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Men’s
continued from page 9
time to rest with only the one game
on Saturday. But this week was dif
ferent with Oregon celebrating the
75th anniversary of Mac Court in its
71-48 victory Tuesday over
Willamette, a Division III school
from Salem. •>
“I would have liked to have tak
en a couple of days off, but we
wanted to play this game,” Kent
said. “I didn’t think it was right to
pass up on this opportunity to play
Willamette.”
And even though the Ducks
weren’t pleased with their effort
against the Bearcats, they did ap
preciate the reason for the game
and being in the presence of all the
former players who are a part of the
Oregon basketball family.
“It’s good for the former Ducks to
see us play and see us carry on the
tradition,” point guard Luke Rid
nour said. “Now we’re excited to
get back into the Pac-10.”
Polls and “Bracketology”
For the first time since Feb. 13,
1995, the Fac-10 has five repre
sentatives in the Associated Press
top-25 poll.
The No. 23 Ducks cracked the
rankings for the first time this sea
son after their sweep at home over
the Bay Area schools.
UCLA leads the league at No. 9,
Arizona is No. 15, USC is No. 18
and Stanford dropped to No. 19
after its loss in Eugene. The Bru
ins reached the top-10 after upset
ting then-top-ranked Kansas, 87
77, on Saturday.
“UCLA’s win over Kansas is a
great win for our league,” Arizona
head coach Lute Olson said. “The
Pac-10 is ranked right now one or
two in the pation in terms of
strength of conference. That
helps. Maybe it will make a differ
ence for selection of the NCAA
Tournament.”
Speaking of March Madness,
ESPN.com is wasting no time in
putting on its dancing shoes. Each
week, Joe Lunardi is coming out
with his “Bracketology,” which
projects the fields of teams in the
Big Dance.
This week, he has six Pac-10
teams in the mix: UCLA, USC,
Arizona, Stanford, California and
Oregon.
The Ducks are a projected fifth
seed and would play 12th seeded
St. John’s on March 15 at the Unit
ed Center in Chicago.
In its weekly power rankings,
CNNSI.com has Oregon listed at
No. 14 this week, ahead of Arizona
and Stanford.
E-mail assistant sports editor Jeff Smith at
jeffsmithtgdailyemerald.com.
Women’s
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Over the last four years, the fan
support for women’s games at Mac
Court has been the best in the Pac
10, Oregon averaged a school
record 5,852 fans per game in the
1999-00 season, 12th best in the na
tion. This year, an average of 4,373
spectators attend home games.
The support for women’s basket
ball in Eugene has paid off in the
standings. The Ducks won (or
shared) the Pacific-10 Conference in
1999 and 2000. Since the 1976-77
season, the women’s team has won
more than 77 percent of its games —
a 238-68 clip — at Mac Court, in
cluding four undefeated seasons un
der former head coach Elwin Heiny.
As a star forward for the Ducks
from 1978-82, Smith lost just two
games at Mac Court.
“I’ve tried to put the other per
son’s shoe on and I certainly would
not that situation for us,” Smith said.
“We’ve gone into some hostile gyms,
but nothing like it is here at Mac
Court. Here, the people are special
because they understand the game
and they understand what our
young athletes are trying to do.
“They know they can be that
sixth person for us and make it dif
ficult for the opposing team, and
that’s a real bonus.”
The Ducks are 5-3 at home this
season (10-7 overall).
From way downtown
Senior sharpshooter Jamie Craig
head’s 147 career three-pointers
rank second on Oregon’s all-time
list. Craighead, the only returning
starting from last year’s NCAA
Tournament team, is hitting 46 per
cent of her three-point attempts,
third-best in the conference and
sixth-best in the nation.
Craighead’s roommate, junior
guard Shaquala Williams, is third
on the school’s career three-point
list with 110. Williams is 20-for-77
from beyond the arc this season.
As a team, Oregon is shooting 32
percent (92-of-285) from long range
this season.
By the numbers
The Ducks are shooting 44 per
cent from the field this season, sec
ond only to No. 4 Stanford, who is
shooting nearly 48 percent.
Rebounding was the biggest ques
tion mark coming into the season,
and the Ducks have responded, rela
tively, by nearly equaling their oppo
nents in rebounding average. Oregon
is averaging 35.8 boards per game,
while its exponents grab 36.1.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at
adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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