Archive for March, 2009
A day after the first, and a day before the second
PORTLAND — Just a quick take to say that we’ll be back tomorrow for the second round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, which will feature Purdue vs. Washington in the West Region and Western Kentucky vs. Gonzaga in the South for the chance to get to the Sweet 16.
The late game turned out to be [...]
Zags' run knocks out Zips in NCAA first round
By Kevin Hudson | Senior Sports Reporter
PORTLAND – The No. 13-seed Akron Zips got their money’s worth in their first trip to the NCAA tournament in 23 years, putting an early scare in the No. 4 Bulldogs before fading down the stretch to fall 77-64 at the Rose Garden.
“They came into this thing on fire,” [...]
What we're thinking after three games at the NCAA Tournament
PORTLAND — It’s been quite a day here at Portland. No there haven’t been any upsets, and really, there hasn’t been a whole lot of excitement other than the first game and the opening ofthe second half against Akron and Gonzaga, as the Zips were up relatively late into the game.
Here are some of my [...]
Courtside at the NCAA Tournament
PORTLAND — Yes, we’re here.
The NCAA Tournament’s first two rounds are in Portland, Ore., today and Saturday, March 21, and ODE Sports, which consists of Kevin Hudson and myself, will be at the tournament all day every day.
We’ll be giving updates for every halftime and final score via our twitter account, @odesports.
Right now it’s 6 [...]
One more thing…
I put in a public records request to the University to disclose Kevin Williams’ performance evaluations, but those are exempt from disclosure under Oregon law and University of Oregon rules. Therefore, there’s little chance of seeing whether he received good or bad marks from Frances Dyke before she demoted him.
DPS update
Frances Dyke emailed me the following last night (Tuesday):
Hi Hannah,
Because of my travel schedule this week, I want to provide information to you via email. As I mentioned last week, Doug Tripp will be interim director of the Department of Public Safety. He has more than 22 years of campus safety experience and [...]
Men to win first ever NCAA Indoor National Championship
Oregon currently leads Florida, 54 to 30, with only the men’s 4×400m relay left. The Ducks, who entered the day in the lead with 23 points, have been bolstered by Ashton Eaton’s heptathlon victory, Galen Rupp’s 3,000m victory, and a second-place finish by Andrew Wheating in the men’s 800m. (Ironically, Wheating finished second to Jacob [...]
Kelly: "I could be my own offensive coordinator"
Kelly said that he wants to hire the best football coach, period, offensively in the nation.
That doesn’t mean he’s ruling himself out, either, if he isn’t comfortable with the pool of applicants. He said that he has a list of people he knows and wants to interview, but that concerns about the spread option background, [...]
