2003Pac-10 Tournament both a success and a failure
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It would be
easy to call the women’s Pacific-10
Conference Tournament at HP Pavil
ion a failure.
There have been no upsets of top
seeds by cellar-dwellers, just a dis
mantling of Washington by Arizona
in the first semifinal game Sunday.
Of course, the Wildcats were
ranked third, while Washington was
one better.
Big deal.
Then you have attendance fig
ures, which have failed to reach —
as of Sunday’s last game — the
same level of last year’s at McArthur
Court. The session, which featured
Stanford’s game against California
and Oregon’s against UCLA Satur
day, produced the highest figure.
And that, at 4,188, was drastically
lower than the average 5,000-plus
fans that attended games last sea
son at the tournament.
Sports briefs
Football adds another
The Oregon football team an
nouneed it will add James Finley, a
touted wide receiver from Los Ange
les, to its list of 2003 signees.
Finley was ranked as the third
best wide receiver and one of the top
20 in the nation two years ago by Su
perPrep magazine.
Tracksters qualify
for NCAAs
It was made official Monday:
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“I’ve never seen kids so pumped
up to work hard,” Yioulos said.
“They’ve been busting their humps
all year.”
One Duck who exemplifies dedi
cation is junior skipper Matt Sperry.
Sperry has improved to become one
Peter Hockaday
So to call the Pac-10 Tournament
a failure wouldn’t be completely
off target.
But to say it has been a success
wouldn’t be to
go too far off on
a limb, either.
Personally,
I’m not a big
fan of the con
ference tourna
ment to begin
with. I’ve al
ways felt the
Pac-10 placed
more impor
tance on the
regular season
without it. It
would have been a novel idea, but no
one really wanted to see 2-26 Wash
ington State make it into the NCAA
Tournament.
Hager
Behind the dish
But if you’re going to have it —
and I actually felt last season’s was
somewhat exciting—San Jose is the
perfect place to do it.
HP Pavilion has been a benefit to
the teams. Unlike Mac Court, there
are more than four locker rooms
that can house teams, so the shuffle
that took place last year is a thing of
the past.
The fans haven’t been terribly
loud, aside from the Stanford fanat
ics that have made their presence
known. Without those rambunctious
Cardinal fans, figures, like I said,
have been down. At least, though,
each of the nine remaining teams has
had equal amount of fan support.
The people who have benefited the
most from the facilities and fan sup
port have been the players. There is
no home court advantage like the
one Oregon enjoyed last year.
Stanford has come closest to
feeling at home, but there are no
Cardinal logos inside the palace,
and each team has been treated
equally. The same could be said for
last year’s tournament, but in
essence, the Ducks benefited by
staying in Eugene.
Throw Oregon in a neutral-court
situation like this, and well, you
could see what happened.
The Ducks struggled early on,
played well for the middle part of the
contest against UCLA, and couldn’t
make a shot in the final 10 minutes.
Play UCLA at home — a second time
at least — with a healthy Cathrine
Kraayeveld, and the Ducks probably
would have come out on top.
That’s why having the games at a
neutral site offers every team the
same chance. It’s always a benefit to
allow the have-nots a chance to beat
the best, even if that is Washington
State (writer’s note: I hope that nev
er happens. The Cougars are not ex
actly a fun team to watch).
Ironically, as I am writing this in
the media room at HP Pavilion, the
televisions airing Pac-10 highlights
on Fox Sports Net show Washington
State. Scary.
The Pac-10 and HP Pavilion have
a contract to keep the tournament in
San Jose through 2005. It would
probably be wise to extend that con
tract after next season’s tournament,
but it looks as though there may
have been enough dissent among the
media and coaches to bring it back
to campus sites beginning in 2006.
With that in mind, the next couple
of years — much like this one —
should be interesting and a benefit to
women’s collegiate basketball on the
West Coast.
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
His views do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.
Oregon will send five athletes to
this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track
and Field Championships in Fayet
teville, Ark.
On the men’s side, seniors Sarnie
Parker and Adam Kriz qualified in
the 60-meter dash and the weight
throw, respectively. On the women’s
side, three pole vaulters — seniors
Becky Holliday and Niki McEwen
and junior Kirsten Riley — will make
the trip to Arkansas.
Holliday and McEwen are the high
est-ranked Ducks heading into the In
doors. Holliday is 2nd and McEwen is
3rd in the nation, as the former has
jumped a mere half-inch higher than
of the Ducks’ most reliable skippers.
