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FROM EMERYVILLE TO EUGENE: THE HISTORY OF ESPRESSO ROMA AND THE CLOSURE OF CAFE SIENA BY MICHAEL TOBIN AND FRANKLIN LEWIS

Cafe Siena will be evicted from its location on 13th Avenue, according to court documents filed in Lane County Circuit Court on Tuesday. e cafe’s owner, David “Sandy” Boyd, isn’t left empty handed on 13th Avenue, as he still owns one business — Espresso Roma Cafe. Espresso Roma is a campus staple, but despite the cafe’s local, rustic feel, it is actually one of many Espresso Romas that Boyd owned or had a previous financial interest in — Boyd started the first Espresso Roma in Berkeley, California, in the 1980s and has ventured as far as Colorado. Boyd’s businesses, which are scattered across several states, owe millions of dollars in back taxes to the IRS and the state government of California. Cafe Siena was just one of his ventures to rise and fall. Miguel Cortez, manager of both Espresso Roma and Cafe Siena from 1993 to 2007, said Boyd infrequently visited the Eugene location. During his time as manager, Cortez said he did not see Boyd in person for eight years. Business was discussed almost exclusively over the phone. “Only if it was something super important would he call me,” Cortez said. “Otherwise he trusted me fully — 100 percent.” Boyd said that Cortez running Espresso Roma added to the local feel of the cafe. “Everyone on the street knew Miguel. I felt like that was really his store,” Boyd said. “Who was I? I was just the guy up there to fix something.” After 2007, Cortez stopped managing Cafe Siena for Boyd and consolidated his focus on Espresso Roma. Now retired, Cortez said he blames the collapse of Cafe Siena on his succeeding manager. According to court documents, Cafe Siena defaulted on the lease of its property, which is owned by e Duck Store. During an eviction e Emerald is published by Emerald Media Group, Inc., the independent nonprofit media company at the University of Oregon. Formerly the Oregon Daily Emerald, the news organization was founded in 1900. VO L . 1 2 0 , I S S U E N O. 3 9

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hearing on March 13, Boyd tried to negotiate with e Duck Store’s attorneys, but they were unable to come to an agreement and ultimately went to trial, which resulted in the eviction. Boyd said that he had trouble finding an attorney to represent him during the trial. “I found a local guy, but he had another trial on Friday,” Boyd said. “He gave me some advice but he couldn’t represent me because he had another trial the same day.” Boyd said Roma staff wanted to open a restaurant next door and convinced him to start Cafe Siena. Boyd got a health inspector’s approval and reopened the cafe shortly before the trial. “I had my own crepe breakfast on Friday morning,” he said. “After I found out I lost, I took everything out. e store is clean and it has new floors and counters. I took it all out and put it in storage.” Boyd said that one of his old employees came back to help him remodel and cook the crepes because he remembered the recipe for the batter. Even with the loss of the business, Boyd was able to see some positive aspects of it: “It brought me closer together with everyone. I know their last names and their fathers when they used to work for me. It was a good experience, except it ended poorly.”

in Emeryville. Fresh Choice filed for bankruptcy in July 2012. Boyd attributed the bankruptcy to changing demographics of customers. Boyd said that rent has significantly gone up at Roma’s flagship location in Berkeley. “I just have a lot of different projects and I’m trying to keep my head above water and make enough money to pay overhead,” Boyd said. According to an analysis of public records done by the Emerald, the Espresso Roma Corporation, the parent company of Espresso Roma, owes over $2.5 million in taxes to the IRS and the state government in California. In Oregon, Espresso Roma owes just over $615,000 in quarterly federal tax returns. e Espresso Roma Corporation’s California venture owes over $1.5 million in federal and state taxes. e Espresso Roma in Boulder, Colorado, owes just over $447,000 to the IRS; however, the business closed in 2013 and Boyd said his ex-wife owned the property after their divorce. e Boulder

