Sports Editor:
Hank Hager
hankhager@dailyemerald.com
Oregon Daily Emerald
SPORTS
Best bet
Basketball:
Harlem Globetrotters vs. Syracuse
5 p.m., ESPN2
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Hank Hager
Behind the dish
California
bill cause
for great
concern
The California State Senate passed a bill
earlier this year that could alter the way
things are done in the Pacific-10 Conference
and the NCAA.
Senate Bill 193, which passed the Cali
fornia Senate in May after being intro
duced in February, would affect the 47
schools located within the state's borders.
If the bill passes the state assembly's High
er Education Committee — where it is cur
rently stuck pending further discussion
and amendments — those 47 schools
would effectively be deemed ineligible for
active status in the NCAA.
That's a truly scary thought and a possi
bility that should concern every supporter
of the NCAA and of the Pac-10.
SB 193 was introduced by California
Sens. Kevin Murray, D-Culver City and
John Burton, D-San Francisco, and has
been nicknamed the "Student Athlete Bill
of Rights." It is aimed at resolving issues
related to scholarships and stipends,
health insurance and money earned from
outside jobs, according to Murray's Web
site. There are myriad details surrounding
the proposed legislation, but the above
points are the most key. But virtually all
components of the bill would contradict
regulations set forth by the NCAA.
In other words, the bill is a challenge to
the NCAA and more than 1,200 schools na
tionwide that belong to the organization.
Imagine a Pac-10 without California,
Stanford, UCLA and USC. Imagine an
NCAA without San Diego State, Pepperdine,
Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton. That's
exactly what would happen if the bill gets
passed by the Higher Education Committee.
They've got until July to do so, and legisla
tive session reopens in January.
The Pac-10 would be down to six teams
— Washington, Washington State, Oregon,
Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State —
and render it a shell of what it once was.
The bill is a direct hit to the NCAA, an at
tempt by Murray and Burton to change pol
icy throughout the nation. They've admitted
that as one of their main goals.
"I'm not sure that if there's not a UCLA,
not a Stanford, not a Cal, that that $40 mil
lion (in NCAA revenue) will be going to the
NCAA either," Murray told the Contra Costa
Times in late October. "(Television net
works) don't pay them that amount of
money without California schools.
"Do we want to play chicken? No. But if
the alternative is to do nothing because this
behemoth institution doesn't want to
change, then I think we should step up to
the challenge."
Those are pretty strong words for a step
that would alter the NCAA landscape for
the worse. The Pac-10 would fail to contin
ue to be a power player. Stanford — which
has won nine straight National Associa
tion of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
Cups, awarded to the university with the
Turn to HAGER, page 8
Madison takes over after Bell's injury
Danielle Hickey Senior Photographer
Setter Jodi Bell tore the ACL in her right knee when Washington defeated Oregon on Saturday.
The Oregon setter tore her ACL
against Washington on Saturday and
will miss the remainder of the season
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
The Oregon volleyball team lost more than just
a pair of matches during last weekend's trip to
Washington.
Sophomore setter Jodi Bell tore the anterior cruci
_ate ligament in her right knee
8 i SC Saturday's loss to Wash
HJP 11% ington. Bell jumped to attack
VOLLEYBALL t^e ball during the second
- game of the match and hit into
a 1 Iusky block. She fell to the
ground after landing awkwardly on her right leg while
the ball was flying back at her.
Bell said the pain she felt subsided quickly.
"It was kind of like a burning pain at first," Bell said.
"Then I tried to get up and walk, and 1 couldn't walk
so they carried me off the floor. It didn't feel like any
thing was supporting my knee It felt very unbalanced.
"Then, probably five minutes later, I thought I was
OK because it didn't hurt at all"
Bell was soon informed of the bad news after hav
ing her knee examined.
Oregon athletic trainer Stephanie Brooks "and the
(Washington) doctor told me I most likely tore my
ACL," Bell said. "I just started balling."
Bell had an MR1 done Monday and will be side
lined for the remainder of the season. Oregon head
coach Carl Ferreira told the Emerald on Sunday that
Bell will "definitely be ready for next season."
The loss of Bell and her 732 assists will be a big one
for Oregon. Fortunately for the Ducks, they have a ca
pable replacement who can step in.
Freshman setter I leather Madison will run the Ore
gon attack during the Ducks' final four matches. Madi
son, an All-American during her senior season at Gre
sham High School, has dished out 112 assists while
seeing action in 56 of Oregon's 78 games this season.
"I think it's some adversity that we're going to
have to deal with," freshman middle blocker Kris
ten Bitter said. "Jodi was an amazing asset to our
team. We're going to miss her, but 1 feel confident
in Maddie's abilities."
Turn to VOLLEYBALL, page 8
No Ducks, but Pac-10 soccer well-represented
Five Pac-10 teams advance to the
NCAA Tournament with UCLA
leading the way as the No. 4 seed
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
The NCAA Division 1 Women's Soccer Com
mittee made its selections for the 22nd Division 1
Women's Soccer Championship on Monday, and
five Pacific-10 Conference teams made the cut.
UCLA, the No. 4 seed, leads the way among
Pac-10 teams after finishing 16-1-3 overall and 8
0-1 in conference, winning the conference title
__ outright. Arizona State,
USC, Stanford and Wash
ington also received bids.
The Bruins will host the
first and second rounds of
the tournament at Drake
Stadium, beginning on Nov. 14 when UCLA
faces San Diego (9-7-4) in the first round. Friday's
other first-round matchup at Drake Stadium will
include USC (9-7-4) facing off with Pepperdine
(13-5-1).
DUtK
SOCCER
It is the secohd year in a row that San Diego
and USC ended up at UCLA for the first and sec
ond rounds. UCLA had the upper hand last year
defeating USC, 1-0, in double-overtime in the
second round.
This marks the sixth straight year that the Trojans
advanced to the tournament. They finished at 5-3-1
in conference play to tie for third with Stanford.
USC is led by freshman Rosa Anna Tantillo, who
has seven goals and 16 points this season.
Arizona State finished in the runner-up confer
f
Forward Lindsay
Greco (18) will
look to help No. 4
seed UCLA in
Friday’s first-round
matchup with San
Diego at Drake
Stadium.
Mark McCambridge
Photographer
ONLINE CONTENT
View photographs from this weekend's Duck’s
soccer matches at
http://www.dailyemerald.com
To see the images, click on Special Editions:
Image Galleries.
ence spot this year and received its third bid in the
past four years. The Sun Devils face Cal Poly (18-1
2) in the first round Friday at 3 p.m.
In 2002, Arizona State advanced to the second
round after defeating Washington State. The Sun
Devils hold a 2-2 all-time tournament record.
Stanford also makes its sixth-straight postseason
appearance in the tournament. The Cardinal com
pleted the 2003-04 season with a victory over Cal
and finished 10-8-2 overall. Stanford finished in a
tie for third in the conference.
Ihe Cardinal will face No. 9-seeded Santa Clara
in the first round Friday at Santa Clara's Buck Shaw
Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Stanford is led by All-Ameri
can goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart, who ended the
regular season with seven shutouts, and senior co
captain Allyson Marquand, who has 10 goals.
Washington (11-6-3) finished fifth in the
Turn to SOCCER, page 8