From: crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Subject: Pac Ten Report (12-18-92)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:43:18 GMT

Contributors:	Gary Newell		gln@cs.arizona.edu
		Ken Bowers		kbowers@esrc1.berkeley.edu
		Ranjeev Pandey		rpandey@storm.orst.edu
		Valdis Kalejs		valdis@skat.usc.edu
		Cliff Slaughterbeck	crs@u.washington.edu

This week in the Pac Ten:

Washington State 83, Eastern Washington 66
Stanford 68, Sacremento State 33
Oregon 80, Idaho 61
SW Missouri St 63, Oregon State 48
Arizona 78, Utah 64
UCLA def. San Diego (no score available)

Games scheduled through Dec 31:

Arizona at Providence (D22)
Arizona hosts the Fiesta Bowl Classic (D28-30)
	Arizona v. Delaware St, LaSalle v. West Virginia
Northern Arizona at Arizona St (D21)
NE Illinois at Arizona St (D22)
Arizona hosts the ASU Classic (D28-29)
	Richmond, Dusquene, Detroit-Mercy, ASU
Santa Clara at California (D20)
California at Wake Forest (D22)
California at Seton Hall Holiday Tournament (D29-30)
	Cornell, Seton Hall, James Madison, California
Missouri-St Louis at Oregon (D19)
Pacific Lutheran at Oregon (D21)
Oregon hosts the Far West Classic (D28-29) (in Portland, OR)
	Oregon St, Oregon, Ohio St, BYU
Oregon State at NC State (D19)
Oregon State at James Madison (D22)
Oregon State hosts the Far West Classic (D28-29) (in Portland, OR)
	Oregon St, Oregon, Ohio St, BYU
Southern California at St Louis (D19)
South Carolina St at Southern California (D21)
Nebraska at Southern California (D23)
Southern California at Florida Atlantic (D26)
Southern California at Miami, Fl (D27)
Howard at Stanford (D19)
Stanford at Maui Invitational (D21-23)
	BYU, Chaminade, DePaul, Duke, LSU, Memphis St, Oklahoma, Stanford
Stanford hosts the Stanford Invitational (D28-29)
	American, Ohio, St. Marys, Stanford
UCLA at Georgia (D19)
Northridge St at UCLA (D22)
UCLA at Pittsburgh (D28)
Fullerton St at UCLA (D30)
Washington at Jacksonville (D19)
Washington at UTEP (D21)
BYU-Hawaii at Washington (D23)
Dartmouth at Washington (D28)
Washington St at Texaco Star Classic (D18-19) (in San Diego, CA)
	Texas v. WSU, Azusa Pacific v. San Diego State
Washington St at Spartan Classic (D29-30) (in E. Lansing, MI)
	Mich. St, Princeton, WSU, New Hampshire



WASHINGTON HUSKIES
==================

No games were scheduled this week.


WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (courtesy of Jim Jungbauer)
========================

Following a frustrating loss at Idaho on Wednesday, the Washington State
Cougars, led by an incredible performance from freshman Mark Hendrickson,
got back on the winning track with a solid 83-66 win over the Eastern
Washington Eagles at Friel Court in Pullman Saturday night.

Hendrickson turned in the best performance of his young college career,
pouring in 25 points and dominating the glass at both ends of the floor with
15 rebounds.  Mark just seems to get better every game, and none of his 25
tonight were off of post-ups on offense (although the fans, myself included,
wish that they would go to him more often down low)... they were nearly all
off of offensive rebounds, good hustle plays, or semi-transition.  Also
coming off a quiet night at Idaho, Bennie Seltzer played an outstanding game,
scoring 20, including a perfect 3-3 from the 3-pt line.  Brad Seagry (I think
that was his name) led all scorers with 27 off the bench in a losing cause
for Eastern (something tells me he'll be starting next game :-) ) and I was
really impressed overall with the guard play of Eastern... *very* quick, and
their excellent outside shooting kept the game fairly close all night.

The difference in this game, besides Hendrickson, was the defensive pressure
of the Cougars from the opening tip (Kelvin *finally* stuck with man-to-man
the whole night... we didn't see a single zone (yay!)).  The Cougs opened up
a comfortable 32-19 lead early on before EWU whittled it to 35-28 at the half.
The lead stayed right around 12-14 for the entire second half... the Cougs
never able to pull away completely to blow them out, but at the same time,
the game never getting close and certainly never in doubt.

Some numbers:

Mark Hendrickson   25 pts   10-12 FG   5-6 FT   *15* RB
Bennie Seltzer     20 pts   3-3 3pts

Notes:

* Sampson seems to be looking toward Joey Warmenhoven as the sixth man off the
  bench.  Joey has been getting quite a bit more PT lately, and with the team's
  lack of depth, this will likely continue.  Ferguson and Vik seem to be the
  only other guys getting any time at all.

* This might be a critical point in the season for David Vik.  He hasn't 
  played well at all, and the fans are really starting to get on him, which
  was only made worse by Sampson's open tongue-lashing tonight (although he
  did seem to play semi-inspired ball after he re-entered the game).


CALIFORNIA BEARS
================

Cal is on exam break, and will not play until Sunday 12/20.
There are signs of Jason Kidd hype backlash in the media.  The
S.F. Chronicle's C.W. Nevius' commentary "Sorry, but Cal's Star
is Still a Kidd" mocked preseason Cal top-10 predictions: "Do you
get the feeling that people are rehearsing their superlatives 
before they see him play?"  Nevius also stated that 
USF's Orlando Smart is the best point guard in 
the Bay Area right now.  Perhaps the most telling comment was
that while people blame the media for the hype, the media didn't
"book the Colesium Arena for the game against Sacramento State.
Kidd is a living dunking meal ticket for the Cal program, and
at 18, that's pretty heady stuff." 


