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2004 Oregon men No. 00 1 2 3 5 11 14 15 33 35 42 45 55 Name Aaron Brooks James Davis Jordan Kent Mitch Platt Matt Short Ian Crosswhite Pos. G G G F C F Brandon Lincoln G Tyler York Luke Jackson Andre Joseph Adam Zahn Ray Schafer lay Anderson G F G F C C hl 6'0* 5' 10" 6'5" 6'10* 7'0* 6'11* 6'4* 5'11" 67* 6'3" 6'8" 7'0* 6'9" Class Freshman Senior Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Senior Senior Freshman Freshman Senior Head coach: Ernie Kent Assistants: Scott Duncan, Fred Litzenberger, John Cooper, Mark Hudson Oregon statistical leaders Player Points/Game Luke Jackson.21.0 Ian Crosswhite.14.4 Andre Joseph James Davis Aaron Brooks Player Ian Crosswhite. Luke Jackson Mitch Platt Jay Anderson. Andre Joseph Player Andie Joseph. Luke Jackson Aaron Broo James D; November 9 Basketb 17 EA Sports AU-S 21 Fresno State, December 2 Portland State W, 62-55 6 vs. Marshall (in Portland), W, 90-61 13 vs. Kansas (in Kansas City, Mo.), L, 77-67 17 Santa Clara, W, 94*71 20 vs. Alabama (in Las Vegas), L, 87-86 22 Portland, W, 88-70 January 2 @ USC, W, 92-74 4 <g> UCLA, L, 81-74 10 @ Oregon State, 7:30 p.m. 15 Washington, 6 p.m. 17 Washington State 5:15 p.m. 22 @ Arizona State, 7:30 p.m. 25 @ Arizona, 2 p.m. 29 California, 7:30 p.m. 31 Stanford, 3 p.m. February 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 March 4 USC, 5:30 p.m. 6 UCLA, 1 p.m. 11-13 Pac-10 Tournament (in Los Angeles), TBA State, 4 p.m. ton, 7:30 p.m. ton State 2 p.m. )na, 7:30 p.m. Arizona State 5 p.m. @ California, 7:30 p.m. @ Stanford, 4 p.m. 11. Pac-10 standings (as of Jan. 8) Overall Stanford UCLA Arizona Oregon Washington State USC California Arizona State Oregon State Washington W 11 6 9 6 7 6 $ 6 6 5 Pac-10 W L 2 0 Pac-10 individual statistical leaders Player Points/Game Ike Diogu (Arizona State).23.7 Luke Jackson (Oregon)...21.0 Desmon Farmer (USC).17.7 Hassan Adams (Arizona).17.6 Player Rebounds/Game Leon Powe (California).10.0 Andre Iguodala (Arizona).9.7 Jeff McMillan (USC).9.5 Ike Diogu (Arizona State).9.0 Player Assists Andre Iguodala (Arizona).63 Jason Braxton (Arizona State).57 Cedric Bozeman (UCLA).49 Chris Hernandez (Stanford).48 Games to watch Stanford at Arizona (Jan, 10 — Fox Sports Net): This early conference tilt pits the conference's top two teams. Hassan Adams against Matt Lotich is a top matchup. California at Arizona State (Jan. 10 — FSN): Even though this one doesn't have the same intrigue as the Wildcats and the Cardinal, it features two potent offenses. UCLA at Stanford (Jan. 22 — FSN): Can the new-look Bruins defeat their California contemporaries. This will be an early-season test for UCLA and head coach Ben Howland. Oregon at Arizona (Jan. 25 — CBS): It's always a party when these two teams get together. Without Luke Ridnour, it will be a test for Luke Jackson and the Ducks. Arizona State at Washington State (Jan. 29): Ike Diogu and the Sun Devils visit Pullman, which could be a dangerous place now that Dick Bennett is roaming the court. Arizona at California (Feb. 5 — FSN): The Golden Bears always play tough at home, even in a down season. This game should show the Wildcats where they are nationally. Oregon State at Oregon (4 p.m. — FSN): Because it's the Civil War. Because no Oregon player has ever lost to the Beavers. Because Luke Jackson will face OSU for the last time. Arizona at Oregon (Feb. 19 — FSN): The second matchup of the season in what is becoming one of the top rivalries in the Pac-10. This one always gets interesting. PAC-10 2004 Games to watch Arizona at Stanford (Jan. 10): Much like the men, this game will be about bragging rights. The Wildcats and Cardinal are favorites to be on top in the Pac-10. Arizona State at California (Jan. 10): The Sun Devils and Golden Bears are fighting for a piece of the Pac-10 pie. Both need this win to vault them onto the right track. Oregon at Oregon State (Jan. 10): A Civil War contest with more than just those implications. 