location closed in 2013, however, the notice of federal tax lien showed that the business was behind on federal taxes from 2012 to 2015. Boyd said that despite the debt accrued by his corporation, Eugene’s Espresso Roma is not in danger of closing. Unlike Siena, the building of Espresso Roma is not owned by the Duck Store. Boyd said that he bought the building in the ’80s — it was a bookstore before becoming a cafe. Although Boyd lives in California, he says that all of Roma’s employees are local. “It’s local people. I must have 50 to 75 people who have worked for me for more than 30 years. We’re sort of an extended family.” Boyd said that he hoped that e Duck Store would give the lease to Cortez; however, Cortez said that he wants to see the place in good hands, but is comfortable in retirement. Although Cafe Siena may be a thing of the past, Boyd is more certain about the future of Espresso Roma. “No, they’re not going anywhere,” Boyd said.

Roma wasn’t built in a day Boyd started the Espresso Roma Corporation in Emeryville, California, in 1980, according to California business records. In 1984, Boyd opened Espresso Roma in Eugene. Boyd has had interests in various food service businesses over the years, including a company called Fresh Choice LLC, which was a buffet style restaurant headquartered NEWS EDITORS EMILY GOODYKOONTZ MICHAEL TOBIN BECCA ROBBINS A&C EDITORS JORDAN MONTERO SARAH URBAN SPORTS EDITORS JACK BUTLER SHAWN MEDOW MAVERICK PALLACK OPINION EDITORS JASON BIBEAU SAMUEL ANTHONY

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INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER JILLISBLACK TALKS RACE, IDENTITY AT UO VISIT BY DONNY MORRISON More than anything, writer, blogger and Instagram influencer Jillisblack values honesty — the type of honesty that both captivates and polarizes the millions of people who watch her viral videos criticizing, among other things, White liberal feminists. “Black people really like to hear me critique White people,” Jill said at the University of Oregon on Tuesday. “It made us feel good. But we didn’t like the videos where I moved from ‘dear White people’ to ‘dear Black people’ as much.” Jill’s intuitive ability to look at both sides of an issue was on display in the EMU’s Redwood Auditorium. She spoke as part of the Women Center’s annual Lyllye B. Parker Womxn of color speaker series, which hosts a keynote speaker who addresses intersections of racism and sexism, among other forms of oppression. “I don’t have a desire to come here and make White people uncomfortable,” Jill said. “I have a desire to come here and make everyone uncomfortable.” It’s this brand of honesty that garnered Jill nearly 80,000 Instagram followers and millions of views on her videos, several of which have

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gone viral on both Facebook and Instagram. e polarizing reactions to Jill’s opinions regarding race and gender haven’t slowed her down. To Jill, the uncomfortable nature of these dialogues is the first step to addressing an internet culture that’s become outwardly hateful and divisive. “ ese days, what we do is we call anybody who disagrees with us a troll,” Jill said. “And we block them. We unfollow them. We call them trash. We discard them and we say that they’re pointless and we don’t care if they’re dead or alive.” It’s this knee-jerk reaction of hate and dismissal on the internet that motivates Jill to use her platform and identity to voice opinions that, while challenging for some, aim to bring people together. “I need us to see that people are important when apparently rhetoric is all we’ve got and opinions are taken as solutions,” Jill said. “I need us to just get back to seeing people as people and that we need each other.” Lyllye B. Parker, for whom the event is named, worked with UO’s academic advising department for 17 years, mentoring hundreds of young students of color, said Violet Johnson, racial justice coordinator for the UO Women’s Center.

“Ms. Parker continues to give back to the Lane community through her volunteer work and loving advocacy,” Johnson said prior to Jill’s talk. Parker, who was in attendance, took the podium next for a short speech before introducing Jill. “I was able to help so many students through this institution,” Parker said. “I was hired to advise students of color, but I have a lot of White students coming to me saying, ‘Ms. Tonka, will you advise me?’ And we just took them right up the highway with us. So what I want to say to you tonight, is that it’s your turn.” roughout the lecture, Jill made it a point to reiterate that she isn’t an expert on Black people. In fact, she isn’t an expert on anything. Jill said that the self-appointed expertise that she sees online prevents constructive communication, whether it’s between races, genders or political parties. She said the change doesn’t start by looking at others. “I don’t speak on behalf of all Black people. I don’t speak on behalf of all queer people. I don’t speak on behalf of all women. I have a very specific experience. It is very important that I use my time to critique myself.”

