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Men’s
continued from page 9
Just ask the Ducks. Earlier this
season, they took a supposedly
easy road trip to Washington and
came back with a split instead of a
sweep, though Oregon lost at Wash
ington, not Washington State.
Part of the reason the Washing
ton schools fought the Ducks so
hard is because of the recently re
instated conference tournament at
the end of the season. Only eight
teams advance to the Pac-10 Tour
nament, so the conference bottom
feeders have that eighth place to
fight for.
“Evpn if they were out of it,
they’d play hard,” Oregon senior
guard Freddie Jones said.
And Washington State is virtu
ally out of the great race for
eighth. With four games left, the
Cougars are 2.5 games behind Ore
gon State, the current leader for
eighth place.
The Ducks, meanwhile, are in
the center of another race — the
race for the Pac-10 championship.
Oregon is tied with Stanford and
USC for the top spot in the confer
ence, but the Trojans will face the
Cardinal on Thursday. With the
Ducks heading to Southern Califor
nia next weekend, Washington
State and Washington become
almost must-win games if the
Ducks want to win the conference.
“The thing we’ve done a good job
of is taking care of ourselves,” Ore
gon head coach Ernie Kent said.
“That’s all we’ve been doing all
year long, and that’s all we’re doing
this week.”
The Ducks won’t be able to con
trol the five other teams bunched
up at the top of the Pac-10, but
those teams should take care of
themselves. Behind the three lead
ers, three other teams — Arizona,
UCLA and California — are within
a game of first place. UCLA will
face Cal tonight and Stanford on
Saturday, while Arizona played
Arizona State on Wednesday.
Six of Oregon’s senior players
will be honored in pregame cere
monies before Saturday’s contest
with Washington.
“These are my last games here, so
it’s not going to be hard to get up,”
Jones said with a smile Tuesday.
Along with Jones, the Ducks
will honor seniors Chris Christof
fersen, Anthony Lever, Ben
Lindquist, Mark Michaelis and
Kristian Christensen. Senior stu
dent manager Greg Lawrence will
also be honored.
After the ceremonies, Oregon
will face Washington, the team
that forced the Ducks’ split in the
Evergreen state. The Huskies top
pled the Ducks, 97-92, in January,
mostly because of a career-high 30
point performance from forward
Doug Wrenn.
“We’ve got to be a little more in
tense than we were up there,” Kent
said of guarding Wrenn. “We need
to be a little more conscious of
where he’s at on the floor.”
The Ducks will take on the
Huskies at 7 p.m. Saturday. That
game will be televised on the Ore
gon Sports Network. Tonight’s
game will not be televised.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Women’s
continued from page 9
Przekwas said. “I do believe if
you’re one of the top four teams in
the conference, you’re NCAA
(Tournament) worthy.”
Washington State, though, may
not represent much of a game for
the Ducks. The Cougars are the
bottom of the barrel in the confer
ence and last won against Gonzaga
on Nov. 29. That equals a 20-game
losing streak.
Washington State’s last win
against a conference opponent
came last season when they defeat^
ed California 74-59 on Feb. 24.
Of Washington State’s six con
ference wins last season, five came
in Pullman (including one against
the Ducks). In addition, the
Cougars’ only two wins this season
have been at Friel Court.
The way the Ducks have been
playing on the road this season, an
upset could be in the works.
But it’s not that likely.
“We’ve struggled a little but on
the road,” Oregon head coach Bev
Smith said about the team’s 4-6
record away from McArthur Court.
“We haven’t found a groove on the
road, and I think that comes with
experience. But we have been
practicing a lot better, we’ve been
practicing with intensity ... and
that’s helped us out a lot.”
The Ducks dominated in the first
game against Washington State this
season, 76-47. However, the Cougars
have been a thorn in Oregon’s side
recently. Last season, Washington
State swept Oregon, including a 77
76 barnburner at Mac Court.
“We very much respect Oregon
and its coaching staff. It seems to
me it’s not a mystique (about them)
as it is a great basketball game,”
Przekwas said.
And what about the last time
Oregon visited the Palouse? The
Ducks led 33-26 at the half but
failed to hold off the Cougars and
lost 67-64 for their first Pac-10 loss
of the season.
Oregon cannot afford to have a
similar breakdown.
“We want to go into that game
not playing to not lose, but play
ing to win,” Smith said. “We go
in not necessarily focusing only
on Washington State, but on the
standards that we have to per
form to.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Working for the world.
Making a difference.
These organizations will be participating:
Albertina Kerr Centers
AmeriCorps - Oregon Commission
Boys & Girls Club of Salem
Bureau of Land Management
Camp Fire Boys & Girls, Wilani Council
Central European Teaching Program
Christie School
Committed Partners for Youth
Eckerd Youth Alternatives
Mount Pisgah Arboretum
National Association of State PIRGS
Naval Recruiting District - Portland
Neart - Nature
NorthwestService Academy - AmeriCorps
Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality
Oregon Parks & Recreation Department
Pacific Crest Outward Bound
Peace Corps
Emergency Services Education & Counseling Portland Fire Bureau
Eugene Water & Electric Board
Family Relief Nursery
Family YMCA of Marion/Polk Counties,
Food for Lane County
Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah
Fund for Public Interest Research
Girl Scouts, Columbia River Council
Health Care for All - Oregon
HIV Alliance
Lane Shelter Care
Looking Glass Youth & Family Services
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Relief Nursery
Resource Assistance for Rural Environmeni
San Diego Choice Program
Social Security Administration
Teach for America
The OGI School of Science
& Engineering, QHSU
UO Marriage & Family Therapy Program
US Environmental Protection Agency
'Washington State Patrol
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps
YMCA Camp Collins
For more information on these organizations ana job openings, visit the
Career Center’s website at http://uocareer.uoregon.edu
Wednesday, February 27,2002
10:00am-3:00pm - EMU Ballroom