to play us in the
last five minutes.”
Cal’s record is deceiving, with
five of their eight losses coming
within six points. However, their
soft non-conference opponent
schedule is nowhere near the tal
ent level of the Pac-10, and their
59-56 loss to Bucknell last week
gave them eight losses in their last
nine games.
The one edge Cal may have is
that Oregon has been inconsistent
away from McArthur Court. They
are 2-3 on the road, with their
only wins coming against second
tier teams Kansas and UCLA. In
their three losses, they have been
outscored by an average of nine
points.
“On the road, you’re always
looking for the split,” Oregon assis
tant coach Dan Muscatell said.
“And the best way to do that is to
beat Cal this week.”
After their tune-up against Cali
fornia, the Ducks head straight into
the lion’s den.
Stanford (14-1, 4-0), ranked fifth
in the nation in the Associated
Press Top 25 poll and sixth in the
ESPN/USA Today poll, awaits
Oregon at Maples Pavilion, with
the game televised on Fox Sports
Netut 1 p.m.
The Ducks are only one game
back of Stanford for first place in
the Pacific-10 Conference.
Oregon is reeling after taking a
split last weekend at Mac Court.
Oregon controlled the game in a
19-point win over Arizona, but
saw Arizona State come in two
days later and dominate, winning
86-72.
: “ASU was a good wake-up call,”
Smith said. “They had a mission,
and we didn’t respond. They came
at us with all pistons firing.
“We just need to be greedy defen
sively.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager at
tiankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Jude
continued from page 9A
Redshirt sophomore Jason Fife
served as a backup all season and
seems destined to replace the great
one, Joey Harrington (who is ru
mored to be one of the top picks in
April’s NFL draft). But Bellotti said
Kellen Clemens, a super prep from
Bums, Ore., who redshirted this sea
son, will compete for the starting job.
Besides Harrington, the Ducks
won’t suffer a huge drop-off offensive
ly next year. Returning are tailback
Onterrio Smith, who is coming off a
1,000-yard season, three dependable
receivers, tight end George Wrighster
and three offensive lineman.
“Winning a bowl game in the
offseason motivates the younger
guys to get better,” senior tight end
Justin Peelle said. “There’s going
to be a lot of pressure and a lot of
doubt in a lot of people’s minds be
cause of who’s leaving, but I think
they’ll be ready to play and win
the Pac-10 title again next year. ’ ’
Defense was the biggest question
mark heading into the 2001 cam
paign. Holding Colorado to 49
rushing yards in the Fiesta Bowl
erased any of those doubts.
Oregon will return five starters
defensively next year — including
linebackers Kevin Mitchell and
David Moretti. The defensive line
loses both tackles, but freshman
defensive tackle Igor Olshansky,
the only Duck to be named to the
all-bowl team by Sports Illustrat
ed, has shown great potential this
season in limited action.
The Ducks, however, lose two of
their defensive spark-plugs in cor
nerbacks Rashad Bauman and Steve
Smith. The duo combined for 10 in
terceptions in 2001, leaving the
Ducks with big shoes to fill in 2002.
“They have a good core coming
back next year,” Bauman said. “I’m
sure coach Bellotti will have them
ready. We’re definitely looking for
ward to good things from the Uni
versity of Oregon next year.”
A three-peat is not out of the ques
tion, but it won’t be easy. In fact, the
Ducks could be rated the fourth-best
of the four teams in the Pacific North
west. Washington comes off an 8-4
season returning several key players,
including receiver Reggie Williams.
Washington State won 10 games and
returns quarterback Jason Gesser.
Oregon State has a lot of young talent
and could be dangerous.
So is an unprecedented third
straight conference crown feasible?
“I certainly hope so,” Bellotti
said. “It’s hard to tell right now.
When you lose Joey Harrington,
Maurice Morris and Justin Peelle,
you’re losing a lot of quality, a lot of
talent and a lot of leadership. Those
things don’t just walk in the door.”
Neither do victories.
Oregon will have to work just as
hard, if not harder, to maintain its
dominance. In essence, next sea
son has already begun.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at
adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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