Sports briefs
Joseph is top newcomer
WALNUT GREEK, Calif. — Ore
gon junior guard Andre Joseph
has been named the 2003 Pacific
10 Conference Men’s Basketball
Newcomer of the Year, Commis
sioner Tom Hansen announced
Wednesday.
Joseph, from Houston, Texas, is
averaging 10.1 points, 3.3 re
bounds and 1.9 assists for the
Ducks. He provided an instant
spark after transferring to Oregon
from Lee Junior College (Baytown,
Texas). He has played in 26 of 27
games for the Ducks in 2003, in
cluding four starts. On Feb. 2,
Joseph posted a career-high 18
points and five assists at USC.
A sharpshooter from behind the
arc, Joseph has hit a three-point
er in 13 consecutive games, and
connected on 20 of his last 43
(.465) three-point attempts. In
Pac-10 play, he’s ranked sixth in
the Conference in three-point
field goal percentage (.427). He
has scored in double-digits fifteen
times on the season.
The award is presented to the
Conference’s top newcomer, as se
lected by Pac-10 radio play-by-play
announcers. The honor is named
the Fred Hessler Award, in honor
of the late UCLA broadcaster.
— From staff and wire reports
Broncos sign Plummer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —
Ending one chapter of their quar
terback saga and starting another,
the Denver Broncos reached an
agreement with Arizona free agent
Jake Plummer on Wednesday.
Plummer, who visited the Bron
cos on Monday, will return to Den
ver on Thursday to sign a seven
year contract worth just more
than #40 million, including a #7
million signing bonus.
Plummer will get about #2 mil
lion in base salary during his first
two seasons.
The agreement includes a #6
million roster bonus due in March
2005. At that point, if the Broncos
don’t want Plummer as quarter
back, they would cut him and save
approximately #31 million, albeit
with salary cap implications.
The Broncos also received NFL
approval for their contract with
defensive tackle Daryl Gardener,
who signed his six-year #30-mil
lion deal Wednesday.
Plummer, 28, will be the Bron
cos’ starting quarterback next sea
son, replacing Brian Griese, who
will either be traded or cut after
June 1.
—Kamon Simpson, Colorado
Springs Gazette (KRT)
Women's
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strong ball handling and scoring
from junior Giuliana Mendiola.
But for the Ducks, who they
play doesn’t seem to matter, be
cause they have to reach the title
game first.
“Whoever we play I’m going to
be just fine and we will have to
deal with that,” Oregon head
coach Bev Smith said. “If we get
in the final, hey, we could play
Connecticut for all I care. We
would just be ready to beat any
one that we’re in there with.”
The scenarios are all hypotheti
cal but what is true is that Oregon
has three tough opponents to sur
pass to before stepping back into
McArthur Court.
Injuries continue
Just when the Ducks thought
things were full steam ahead
again with a full bench, another
injury came along.
Junior Kayla Steen tore her an
terior crucial ligament in her left
knee in Saturday’s game, which
leaves her teammates wondering
how they will fare with just nine
eligible players.
“She comes in and does a great
job and is a very steady player,”
said Gunderson, who was Steen’s
roommate in Los Angeles. “We’re
definitely going to miss her. It’s
tough and I have to give her a lot
of credit because she is handling
it really well.
“It’s going to be a loss. I know
it’s tough on her and tough on
this team. We’ve been through a
lot but at the same time we have
got a job to do.”
Could be a sellout
As of Monday morning, the
State Farm Women’s Basketball
Pac-10 Tournament had sold
4,344 all-session tickets and 894
single-session tickets.
The arena seats just 6,828 for
the tournament, which provides
the possibility for a sellout and
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Kayla Steen, seen in action earlier this season, won't play again this year.
more hype.
“If the Pac-10 Tournament sold
out, that’s all the better,” Gunder
son said. “That’s definitely playing
in our corner, we are used to hav
ing big crowds.”
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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money, then they said that it
would never happen in basketball.
Well, here it is five years later, and
it happened.”
McBride explained that the
Athletic Department learned of
the discrepancy in football when
the band was moved out of the
student section entirely, and the
Athletic Department was forced
to re-calculate the number of stu
dent seats. He said the basketball
seating should have been re-cal
culated at that time, but, obvious
ly, it wasn’t.
“I would describe it as an evo
lutionary thing,” McBride said.
McBride said next year’s bas
ketball contract will likely be al
tered to exclude some of the
band’s seats, but not all of them.
He explained that extra seats
have traditionally been given out
because not everybody who picks
up a ticket shows up for the game.
“The analogy everybody will
understand is what airlines do,
they over-book,” McBride said.
“Most of the time they get it right
and nobody knows the difference.
It’s only when it’s your seat that
you notice.”
Kranzush said the ADFG does
n’t know how many seasons the
140 tickets have gone to waste.
“We thought about looking into
past years, but thought we’d have
a better chance to recover our
money from this season if we just
focused on that,” Kranzush said.
Contact the sports editor
at peterhockaday@dailyemerlad.com
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