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Williams
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Ducks a 55-42 lead, their largest of the game.
“Sometimes she’s the biggest spark,” sen
ior guard Jamie Craighead said of Shreve.
Williams is expected to be in the lineup
this weekend when the Ducks face the
winner of the Oregon State-Hawaii first
round WNIT game, to be played tonight
in Corvallis.
“Shaq has been struggling with the flu,
and it kept her in bed for a few days last
week,” Oregon first-year head coach Bev
Smith said. “She’ll be fine, and we will be a
loaded deck in our next game.
In the single-elimination WNIT, the Ducks
said they were not panicked without
Williams.
“I never felt like it was going to be our
last game,” Craighead said. “We know
how to pick it up when we need to. I was
never worried.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Men’s
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won’t affect them at all.”
Perhaps the Ducks aren’t
feeling the pressure of the
high tournament seed be
cause they feel it’s a reward
for hard work on and off the
court all season long. Rid
nour said the players even
talked about the tournament
before the season started.
“We talked about making
it to the tournament and go
ing as far as we could,” Rid
nour said.
The Ducks see tough de
fense as important to a deep
run in the NCAA Tourna
ment. Oregon is a noted of
fensive team — the Ducks
ended the season ranked first
in the Pac-10 in scoring with
85.9 points per game — but
will need to play defense to
win in the postseason.
“We’re going to stay with
our defense,” Kent said.
“That’s the key to our destiny.”
As the Ducks get set to take
on Montana today, they aren’t
thinking
about
their fate
in the
2002 Big
Dance.
When
asked if
he was
looking
forward
to a pos
s i b 1 e
matchup with Kansas in the
Elite Eight, Kent responded
immediately.
“Not at all,” Kent said.
“We’re not looking any fur
ther than Montana.”
E-mail sports reporter
Peter Hockaday
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Smith
continued from page 9A
NCAA Tournament season.
The other day, while finishing
off a cheesesteak, an acquaintance
couldn’t stop asking me ques
tions. His questions mirrored
those that I’ve received in every
great Oregon season.
“So, um, you like, get to go to all
the games for free and talk to all the
players, huh?”
“Well, yeah.”
“Nice! And you’re going to
Sacramento?”
“Yep. Should be a fun weekend.”
“Dude, that’s so cool. You must
have so many memories of going
crazy on the road with all the
Ducks fans. That must have been
amazing to sit in the press box for
the Fiesta Bowl. And now the
hoops team! What a great time to
be a Duck, huh?”
This is where the conversation
usually comes to a screeching halt,
and I change the subject to some
thing else.
You see, what few understand —
especially toward student reporters
— is that being a sports writer
means not being a fan. At all.
We watch the games through a
much different lens.
For example, you all can proba
bly remember where you were and
how you felt when...
Darius Wright hit that remark
able three-point shot at the buzzer,
capping a surreal six points in 2.8
seconds, to beat ASU in hoops, 76
74, in 2000.
When Keenan Howry passed the
football to Joey Harrington in the
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stumbled, bumbled and almost
fumbled his way into the end zone.
When UCLA kicker Chris Grif
fith missed his last-second field
goal at the Rose Bowl in November
2001 for the Ducks’ 21-20 victory.
And when Freddie Jones drove
through lane and drilled a soft
floater as time ran out at USC to
give the men’s basketball team the
two-point win and at least a share
of the conference championship.
While you were probably high
fiving your buddy and/or clanking
your beer cans, my pen was touch
ing paper as I absorbed the emotion
all around me and thought of ways
to describe what had happened.
So goes the job of a storyteller.
And the mood never changes af
ter memorable defeats, such as the
football Civil War loss in 2000, the
basketball NCAA Tournament loss
to Seton Hall and the football 49
42 defeat to Stanford at Autzen
Stadium in October in as entertain
ing game as I have seen. (I’ll never
forget coming home that evening to
my two depressed roommates.)
In a way, maybe I’ve missed out on
a lot. After all, I always enjoy watch
ing the Oregon student section at
Autzen Stadium and McArthur
Court go wild in celebration.
Although, I feel it’s you who has
missed out. I’ll never forget the ex
periences I’ve had through my job,
all the places I’ve seen and the ath
letes who have opened up to me
and allowed me to tell their stories.
Because, in my opinion, that’s the
best part about this job: listening.
So yeah, I do root. I root for indi
viduals and for great stories.
I doubt you appreciated watch
ing freshman Stephen Clayton
play this past fall on the football
field as much as I did as he made
play after play on special teams,
much like he does everyday
in practice.
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Or watching senior Kristian
Christensen being honored with
his mother on basketball’s senior
night, knowing the hardship
they’ve faced together and how
strong a bond they’ve formed since
the death of his father prior to
Christensen’s freshman season.
On the other hand, say there’s a
prominent athlete who everyone
seems to adore, my perspective
might be a little different because
I’ve seen a side to that person that
few others have.
It’s all coming to an end, though,
at least at the college level. By the
time you read this, I’ll be in Sacra
mento, getting ready to cover per
haps the best Oregon team since
the NCAA championship team
from 1939.
Odds are that the Ducks should
have no problem with the 20.5
point-underdog Montana Griz
zlies, and you’ll be getting plenty
of happy stories to read Friday
morning.
Now, let’s say the 15th-seed
Grizzlies shock the nation and the
Ducks by pulling off the huge up
set. It’ll be a sad day in Duckville,
but you’ll still get your stories, and
I’ll still enjoy my weekend.
It’s all part of the strange numb
ness I’ve developed toward Ore
gon sporting events over these
last few years. k
But when Oregon does lose, and
when my duties are complete here
at the Emerald, I’ll return home
and climb up in my attic.
I’ll dig through the piles and
piles of junk I’ve collected until I
find one thing, which I’ll promptly
dust off.
My yellow duck lips.
After all, Oregon will always be
my alma mater.
E-mail assistant sports editor Jeff Smith
at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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