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Ducks try to win over tough crowd.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-MAR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ducks try to win over tough crowd.(Sports)(Oregon hopes New York City basketball fans will take a shine to their uptempo offense in the NIT semifinals)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard

NEW YORK - Anybody here like the Ducks?

To beat Michigan tonight in the NIT semifinals, Oregon will first attempt to win over the fans in Madison Square Garden for a doubleheader that begins with Rutgers and Iowa State.

`We're a team a crowd can get into because we're uptempo,' Oregon's Luke Jackson said. `We look to make a lot of big plays. Hopefully we can get the crowd into it and they'll be on our side.'

The NIT doesn't play on a neutral court until the semifinals and final. Michigan (21-12) didn't leave its campus for its three NIT victories. The Ducks (18-12) won twice at home, then knocked off Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind....

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