1 he Beavers are walking on air while the Ducks are down in the dumps. Oregon State at Washington (Jan. 17): The Northwest battle should be an early indication of where the teams will stack at the end of the season. Husky win? USC at Stanford (Jan. 25): Rometra Craig and Ebony Hoffman pace the Trojans against the Cardinal in Palo Alto. USC has the legs to run with Stanford. Upset time? Stanford at Arizona (Feb. 5): The rematch comes in the Valley of the Sun. By this time, the Cardinal should have Nicole Powell back and dominating the baseline. USC at Washington (Feb. 7): The Trojans newfound glory will be tested against Giuliana Mendiola and Washington. The Huskies have the advantage in this one. Arizona at Washington (Feb. 28): This one could be a precursor to the Pac-10 Tournament Championship. It comes in the final weekend of the regular season. How they stack up — men 1. Arizona: The Wildcats have finished in the top two of the Pacific-10 Conference since 1996-97, and that won't change this season. Despite a lack of depth, Arizona has surged to the top of the conference. Andre Iguodola (with a league-leading 6.3 assists per game) helps pace the offense while Hassan Adams is fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring, aver aging 17.6 points per game. If the Wildcats slip from grace, it wouldn't be so bad after all. They won the 1997 national championship after going 11-7 in conference play. 2. Stanford: No matter what the prognosticators say about Mike Montgomery*s teams, they have a tendency to start strong. That has been the case this season. The Cardinal jumped to an 11-0 start, including wins over then-No. 1 Kansas and then-No. 15 Gonzaga. Matt Lottich has been a pleasant surprise for Stanford, averaging 13.5 points per game. Justin Davis provides size up front — he's 6-foot-9 — and is seventh in the Pac-10 with 7.5 rebounds per game. 3. UCLA: Relegated to the bottom half of the conference before the season by the media and coaches, the Bruins have surprised many, turning in a 6-3 record to start the season. UCLA needs to learn consistency, though, losing to UC Santa Barbara and being taken into overtime by Loyola Marymount during nonconference play. First-year head coach Ben Howland never finished worse than fifth in four years at Pittsburgh. Chances are that streak will continue this season. 4. Oregon: Easily the No. 3 team in the conference before Aaron Brooks' injury, the Ducks are the fastest team in the Pac-10. Luke Jackson is one of the most talented players in the conference and has proven, to a point, that he can shoulder the offensive load. Ian Crosswhite is coming into his own and has shown that he can be one of the top five big men in the confer ence. Oregon's season will come down to how well the team ran pp! in RrnnkV ahcpnrp % 5. Arizona State: Ike Diogu may be the best player in the Pac-10 this season, and he's just a sopho more. The Garland, Texas, native is averaging 23.7 points and nine rebounds per game. The problem for the Sun Devils is that he con stitutes too much of their offense. Steve Moore averages 16 points per game for Arizona State in a secondary role. Fifth, however, is a respectable position in a conference that could send as many as six teams to the NCAA Tournament. 6. California: Once considered the third-best team in the Pac-10, California has fallen on hard times, evidenced by a 55-50 loss to lowly Washington State last week. AmitTamir is a talent for the Gold en Bears, but a slow start hindered him and California. Head coach Ben Braun has one of the brightest minds on the West Coast, but he will need help in pulling this team out of a season-long slump. So far this season, the Bears have lost to Air Force, University of Nevada-Las Vegas and Cal Poly. 7. USC: A second-place finish two sea sons ago is a distant memory for head coach Henry Bibby and the Trojans. USC has been inconsistent to start the season, especially in losses to Brigham Young, Cal Poly and Western Michi gan. Desmon Farmer averages 17.7 points per game, good for third in the Pac-10, and Jeff McMillan is third in the confer ence in rebounding at 9.5 per game. It will take more though for the Trojans to break through into NCAA Tour nament territory. Can you say NIT? 8. Washington State: First-year head coach Dick Bennett has them believing in Pullman. Long considered conference doormats, the Cougars have not finished in the top five in the Pac-10 since a tie for fifth in 1995-96 and have also failed to win the conference crown since Arizona and Ari zona State joined the league for the 1978-79 season. Still, Bennett and Marcus Moore should vault the Cougars into the Pac-10 Tournament. 