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State started a stretch run that kept Oregon
scoreless for five minutes.
All the while jumping out to a four-point
lead that it never fully relinquished;
"1 thought our team did a good job of man
aging the game," Arizona State head coach Rob
Evans said. "They showed patience. When you
do that, you give your club a chance to win ball
games."
While the Sun Devils showed patience, the
Ducks did not. En route to the 38 three-point
attempts, Oregon showed little poise down
"I thought our team did
a good job of managing
the game. They showed
patience. When you do that,
you give your club a chance
to win ball games."
Rob Evans
Arizona State head coach
low. The Ducks' big men — lan Crosswhite,
Mitch Platt, Jay Anderson and Matt Short —
combined for 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Diogu had 23 points and 12 rebounds on
his own.
"They hit some big shots, killed us on the
boards and had a lot of second-chance points,"
Kent said.
Jackson had 16 points two days after a ca
reer-high 42 against Arizona. He shot 6 of 13
from the floor and was a key piece of the often
sive puzzle that Arizona State focused on dur
ing the game.
The Sun Devils didn't disappoint. Jackson
scored just seven points in the second half.
"We knew where he was," Evans said. "We
were going to make sure we knew where he
and (James) Davis were."
Which, Jackson would say, is frustrating.
"For me, every game is just so important,"
Jackson said. "It's hard not to put everything I
have into every game."
Davis picked up some of the slack left by
Jackson, scoring 18 points on the strength of 6
of 15 shooting from beyond the three-point
line. The 15 attempts tied a school-record.
"This was a big game," Davis said. "We let a
lot of opportunities get away from us. They're
trying to fight their butt off to get to the Pac-10
(Tournament)."
Now comes the hard part. With California
losing to Southern California on Saturday, the
Ducks remain in a tie for fourth place with the
Golden Bears in the Pac-10.
But unlike most years, a fourth place finish
in the conference will not suffice when aiming
for the NCAA Tournament.
The consensus is that the Ducks need to win
their last four games — including road contests
against Stanford and California — and win the
Pac-10 Tournament to get a bid.
That will be tough, to say the least.
"We've just got to fight," Davis said. "We
haven't been playing with a sense of urgency.
We have to have more fire when we're out
there.
"We've got to play for ourselves and our
pride."
Four games are left to prove that.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemeraid.com.
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Aaron Brooks takes one of Oregon’s 38 three-pointers.-a school record.
THOMAS
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Oregon has two chances to make
it. And only two.
Right now, at best, Oregon fin
ishes the regular season 16-9 over
all and 11-7 in conference. Of
course, that's if Oregon beats Stan
ford on the road. So, 15-10 and 10
8 seems more probable, meaning
Oregon beats Cal on the road and
finishes with home wins against
USC and UCLA.
And 15-win teams don't receive
bids to the Big Dance.
So here are Oregon's two chances
of making the NCAA Tournament for
the third consecutive year.
1) Win out — meaning the
Ducks beat Stanford. It would be a
miracle, Oregon would receive na
tional attention, and most impor
tantly, the Ducks would have their
first quality win against a top-25
team this season.
Defeating Stanford would help to
move Oregon from on the bubble to
inside the bubble.
2) Win the Pac-10 Tournament.
Oregon did it last year, and it gives the
Ducks an automatic berth into the
NCAA Tournament. Not an easy task,
but if the Ducks did it once they can
definitely do it again.
And for chance number three — i
know, I thought of another one — if
Oregon just plays basketball, plays for
the love of basketball, plays with the
potential that is there, and doesn't
play for postseason, the Ducks just
might make it.
"This team, we're playing for the
Oregon Ducks, for the name on the
front," Oregon guard James Davis
said. "If we do that, we'll be fine."
The Ducks are beginning to make a
believer out of me.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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SPORTS BRIEF
Avalanche roll past Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. — In hockey
parlance, the maneuver is called
a can opener. For the Minnesota
Wild, it was just another way to
get skewered.
There were plenty of blown
chances for the Wild to scrutinize
in assessing Sunday's 3-1 loss to
the Colorado Avalanche in front of
18,568 at the Xcel Energy Center.
But it was a play involving the
figurative kitchen utensil that left
them fuming, especially defense
man Willie Mitchell, about a so
called double standard when it
comes to policing the league's aris
tocrats and the rest of the NHL
proletariat.
Late in the second period, Avs
superstar Paul Kariya hooked
Mitchell to the ice to clear a path
for him to crash the net, where Joe
Sakic sent a pass that ricocheted
off Brad Bombardir's skate and
squirted through Dwayne Roloson
for what turned out to be the win
ning goal.
No call by referees Terry Greg
son or Rob Martell.
Zero tolerance from Mitchell.
"You know how it is in the
league. Two sets of rules. It's Paul
Kariya, so (they) don't call things
that cost us the game. It was ob
vious. Blatantly obvious,"
Mitchell hissed afterward. "He
had his stick right between my
legs. Twisted my legs and pulled
down my shoulder. To say that
caused a goal, I don't know. But
there definitely should have been
a call on the play. The play would
have been dead."
Kariya's can opener gutted the
Wild, who were thwarted by Avs
goalie David Aebischer (24 saves)
and a short-circuiting power play
that remains the league's least ef
ficient at home.
The Wild outshot Colorado
25-14, only the 16th game this
season they have outshot an op
ponent. And they still lost.
"We were playing a team that
was the best in the NHL. You give
them 14-15 shots, five chances ...
thank you very much. We'll take
that any day," Wild coach Jacques
Lemaire said.
The Wild had five power plays,
including a four-minute advan
tage when the score was tied 1-1.
And they still lost.
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