welcome back to downtown los angeles staples center and l.a. live in the heart of hollywood. the pacific life pac-10 tournament. tonight, the quest begins. who will step up, meet the challenge and exceed their expectations? which team will rise together to spirit that is unbreakable? caption funding provided by fox sports net the excitement begins. washington state, oregon, the winner stays alive. don: four days of action here at the pacific life pac-10 tournament and an it all starts tonight. the iet and nine game between the oregon ducks and washington state cougars. the ducks swept the season series against washington state. can they make it three in a row and advance to the second round? welcome inside staples center. there s the trophy that all the teams are playing for here at the pacific life pac-10 tournament. i m michael lee. miles simon, miles, the season was one of the more competitive we ve seen and we think the tournament will be the same way? absolutely. t
g. don: that s why he s in the game to protect the rim. zhang hasn t played of late. you see how he achlffects the g. steve: we did a game against the washington huskies. mike montgomery had a funny comment about max zhang sprinting down the court. he said, max, that s the way to do it. you re the fastest 7 3 chinese guy in america. don: he assumes he can beat yao ming down the floor. steve: yep. don: yao ming s 7 5 . steve: and he s got a bad foot. mike told us, he understands english but not sarcasm. let s take a look and see if this ball hit the rim. i don t think so. steve: did the net shake? don: yep. a little bit. steve: so the three official s over there, checking with the monitor, to see where they will set the shot clock. there s dwayne from the pac-10 conference, making sure they get it right. steve physioc filling in for barry tompkins, he lost his voice. don: two pretty good games to start this pacific life pac-10 tournament. last night, overt
as usual, the focal point for them. and he s all over the court. he finishes it inside. putting them on in the first half. knocking down three. just one thing he doesn t do consistently. he s got a handful of troubles. nice pass inside. really sharing the ball. very unselfish for them. a nice start out there for jamie saunders. just unbelievable. now, passing 12 out here and they were really just able to shorten the bench somewhat in part because of this group of six guys, just doing that in and out, showing us that. really sharing the basketball. very unselfish. i like the way they play at the first half. playing a lot better at 12 and 17. here s a look at the overall numbers from the first pass. and the field goal percentage, solid. in the neighborhood of 50% from the floor. yeah, they did a great job defensively. the reason why they shot poorly, because look at these shots for them. once again, the rebound, they did a nice shot. missing at lot, because they know t