9. Oregon State: The word is that the Beavers have im proved, but to what extent? Their most impressive win came against Willamette, and Oregon State nearly lost to Sacramento State (they won by 3) on Dec. 22. Chris Stephens does give the Beavers a glimmer of hope. He av erages 15.8 points per game for a team that shoots 42 per cent from the field. Second-year head coach Jay John is still in the process of turning this program into a winner, but is still at least a few years away. 10. Washington: Really, what was the point of firing Bob Bender a few years ago? Granted, the Huskies had not done anything under Bender since the 1998-99 season when they went to the NCAA Tournament, but it's not much better under Lorenzo Romar. He led them to a 5-13 conference ledger last season and led Washing ton to a 5-5 overall record to start this season. That in cludes consecutive losses to California and Stanford, by 16 and 15 points respectively, to start the season. — Hank Hager How they stack up — women 1. Stanford: No. 7 Stanford has come out of the gates strong — its two losses came against teams currently ranked in the top five — and is favored to win its fourth consecutive Pacific-10 Conference title. The Cardinal features one of the na tion's top players, senior forward Nicole Powell, who is second in the conference in scoring (20.2) and tops in rebounding (11.1). Stanford has the talent and depth to not only win the conference but to have a shot at winning the national title. 2. Arizona: The Wildcats are led by the duo of sophomore center Shawntinice Polk and junior guard Dee-Dee Wheel er. At 6-foot-5, Polk dominated opponents to the tune of a school-record 21 double-doubles and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors last season. The Street & Smith's First Team Preseason All-American is currently fourth in the conference in scoring (17.2) and third in rebounding (9.2). Wheeler, the 2001-02 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and first team all-con ference selection last season, is sixth in the conference in scoring (16.9). 3. Washington: The Huskies have two of the conference's top three scorers at their disposal in seniors Ciuliana Men diola (20.8 ppg) and Andrea Lalum (17.8 ppg). The 5-foot-11 Mendiola became the first player in Washington history to be named the Pac-10 Player of the Year last season, along with becoming the 18th Husky to score 1,000 career points. Lalum, a 6-foot-4 center, has been solid inside and scored 15 points in a 74-70 loss to then-No. 4 Texas Tech on Dec. 19. 4. Arizona State: The Sun Devils have controlled the boards so far; they own the top rebounding margin (eight) in the conference. Sophomore Knsten Kovesdy leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-3 forward posted season highs of 29 points against Washington (Dec. 29) and 12 rebounds against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Dec. 10). Junior forward Betsy Boardman is the Sun Devils' top scorer with 11.3 points per game. The Portland native missed last season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in Ike Diogu Arizona State forward uti ligiii Mice uii uic scLuiiu udy ui piesedsun pracuce. vvuue Doaruman is DacK, me sun Devils are without the services of Jill Noe, who tore her ACL before the season. For two sea sons in a row, Arizona State will be without a key piece of its offensive puzzle. 5. Oregon State: The Beavers received a shot of adrenaline on Dec. 27 in the form of junior guard Shannon Howell. The transfer from Nebraska became eligible due to NCAA Division I transfer rules and has been lighting it up ever since. In her first four games, Howell averaged 22.5 points per game en route to Pac-10 Player of the Week honors. With How ell in the lineup, Oregon State has won its last three games and is off to its best conference start since 1995-96. Whether she and the rest of the Beavers can keep it up is yet to be seen. man, the Trojans have been a force in the paint. USC is third in the conference in rebounds per game (39.5) and leads the conference in offensive rebounding (16.36). The 6-foot-2 Hoff man is seventh in the conference in scoring (16.3) and second in rebounding (9.5). If the Trojans are going to be competitive, they will need to improve their shooting percentage, as USC ranks near the bottom of the Pac-10. 