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Sports Editor: Adam Jude adamjude@dailyemerald.com Best Bet NBA: San Antonio at Los Angeles 7:30 p.m., TBS Tuesday, May 7,2002 There's nothing a good morning shower can t cure Water, electricity and sports — three of life’s essentials. The only problem is getting them together. But I have a plan, something that will revolutionize the modern morning and combine these three invaluable ele ments: A waterproof TV that fits in the shower, allowing us avid sports fans to get our morning fix of “SportsCenter.” Think about the possibilities: On a consistent basis, you’d have something to look forward to when that damn alarm goes off — a reason to get out of bed. Better yet, you don’t have to worry about catching the late-night “Sports Center” when you’re at the bars or watch ing “The Osbournes” (which is a close sec ond as the best program on the tube). Heck, if you have your sights set on graduation, you could even study some in the evening, considering you already have time set aside the next morning for sports. The best part is you get to spend more time in the shower, without question the most vital part of the day. Seriously. What we do without the morning shower? In case you’re not completely con vinced, let me lay out a typical morning for you. Let me show you the difference a TV-shower can make for your well-being. Bear with me: I know a guy who often wakes up 10 minutes before class, throws on some shoes and heads to school. It’s a rarity for him to shave or put on deodorant, much less shower or put on a clean pair of underwear. You may have had a class with this guy or someone like him. You no longer have to wonder why you get sick so much. But what if he had a TV-shower? I guarantee you that this guy (it’s not me, by the way) would be more motivated to get out of bed, say, even 20 minutes earlier. We all know sleep is great, but what, really, is another 20 minutes of sleep going to do? Not much. But if you use those 20 precious minutes to motivate yourself for a grand day—shoot, the world would be a much happier place. Turn to Jude,page 6 UO men’s golf team seeded 11th in NCAA ■The Ducks, who finished fifth at the Pac-10 Championships, will pair up with Nevada and Ohio State in the first rounds of the NCAA West Regional By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon men’s golf team, fresh off a fifth-place finish at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships, was named the No. 11 seed Monday in the NCAA West Regional. “That’s just about where we expect ed to be based on our district rank ings,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said. The Ducks are one of nine Pac-10 teams to qualify for the West Regional, to be played at the May 16 through 18 at the South Champions Course in Albuquerque, N.M. The top 10 teams and two individuals from each region will advance to the NCAA Championships beginning May 29 in Columbus, Ohio. Pac-10 champion USC, ranked No. 6 in the country, was named the top seed in the West. Georgia Tech will represent the East as the No. 1 seed while Texas Christian locked up the top spot in the Central. Texas and Minnesota head to the West as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, while Fresno State, Washington, New Mexico, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Arizona and Nevada round out the top-10. Oregon will pair up with Nevada and No. 12-seed Ohio State in the first two rounds of the tournament. Despite finishing third in the Pac-10 Championships at Corvallis’ Trysting Tree Golf Course on April 27, Oregon State was not invited to the NCAA Regional. Oregon State senior David Yarnes will compete as an individual. E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at adamjude@dailyemerald.com. Two of nation’s best dual in L.A. Thomas Patterson Emerald The nation’s No. 1 runner in the 100, USC’s Angela Williams (right), hugging Shakedia Jones of UCLA at last season’s NCAA Championships, took first in the event in their dual meet. ■ USC and UCLA prove once again that Pac-10 schools are having spectacular seasons in track and field By Hank Hager Oregon Daily Emerald When looking across the broad spec trum of rivalries in the collegiate sport ing world, Oregon and Washington rank high on the list. Oregon and Oregon State rank just a little bit higher. Neither rivalry, though, can even come close to USC and UCLA. The Trojans and Bruins, separated by the amount of smog in the heavy Los Angeles air, are enemies. From sport to sport, the two schools duke it out. And that’s no different with track and field. USC has had former Olympian Sher ry Calvert, a four-time All-American javelin thrower. Ashley Selman contin ued the school’s success in the event with a 1990 NCAA title. Current Trojan Inga Stasiulionyte is currently No. 1 in the country in the javelin this season. Then there is UCLA. The Bruins have seen athletes like Jackie Joyner Kersee and Florence Griffith-Joyner — two of the best in the history in the sport — roam the campus. And now, the tradition continues with Tracy O’Hara, the No. 1 collegiate pole vaulter in the country this year. The USC-UCLA dual meet is an honored tradition for the two schools, and came to the forefront Saturday when they met at the Bru ins’ Drake Stadium. “When you come to this meet, the dope sheet, the trash-talking and the back-and-forth doesn't matter,” UCLA head coach Jeanette Bolden told the Daily Bruin. “What matters is, when you walk in that stadium, who’s going to get to the line first, who’s going to throw the furthest, and who’s going to jump the highest?” For the record, UCLA won the meet, 111-92, with 8,094 in attendance. Dope sheets and trash talking at a track and field meet? That’s why the Pacific-10 Conference is one of the most intense and competitive confer ences in all the land. Pac-10 reign The Conference of Champions is lighting up the national track and field lists. Turn to Track, page 8 Former UW football player dies at age 24 ■Curtis Williams, paralyzed in a football game two years ago, died Monday at his brother’s home By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald Former Washington football player Curtis Williams, paralyzed in a game two years ago, died Monday at his brother’s home in Fresno, Calif. Williams died from complications that arose from his paralysis. He turned 24 on Saturday. “This has been a real tragedy, from that late October day until today when he passed away,” Husky coach Rick Neuheisel said in a release. “Although he was confined to a wheelchair, Cur tis taught all of us associated with Husky football the true meaning of the word courage.” Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti sent his condolences to the Washington team in the form of a letter Monday af ternoon, according to an Oregon Athlet ic Department official. Williams was paralyzed from the neck down after the safety had a hel met-to-helmet hit with Stanford’s Kerry Carter in a game Oct. 28, 2000. He re turned to Husky Stadium for the first time since his injury to witness Wash ington’s Spring Game on April 27. “When Curtis came to campus two weeks ago, there were so many posi tives to look forward to,” Washington Athletic Director Barbara Hedges said. “I talked to him at the baseball game and at the Spring Game. He was very upbeat. He was thrilled to see his teammates and to meet with the aca demic services staff about completing his degree.” Williams had been a source of inspi ration for the Washington team since his injury. He attended the Huskie 2001 Rose Bowl victory and the tea engraved “CW” into their Rose Bo\ rings. Last season, the Huskies wo black “CW” patches to commemora the former star. “I will always admire Curtis for h tremendous courage and for inspirii all of us to learn to persevere in tou^ times,” Neuheisel said. “We alwa' said that he was a warrior on the fiel What we learned was that he was warrior in life.” After his injury, the Washington At letic Department established the Curt Williams Fund to raise money fi ’round-the-clock care. The fur reached approximately $400,000 ar will now be used to fund “The Curt Williams Scholarship” at Washington E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
