Harter dives into Pac-10’s Hall

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The Eugene Register-Guard has a story about Dick Harter’s reign as basketball coach at the University of Oregon.

Harter will be inducted into the Pac-10’s Hall of Honor this week, so it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the career of the guy who coach UO’s “Kamikaze Kids.”

My memory of Harter isn’t as pleasant. Two good friends from Southern California went to Oregon to play for Harter in the mid-70s and left, burnt out by the early morning phone calls and the 5 a.m. practices. They didn’t have much good to say about the legendary coach.

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The University of Idaho will try to end the season on an up note in the Western Athletic Conference tournament, starting tonight (6:30) when the Vandals meet San Jose State in Las Cruces, N.M.

Jim Meehan advances the game in today’s paper, and has more on his blog .

• Dave Trimmer has this piece on the Vandal women and their postseason hopes.

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The Huskies’ Lorenzo Romar has fond memories to draw from this week as he tries to guide his Huskies to the Pac-10 tournament title and an NCAA berth.

• But that’s OK, because optimism might be Romar’s middle name (if it is he should be really pissed at his parents).

• For the Huskies to win the tourney, UW’s Artem Wallace has to improve his free-throw shooting.

• Everyone knows UW has multiple offensive threats, but to be successful this week, the defense needs to pick up .