MEISU ..- A- ' A successful preseason has given way to a rocky regular season for the DMj(| . 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 §§§§ I " Let’s riMHl^lli^im^tia g£me for a 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 MEN hitting everything and tjpm then it fell apart. Veteran A players like Jason Gardner *m< Anderson took overkplt back to the desert. 1 It was the first time all si Ducks maybe, just maybe, rr once pi a true finisher. Life after Shaqcoi tocope n women’s basketball team I)ecome the epitome < >f adaptation through-* out the beginning of the2002-03 season, ■son (6-9, 2- 1 Pa©* 10) has hit its share ion, and that is what - ■k™ , (» <*»»*«* three players, O felled to only four on the team alt lams was oftaips along the sinjflt aH Noveiiber. to injuries tol thrillers, the ed sophomore rish left th|<| cause of medi sops, art! las ha&tym\y opportunities, 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 H.. wmlmMtlvfkcitf'hi, < 4 ',1 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 Turn to Wo Suddenly Alissa Senior Alissa Edwards has taken over the point guard spot with Shaquala Wiliams absent from the roster. Page 2B 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. Page 3B