Oregon Basketball: A Field Guide

The Student Section:
You can generally spot these creatures lurking outside doors 7 and 8 of Mac Court up to two hours before the doors even open. Clad in yellow shirts and hyped up on adrenaline and alcohol, they enter the arena ready to give all spectators the Game Day Experience and uphold Mac Court's reputation as one of the worst places for opposing teams to play. In unison, their chants of "OOOOOOOOOOOOO", "Air Ball" and clapping along with the fight song and Dr. Who create a sense of unity that can be found few other places on campus. They support the team through the good times and the bad. --dedicated to the Insane-O's, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and Isaac Rosenthal.

The Team:
Unfortunately, due to a poor decision on the part of Oregon Athletics of hiring someone who kicks ass at recruiting but can't coach a team to win if his life depended on it, the Ducks really aren't looking so hot this year. However, they are still a collection of talented athletes who could do great things with the right direction. --dedicated to Tajuan Porter because he's short

Ernie Kent:
Screw him.

The Daisy Ducks:
A group of wonderful ladies who serve as the boosters for Oregon athletic teams. The OMB loves them because they bake yummy treats for us for away trips. During basketball games they sell bingo cards. It's pretty much the best part of halftime. --dedicated to that one lady who sold me a bingo card today

The Oregon Basketball Band:
This group of musicians is a small portion of the Oregon Marching Band who performs the music at all the games. However, they don't start their musical duties until winter term (the Green and Yellow Garter Bands, aka GaYGB, trade off gigs during the exhibition and non-conference games that take place during fall term and winter break), which is why several members of the student section were confused as to why the band suddenly got so big. They play a wider variety of music than the OMB (thank God) and only make Mac Court that much louder and more intimidating. In addition, they make signs and yell crap at the opposing team in an attempt to make them miss shots. They're pretty much awesome. --dedicated to Nathan Stokes, the OBB Trumpet Section and a couple of the trombones

The Cheerleaders:
They dance to whatever the band plays.

Puddles (the Duck mascot):
He walks around Mac Court and does things to entertain the crowd. He will steal your popcorn, dance like a gangsta, do crazy things with the cheerleaders and pose for pictures with your kids. Plus he plays drums, although that's rarely seen this time of year. He's also pretty cool. --dedicated to Mikey Navarro

CMS:
They walk around and make sure that no one enters without a ticket, no one brings bottle-like weapons, no one takes flash pictures, no one stands on the benches, no one blocks the walkway...etc. Other than that, they're pretty chill. Also, they know certain people in the Pit Crew on a first-name basis. --dedicated to that lady who loves Isaac for some reason

The Enterprising Reporters:
They sit up in the 100-level on their laptops and post constant Twitter updates on behalf of the ODE. Because that's journalism. --dedicated to Robert Husseman

The Audio Technicians (aka Popcorn Buddies):
They sit up in the 100-level, play on the computer and share popcorn with each other. Mostly, it's a really boring job. They run the reader board and play canned music while the team is warming up and before the band starts playing. But most of the time, they sit there with glazed expressions and wish the game was over already so they can go home. --dedicated to Josh Shere and whoever his popcorn buddy is