“He’s such a great leader,” Yioulos
said. “He gets better all the time.”
The Ducks spent the weekend in
Bellingham, Wash, for the Jeff Mix
dorff Memorial. Remember all that
stuff about the sun shining with a
gentle breeze? Forget all that. The
temperature in Washington dropped
into the low 30’s with driving snow.
the latter in indoor competition.
Parker is the highest ranked of the
men. He ranks 13th in his event, while
Kriz is 15th in the weight throw.
The Ducks will compete Friday
and Saturday at the Randal Tyson
Track Center.
—Peter Hockaday
Women struggle
at tourney
Oregon, fielding two teams as it
hosts the 2003 Oregon Duck Invita
tional, is currently 8th and 10th in
the 11-team field after the opening
two rounds Monday.
Oregon’s 8th-place team is led by
“It was the coldest stuff I’ve ever
sailed in,” Yioulos said. “It was the
most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.”
Despite the weather, the Ducks
finished seventh out of 13 teams.
Yioulos, along with freshman crew
Jennifer Domer, came in fourth in
the “A” division, while Sperry, who
doesn’t mind the cold, and fresh
man crew Ben Gordon finished
freshmen Therese Wenslow, who
shot a 3-over-par 75 in the first
round, followed by a 9-over-par sec
ond to tie for 16th in the first day of
the two-day tournament. Freshman
Erin Andrews is tied at 23rd with a
combined 14-over-par after the first
two rounds, followed by junior Lacy
Erickson, who currently holds down
the 39th spot overall. Freshman
Michelle Timpani is tied at 48 with a
21-over-par. Rounding out Oregon’s
8th-place team is sophomore John
na Nealy, currently tied at 53.
The tournament, held at Shadow
Hills Country Club in Junction City,
will continue; its final round is set
eighth in the “B” division.
“I love sailing in all weather,”
Sperry said.
Two weeks earlier, the Ducks
took second at the Portland State
Invite.
As the season continues, the
Ducks strive to one day be men
tioned in the same breath as North
west Intercollegiate Sailing Associa
for today, beginning at 8 a.m.
—Scott Archer
Montgomery suspended
Stanford men’s basketball head
coach Mike Montgomery was sus
pended for the first Pacific-10 Confer
ence game of next season for grabbing
an official in a game in late February.
Montgomery will miss the Cardi
nal’s Jan. 2, 2003 game against
Washington State after he grabbed
an official’s arm Feb. 27 against Ari
zona State. Montgomery was arguing
a call, and was assessed with a tech
nical on the spot.
—Peter Hockaday
tion powers Washington and Port
land State.
“There’s nothing better than go
ing out on a Thursday or Friday,”
Sperry said. “It’s one of the best
ways to wind down from a stressful
school week.”
Jon Roetman is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Men's
continued from page 9
of ASLTs 91-77 win Thursday.
Oregon won the season’s first
meeting with Arizona State on Jan.
4, a 94-73 win at McArthur Court.
In other first first-round games,
No. 1 Arizona (25-2,17-1) will face
off against No. 8 UCLA (9-18, 6-12)
at 1:20 p.m., while No. 2 Stanford
(23-7,14-4) will play No. 7 USG.
No. 3 Gal (20-7, 13-5) will meet
No. 6 Oregon State (13-14, 6-12) in
the final first-round game at approx
imately 9:10 p.m. All games will be
broadcast on Fox Sports Net.
The tournament winner will re
ceive the Pac-lO’s automatic bid to
the NGAA Tournament.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com
Women's
continued from page 9
to pull in nine rebounds as
the Wildcats out-rebounded Stan
ford, 32-31.
“Our posts made up their mind
they weren’t going to let Polk beat
them tonight,” Powell said.
“They doubled and triple-teamed
her early,” Bonvicini said.
The win gives Stanford its third
straight Pac-10 Championship, al
though Arizona State upset the Car
dinal, 70-63, last season in the finale
of the Pac-10 Tournament.
“After our experience last year,
why should we expect anything?”
Suminski said when asked if the
Cardinal was expecting to come in
and dominate the tournament from
the outset. “We’ve worked hard for
what we’ve earned.”
The win also improves Stanford
to 4-1 when being held to less than
60 points this season, the team’s
only loss coming to Tennessee on
Dec. 18. On the flip side, the Car
dinal held an opponent to 50
points or less the eighth time this
season. Stanford has won all eight
of those contests.
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at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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