Every Sunday, The Emerald sports staff will collect their favorite quotes from the previous seven days. Athletes, coaches, media or anybody with a quote pertaining to Oregon sports can be included. Below are The Emerald’s favorites from the week of March 17-23.
Men’s basketball
“It was really a disappointing loss. We played pretty well the first half, had pretty good control right before half but didn’t finish the half as well as we needed to. We started the second very poorly, gave up a lot of easy baskets that got the crowd in the game. The momentum switched there pretty quick.”
– Oregon head coach Dana Altman following the Ducks’ 85-77 loss to Wisconsin in the third round of the NCAA tournament.
“Calliste was in the corner, fuming, ‘You guys stay away from me I’m not talking.’ Johnathan Loyd was across the locker room, face buried in his hands, searching for words. Richard Amardi was just shaking his head, staring off. At one point, Calliste pulled on a ‘CANADA’ beanie cap and tried to leave the locker room but a Ducks support staffer told him, ‘Jason, you can’t leave.’”
– From John Canzano’s column in The Oregonian following Oregon’s 85-77 loss to Wisconsin.
Johnathan Loyd found folding chair turned it toward the corner and sat with his head down for a while. Blamed himself for not hitting shots
— Steve Mims (@SteveMims_RG) March 23, 2014
Register-Guard reporter Steve Mims on the scene inside Oregon’s locker room following its loss to Wisconsin.
“I thought we did a good job of finding (Cook) along the baseline. They (BYU) went into a zone and we got some penetration and had a lot of good passes to him on the baseline. I thought our guys did a good job of finding him … then he finished.”
– Altman on Elgin Cook’s career-best 23 points in Oregon’s win over BYU in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Baseball
“I knew I had to get it out of the infield to score that run, whether it be in the air, up the middle, I had to do something. They threw me a fastball up in the zone, I just put a short, hard swing on it and it just happened to go out.”
– Catcher Shaun Chase on his eighth inning home run that gave Oregon a 3-1 win and a sweep of Utah.
“We can sit there and dwell on the fact that we could be better with Cole Irvin, but we don’t have Cole Irvin. We don’t have Scott Heineman, so it’s other guys’ opportunities.”
– Head coach George Horton on losing starting infielder Scott Heineman for the season due to a shoulder injury.
“I saw coach Uhlman wheeling me in because he had a better angle. So, I decided to just go for it and trust him.”
– Second baseman Nick Catalano after Oregon’s 1-0 win over Utah. Catalano scored the winning run in the eighth inning on a wild pitch.
Football
“We will continue to support Eric in pursuit of his college football dreams. He will always be a member of the University of Oregon family. We wish him well.”
– Head football coach Mark Helfrich on wide receiver Eric Dungy’s departure from the Oregon football program.
Women’s basketball
“I think both teams were trying to figure it out. Chrishae Rowe came in and said, ‘I’ll figure it out for you.’”
Head coach Paul Westhead following Oregon’s 90-63 win over Pacific in the first round of the WNIT.
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