B4 • SPORTS Thursday, January 14, 2010 / ARIZONA DAILY STAR Arizona SIDELINES WILDCATS (8-8, 2-2 Pac-10) Beavers respond to intense practice Oregon State coach Craig Robinson Home games in bold Asterisk denotes Pac-10 game said he held three practices last week November that were so intense they were intended 15 Northern Arizona W, 87-70 to make the Beavers forget about their 19 Rice W,66-49 23 Wisconsin (Maui) L, 65-61 embarrassing 51-point home loss to 24 Colorado (Maui) W,91-87 OT INSIDER Seattle University on Jan. 6. 25 Vanderbilt (Maui) L,84-72 Not to mention the culture that permit- December ted a winless Pac-10 season in 2007-08 2 UNLV L,74-62 2OT before Robinson took over last season. 6 at Oklahoma L, 79-62 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BASKETBALL “People fail to realize that these guys 9 Louisiana Tech W,83-67 are just a year away from being 0-fer,” 12 at San Diego State L, 63-46 21 Lipscomb W,83-82,0T Robinson said.“It’s easy to slip back into 23 North Carolina State W, 76-74 that if you take your eye off the ball a lit- 28 BYU L, 99-69 tle.When you start feeling good about 31 *at USC L, 56-50 ARIZONA AT OREGON STATE, TODAY, 8 P.M., NO TV yourself, you can slip back into bad January habits.” 2 *at UCLA W,77-63 It worked, at least temporarily.The 8 *Washington State L, 78-76 10 *Washington W, 87-70 Beavers beat Oregon four days later 14 *at Oregon State 8 p.m. 64-57,winning at McArthur Court for the 16 *at Oregon 2:30 p.m. first time since 1993. 23 *at Arizona State 7:30 p.m. 28 *Stanford 6 p.m. OSU fab frosh not playing tonight 31 *California 1:30 p.m. The guy who just might be Oregon February State’s best player won’t be on the floor 4 *at Washington 8:30 p.m. 6 *at Washington State 6:30 p.m. tonight. In fact, he may not be all season. 11 *Oregon 8:30 p.m. Highly touted freshman guard Roberto 13 *Oregon State 6 p.m. Nelson is still in NCAA clearinghouse lim- 21 *Arizona State 3:30 p.m. bo, having appealed over some online 25 *at California 7 p.m. courses he took in high school. If he does 27 *at Stanford 6 p.m. not get cleared soon, Robinson indicat- March 4 *UCLA 6:30 p.m. ed, he may take a redshirt season. 6 *USC TBA “He’s practicing with us now, so that’s 10 Pac-10 tourney TBA a positive,”Robinson said.“It’s too bad 11 Pac-10 tourney TBA we couldn’t get him on the court sooner, 12 Pac-10 tourney TBA but those kinds of things happen.” 13 Pac-10 tourney TBA Lute an honorary captain at OU OREGON To honor McArthur Court in its final STATE Pac-10 season, Oregon has named hon- orary captains who have been part of its BEAVERS colorful history for each game. So on Saturday, former UA coach Lute (7-8, 1-2 Pac-10) Olson and John Dick, the last surviving November starter from Oregon’s 1939 “Tall Firs”na- 13 Tex. A&M-CC (in Lubbock,Texas) L, 67-43 tional championship team, will be the 14 South Dakota (Lubbock) W,62-47 honorary captains. 15 Texas Tech (Lubbock) L, 64-60 21 Sacramento State L, 65-63 Tonight, for the ASU-Oregon game, the 28 at George Washington W,64-57 Ducks will honor former ASU coach Bill December Frieder and former Oregon All-American 4 Colorado W,74-69 Charlie Warren, who played for the Ducks 6 Cal State-Bakersfield W, 74-39 BASKETBALL PLAYER ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHIARA BAUTISTA / ARIZONA DAILY STAR from 1959 to 1962. 12 at Nebraska L,50-44 16 at Illinois-Chicago L,63-61 HE SAID IT … Oregon coach hospitalized for 5 days 19 Mississippi Valley State W,76-62 23 Fresno State W,73-65 Having his team lose at home to Ore- 31 *at Washington L, 76-70 “They keep you off-balance. They play games with your pace and your rhythm. The key to play- gon State was actually the least painful January ing against their 1-3-1 and their 2-3 is recognition. We want to use our defense to create offense experience Oregon coach Ernie Kent had 2 *at Washington State L, 65-60 as well and share the ball. Seth (Tarver) has been terrific at the top of the zone. They have length all of last week. 6 Seattle University L, 99-48 Physically, at least. 