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Black Wolf Supper club on 454 Willamette St. perfectly executes a delicious Southern-Cajun style. (Madi Mather)

Cajun food is often misrepresented west of the Mississippi River and is not a frequent culinary adventure chefs want to tackle on the West Coast. With a blend of Southern and French influences, Cajun is not for weak taste palates. is style of food hails from the Cajun people, a group of French Acadians who headed down to Louisiana after being exiled from Quebec. is history helps to explain the pairing of Southern comfort food with the culinary complexity of the French. Creole food, which is often bundled in with Cajun, is also closely related to that of Cajun but is influenced more by the Creole people: the city dwellers who took a more gourmet, complex take on the Cajun flavors. Black Wolf Supper Club on 454 Willamette St. perfectly executes this delicious Southern-Cajun style and pairs it with a swanky, casual experience in the Market District of downtown Eugene. Because they understand that the Southern-Cajun experience is more than just the food, Black Wolf Supper Club also provides alcohol-heavy slushie versions of daiquiris and hurricanes, along with a full-service bar. e restaurant sits in the location that was once occupied by Belly Taquería — a Mexican restaurant serving primarily gourmet tacos, as well as tostadas, empanadas, salads and other options. Belly and Black Wolf Supper Club share the same owner, Brendan Mahaney, who also partnered with Buck Buck owners Mikey Lawrence and Edgar Arellano. Both Lawrence and Arellano know Mahaney from working as chefs at his previous establishments. Lawrence and Arellano then transformed Belly Taquería into Black Wolf Supper Club to match their vision and took over the day-to-day operations from Mahaney when he moved to Portland. e trio of owners opened up the revamped space and menu on Oct. 16, 2017, at precisely 4:20 in the evening. Because Cajun food is not for everyone, Black Wolf Supper

Club offers more traditional Southern favorites like their Buck Buck fried chicken. e perfectly prepared dish draws from the owners’ experience operating local favorite Buck Buck — a food truck that used to be parked outside of Oakshire Brewery before exploding in February. e Cajun restaurant sometimes takes a little artistic license when it comes to mixing different Cajun and Southern dishes. e mac & cheese with crayfish and tasso ham mixes the Southern favorite mac & cheese with the local Louisiana favorite crayfish. Using the protein that can be found in the swamps and waters around Louisiana is a founding factor in Cajun food. Crayfish, crab, shrimp and alligator are all things often used in Cajun/Creole cooking because they can be caught either from the swamp or the neighboring Gulf Coast. Crayfish makes another appearance in the geniusly paired crayfish beignets. e doughyyet-crispy New Orleans beignets are stuffed with the surprisingly delightful fishiness of crayfish. e beignets are then paired with a creamy, spicy sauce to make for a perfect shared dish. A similar, but slightly different shared dish is the crab hush puppies. Again, the doughy potato base of the hush puppy paired with the soft, delicate crab meat makes for another hit. One of the more popular sharing dishes — that also remains true to Southern tradition — is the New Orleans BBQ Shrimp. e shrimp are cooked in a barbecue concoction that gives them a sweet, smoky flavor. ey are then served to the guest in their natural state, still wrapped in their shell. Peeling the shrimp can be a pain but it keeps the delicious juices inside to make for a better tasting product once the hard work of peeling is finished. e effective mixing of Cajun and Southern food, the chefs’ own take on these flavors and a fun atmosphere make Black Wolf Supper Club a necessary stop the next time you’re in the Market District area.

e restaurant offers alcohol-heavy slushie versions of daiquiris and hurricanes, along with a full-service bar. (Madi Mather)

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“Watching the garden grow, happy happy days,” by e Chicago band Twin Peaks, is reminiscent of sunny, breezy spring weather. (Creative Commons)