7. UCLA: The Bruins may have jump-started their season Sunday, overcoming a 14-point defect in the second half to beat Oregon. UCLA is an ath letic team whose full-court press is capable of keep ing them in almost any game. Sophomore guard Nikki Blue is the Bruins' most feared player, averag ing 15.3 points per game. 8. California: The Golden Bears won their Pac-10 opener for the first time in eight years when they de feated Oregon 61-57 on Dec. 27. California got off to a good start, winning four of its first five games. Senior guard Nihan Anaz (17.0), junior forward Leigh Gregory (12.3) and senior guard LaTasha O'Keith (10.0) are all averaging double figures in % ft* Cd Giuliana Mendiola Washington guard pumu». 9. Oregon: Hie Ducks looked like contenders for the conference title after five games, but the loss of senior for ward Cathrine Kraayeveld to a knee injury quickly changed that. Ore gon plays like a completely different team on both ends of the court. The Ducks have had problems dealing with pressure defenses and can't seem to grab a rebound when they need one. Junior center Andrea Bills has been a bright spot, averaging 12.2 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game. 10. Washington State: The Cougars won't be making much of an impact on the conference standings this season, winning only four of their first 13 games. They're being outscored by an average of 17.2 points per game and rank near or at the bottom in most conference sta tistics. Senior forward Bianca McCall is the team's leading scorer at 11.5 points per game. The Cougars will make the Pac-10 Tournament, but only because all 10 women's teams are guaranteed a slot in the postsea son tournament. — Jon Roetman o € 2004 Oregon women No. Name Pos. Ht. Class 2 Chelsea Wagner G 5'10" Sophomore 4 Kayla Steen G 5'8" Senior 5 Ashley Allen G 5'10" Freshman 11 Kaela Chapdelaine G 5'10* Freshman 13 Corrie Mizusawa G 5'8" Junior 15 Carolyn Ganes F 6'3" Sophomore 21 Brandi Davis G 6'0* Junior 23 Kedzie Gunderson F 6'0" Junior 32 Y. Okwumabua F 6'2" Sophomore 33 C. Kraayeveld F 6'4" Senior 35 Cicely Oaks G 5'7" Freshman 43 Jessica Shelters F 6'6" Freshman 44 Andrea Bills C 6'3" Junior 54 Eleanor Haring F 6'1" Freshman Head coach: Bev Smith Associate head coach: Allison McNeill Assistant coaches: Mike McNeill, Peg Swadener Oregon statistical leaders Player Points/game Andrea Bills......12.2 Brandi Davis. 7.4 Carolyn Ganes...6.9 Eleanor Haring...6.7 Corrie Mizusawa...6.5 Player Rebounds/game Andrea Bills.8.4 Eleanor Haring..3.5 Corrie Mizusawa. 3.4 Kedzie Gunderson.3.4 Jessica Shelters.2.8 Player Assists Corrie Mizusawa.95 Brandi Davis....23 Andrea Bills. 20 Kedzie Gunderson.. 19 Chelsea Wagner..9 2004 Oregon schedule November 5 Strakonice (ex), W, 80-69 9 Western Oregon (ex), 87-29 15 Valparaiso, W, 60-47 16 LSU, W, 76-67 25 @ Gonzaga, W, 73-57 28 Kansas, W, 54-51 29 North Carolina State, W, 83-78 December 4 @ Portland, L, 76-58 6 vs. Colorado State (in Portland), W, 62-50 12 Montana, W, 53-52 16 @ Santa Clara, W, 68-56 18 @ George Washington, L, 72-52 27 @ California, L, 61-57 29 <g> Stanford, L, 77-51 January 2 USC, L, 69-55 4 UCLA, L, 63-57 10 Oregon State, 7 p.m. 15 @ Washington, 7 p.m. 17 @ Washington State, 2 p.m. 22 Arizona, 7 p.m. 24 Arizona State, 12 p.m. 29 @ UCLA 7 p.m. 31 @ USC, 4 p.m. February 7 @ Oregon State, 7 p.m. 12 Washington State, 7 p.m. 14 Washington, 2 p.m. 19 @ Arizona State, 6:30 p.m. 21 @ Arizona, 2 p.m. 26 Stanford, 7 p.m. 28 California, 2 p.m. March 5-8 Pac-10 Tournament (in San Jose, Calif.), TBA Pac-10 standings (as of Jan. 8) Overall Pac-10 W L W L Stanford 11 2 4 0 Arizona 11 3 3 0 Oregon State 9 4 3 1 Arizona State 8 4 2 1 USC 5 8 2 1 California 9 4 2 2 UCLA 6 6 12 Washington 8 5 13 Oregon 8 6 0 4 Washington State 4 9 0 4 Pac-10 individual statistical leaders Player Points/Game Giuliana Mendiola (Washington).20.8 Nicole Powell (Stanford).20.2 Andrea Lalum (Washington).17.8 Shawntinice Polk (Arizona).17.2 Nihan Anaz (California).17.0 Player Rebounds/Game Nicole Powell (Stanford).11.1 Ebony Hoffman (USC).9.5 Shawntinice Polk (Arizona).9.2 Andrea Bills(Oregon).8.4
