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A successful preseason has given way to a rocky regular season for the DMj(|
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Sports Editor
Right here, right now, the Oregon men’s
basketball team is a head-seratcher
So many Duck tans are scratching so
many heads that bald spots are opening up
early deficit State? ' f §§§§
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moment, because that’s ;3K hen this fae.id
scratchin^ really started. For the better
part of 35 mmd«sa on .lan. 2, the Ducks
had the WtlpSpy oowerittg, Ht^rthur
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hitting everything and tjpm
then it fell apart. Veteran A
players like Jason Gardner *m<
Anderson took overkplt
back to the desert. 1
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Ducks maybe, just maybe, rr
once pi a true finisher.
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in certain games but in certain sit
uations, to give up,” Oregon head coach Bev
Smith said. “Butt they are winnersyou
don’t necessarily have to win a ehampi
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Gathrine Kraayeveld suffered
infection in her right knee,
cause her to miss the rest of th
After finishing the 2001
overall with a Women’s
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Suddenly Alissa
Senior Alissa Edwards has
taken over the point guard
spot with Shaquala Wiliams
absent from the roster.
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Home-fried Luke
Luke Ridnour may turn into a
big-time NBA star, but he'll
never forget his roots in the
border town of Blaine, Wash.
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