10 *at Oregon W,64-57 and ability. It’ll be a challenge.” Kent was hospitalized five days before 14 *Arizona 8 p.m. 16 *Arizona State 4:30 p.m. the Civil War showdown and had two 21 *at Stanford 8 p.m. Arizona associate head coach Archie Miller, who scouted the Beavers days of tests, including a colonoscopy, 23 *at California Noon while doctors tried to figure out the 28 *USC 6:30 p.m. cause of his excessive bleeding. He could 30 *UCLA 5:30 p.m. not eat normal food for five days leading February ARIZONA AT OREGON, SATURDAY, 2:30 P.M., FSAZ up to the game, either. 6 *Oregon 4 p.m. 11 *at Arizona State 6:30 p.m. “Lots of bleeding, lots of bleeding — 13 *at Arizona 6 p.m. don’t let me get too graphic on camera,” 18 *California 8:30 p.m. Kent told the Oregonian on Tuesday. 20 *Stanford 1 p.m. 25 *at UCLA 9 p.m. Cats likely to break out red uniforms 27 *at USC 5:30 p.m. The Wildcats may finally see red this March weekend. 4 *Washington State TBA 6 *Washington TBA Arizona has worn only blue in road 10-13 Pac-10 tourney TBA games this season, including their two- game swing to Los Angeles over New Year’s weekend, but UA coach Sean OREGON Miller said it was likely the Wildcats will DUCKS wear red for a game this weekend. Miller said he didn’t know which game (10-5, 2-1 Pac-10) would feature red, but the Wildcats have November most often worn blue at Oregon State 13 Winston-Salem St.(tournament) W,94-43 and red at Oregon, making a particularly 14 UC-Davis (tournament) W,95-64 colorful splash if the Ducks counter with 15 Colorado St. (tournament) W,68-53 bright yellow. 21 at Portland L, 88-81 23 Montana L, 68-55 Miller learning Pac-10 road trips 28 Montana State W,89-66 December Sean Miller has never been to either 5 at Missouri L, 106-69 Gill Coliseum or McArthur Court, but he 12 St. Mary’s L, 81-76 says he’s been learning about what to 16 Mississippi Valley State W,79-51 19 Oakland W,72-60 expect from a pretty convenient re- 22 Idaho State W, 77-71 source: his brother. 28 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W,73-53 UA associate head coach Archie Miller 31 *Washington State W,91-89 spent a year as an assistant at ASU. January “The biggest thing about road swings 2 *Washington W,90-79 in the Pac-10 is the uniqueness of the 10 *Oregon State L, 64-57 14 *Arizona State 6:30 p.m. places,”Archie Miller said.“Oregon State 16 *Arizona 2:30 p.m. will be a tough out because of their style 21 *at California 8:30 p.m. of play and then to turnaround and go to 23 *at Stanford 6 p.m. Mac Court, that’s a fun place to play.” 28 *UCLA 8:30 p.m. 30 *USC 4 p.m. Sean Miller said he also has learned from UA spokesman Richard Paige, who February BASKETBALL PLAYER ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHIARA BAUTISTA / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 6 *at Oregon State 4 p.m. has been traveling with the Wildcats for a 11 *at Arizona 8:30 p.m. decade. 13 *at Arizona State 4 p.m. HE SAID IT … “We’re using all of the people here as 18 *Stanford 8 p.m. resources to better understand the trav- 20 *California 4 p.m. “Tajuan Porter, Michael Dunigan and Malcolm Armstead, those are the big three we have to con- 25 *at USC 8:30 p.m. el, the arenas and how that two-day 27 *at UCLA 3 p.m. tain and make sure the other guys don’t go off. We’ve got to make sure we can control the tempo swing goes from Thursday to Saturday,” March Sean Miller said.“We tried to do that a lot 4 *Washington TBA with Armstead. (Defensively) they’re going to play you man-to-man, be tough and physical.” before this year went on.” 6 *Washington State TBA 10-13 Pac-10 tourney TBA Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson, who scouted the Ducks Bruce Pascoe ARIZONA WILDCATS OREGON STATE BEAVERS OREGON DUCKS Per game Percentages Per game Percentages Per game Percentages Player P Ht/Wt Yr Min Pts Reb Ast Stl FG 3PT FT Player P Ht/Wt Yr Min Pts Reb Ast Stl FG 3PT FT Player P Ht/Wt Yr Min Pts Reb Ast Stl FG 3PT FT 13 Nic Wise G 5-10/180 Sr. 32.615.0 3.2 3.9 1.9 .402 .328 .914 15 Seth Tarver G/F 6-5/210 Sr.