STANFORD CARDINAL
=================

The bad news is that a game against Sacramento State could be 
considered important to the Cardinal.  The good news is that
Stanford made the best of it by establishing a suffocating 
defense in a 68-33 win.  "Our defensive play was intense from
start to finish, and that's what we need to compete throughout
the season," said forward Todd Manley.  Coach Mike Montgomery
was "pleased with the effort" after the Cardinal held the 
Hornets to 12-for-45 shooting and 12 first half points while 
moving to  2-2.  In another good sign, the Cardinal dominated
the rebounding, 40-26.  The win is at least a first step towards 
Stanford establishing itself as a tough defensive and rebounding
team.  

Manley lead the team in both points (14) and rebounds (9).  Manley
took the most shots (9) followed by forwards Lammersen and Ravn  
with 7 each.  In the back court, only Dukes (3-6, 3-5 on 3-pointers)
shot well.  I don't know whether Sac State's lack of size or
Montgomery's preferences dictated going inside, but it's clear
that Lollie, Williams and Dukes need to score effectively for the
Cardinal to do well in conference play.  Stanford has another
chance to work out some kinks against Howard this Saturday before
heading off to the Maui Invitational. 


 OREGON DUCKS
 ============

 Idaho Vandals at UofO  12/13/92
 =====================

 Well, in last week's edition I claimed that Oregon would have a hard time
 winning unless they went to their best player, Antoine Stoudmire. Well, 
 his 25 points allowed the Ducks to defeat the Vandals 80 - 61, giving the
 Duck's their first Division I vistory, and bringing their record to 3-4 in
 the process.

 The Ducks shot 60% in the first half to take a 38-25 halftime lead. 
 Stoudmire contributed 17 of his 25 before the half. Late in the second
 half, the Ducks went on a 13-0 run to blow open the game. Clyde Jordan
 scored 15, with Aaron Johnson adding 7 and Bob Fife adding 16 points and 
 6 rebounds. 

 Oregon was helped by the poor shooting of Idaho. Orlando Lightfoot, the
 Vandals second leading scorer was held to 2 of 17 for the night. This win
 snaps a 13 game losing skid for the Ducks against Division I opponents
 dating back to last season.


 OREGON STATE BEAVERS
 ====================

 OSU at Southwest Missouri State Bears  12/13/92
 =====================================

 Well, Oregon State was soundly beaten, 63 - 48. And yes, the game was
 about as close as the score. The last time Oregon State was held to such 
 a low score was more than 4 years ago in Boise. The result then was a loss
 as well.

 This may be one of the first games of the season where a technical 
 foul changed the course of the game. Scott Haskin was having a good game,
 as the Bears went man for the game, allowing him to eat up the opposing
 center. The Beavers went to Haskin for 10 of their 18 first half points
 (The score at half was 25 - 18). The only problem was ticky-tack fouls (or
 at least what the media reports as the Beavers' claiming were ticky-tack
 fouls). At any rate, Haskin had 2 fouls in the first half. Then at the 17:35
 mark in the second half, he picked up an offensive foul. Thirty seconds 
 later, he was saddled with a fourth foul, apparently for getting elbowed in
 the mouth by the opposing player. When he pointed this out (allegedly he
 told the ref "'Ref, he 'bowed me in the mouth"), the ref gave him a technical
 foul.

 Under NCAA rule changes, a unsportsmanlike technical (i.e. any T other 
 than hanging on the rim) is charged against the player. So, at the 17:05
 mark, Scott Haskin fouled out. The refs were not done dispensing T's for
 the evening however, hammering Jimmy Anderson with one when the Coach
 yelled "He's set! He's set!" at the ref on a blocking call. All-in-all, 
 the Bears went to the stripe 30 times, the Beavers 13 times. The Bears
 attempted 50 shots to the Beavers 39, and managed to outrebound the Beavers
 in Haskin's absence. 

 Lowlights: McKinney takes only one shot, a three that missed badly (and he
 was averaging 15 ppg). Chad Scott, averaging 18 ppg, gets held to 4 points.
 
 Highlights: Kareem Anderson came out of his shooting slump, with 15 points,
 including 3 of 5 from trey-land. Brent Barry (who started) had a career
 high 4 blocked shots.

 Next: OSU at NC State, Saturday. OSU is now 2-2 on the season.



ARIZONA WILDCATS
================


 Arizona played the Utah Utes at McKale Saturday afternoon. The cats
came out looking sluggish in the first half and found themselves down
by 8 heading into the second half. The big stories from the game were
Ray Owes' stellar performance and Lute Olson's crticism of the very silent,
seemingly uninterested crowd at McKale.

 Owes sparked an 18-5 run that was critical to the Cat's 78-64 win over
Utah. With 14 minute remaining in the game and Utah  up, Owes came in
to score 7 quick points and play a key role in the Wildcat defense. 

 Olson was quick to criticize the now familiar silent McKale crowd after the
game as were surprisngly the opposing team who claimed to be disappointed
in McKale after hearing so much about how tough a place to play it was
supposed to be. 

 Chris Mills had a big game and ended up with 39 points last week, good
enough to take Pac-10 player of the week honors. Next up for Arizona is
their first big road game of the season against Providence. Tony Blair
is red hot these days shooting about 92% from the floor in his
first three games, he and Reggie Geary continue to be the biggest
surpises of the year.


ARIZONA STATE SUNDEVILS
=======================

No games were scheduled this week.

UCLA BRUINS
===========

No report from Valdis this week.

USC TROJANS
===========

No report from Valdis this week.

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Cliff Slaughterbeck           * 
Dept. of Physics, FM-15       *   Hey Matt!  The diffusion pump is full of
University of Washington      *   water again!
Seattle, WA 98195             *
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