EMERALD RECOMMENDS: SONGS FOR SPRINGTIME BY EMMA LINDBERG Springtime brings blossoming flowers, warmer days and new beginnings. It’s the uplifting season we all deserve after winter quarter. Whether you prefer relaxing in the sun or biking around campus, happy, lighthearted music is an essential part of creating a perfect atmosphere for however you enjoy spending the beautiful season. Here are five songs that create a perfect soundtrack to those blissful spring days. “Making Breakfast” - Twin Peaks e Chicago band Twin Peaks’ feel-good indierock music lights up even the gloomiest of days. From their 2014 album, “Wild Onion,” “Making Breakfast’s” opening line, “Watching the garden grow / happy happy days,” is reminiscent of those days spent outside basking in the sunny, slightly breezy spring weather. Lyrics like, “Such a beautiful day / it’s raining through the window but I like it that way” offer imagery that beautifully encapsulates the easy, joyous allure of springtime. e cheerful lyrics combined with high-energy guitar combine to create a song that accompanies any spring day. “Cool With You” - Her’s e Liverpool duo comprised of Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading was known for its

dreamy, hazy indie-rock music. eir 2017 track “Cool With You” combines infectious harmonies with intoxicating beats to create a song that is easy to get lost in. e laid back, chill nature of this song is perfect for an immediate mood boost. e lyrics, “We don’t have to know / anyone at all / anyone at all / draw the blinds back slow / sun fades in our room / two begin to bloom” feel like they’re speaking directly to a quintessential spring day. e “blooming” between the two in the song also adds to the springtime sensibilities created on this track. “Real Love Baby” - Father John Misty Father John Misty, or Josh Tillman, is known for satirical musings and humorous commentary in his music, but his 2016 single, “Real Love Baby,” offers an honest portrayal of love. “Our hearts are free / so tell me what’s wrong with the feeling / I’m a flower, you’re the bee / it’s much older than you and me / I’m in love, I’m alive / I belong to the stars and sky.” e opening lines to this feel-good track make your day even better. e calming acoustic guitar in this song coupled with these lyrics offers a song that you can’t stop listening to.

“Peach Pit” - Peach Pit Peach Pit, an indie, dream-pop Vancouver band creates a soothing experience with their track of the same name off their debut EP, “Sweet FA.” is song feels like those warm nights driving with the windows down feeling calm and content. e opening lines, “Oh peach pit where’d the hours go / when your orange skin began to glow / from a hanging branch in gardens home” describes a brief love affair, using a once-ripe and now-rotten peach to describe their short relationship. is song has an irresistible charm that creates a relaxing mood, complementing any spring activity. “Mr. Blue Sky”- Electric Light Orchestra It’s impossible to create a playlist of springtime songs without including this track. ELO is known as one of the most influential British rock bands, and this song shows why. is track off their 1977 album, “Out of the Blue,” focuses on clear skies, great weather and the good feelings that come along with it. e track’s chorus, “Mr. Blue Sky / please tell us why / you had to hide away for so long” describes the long-awaited spring season after a gloomy, dark winter. is song wonderfully represents the joyful mood that coincides with getting out in the spring weather. F R I D AY, A P R I L 5 , 2 0 1 9

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PROPELS DUCK FAMILY INTO FINAL FOUR BY MAGGIE VANONI • TWITTER @MAGGIE_VANONI TAMPA, Fla. — Ruthy Hebard always wanted sisters. Adopted into the Hebard family when she was just a few days old, she grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, with two brothers, one older and one younger, each adopted as well. At age 18, Hebard joined a new family. A family where everyone wears matching green and yellow colors and passed around an orange and black ball most days of the week. Not only did she finally gain a sister, actually 13 at the time, but she gained multiple parentlike role models, including head coach Kelly Graves, who recruited her to join the Oregon family in the first place by sharing his own priority of family. “When Coach Graves was recruiting me, he talked about PA G E 8

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family and that’s the biggest thing to me, so just having another family here that I can go to for anything, all these different personalities that match, is just really great,” she said. Just last Sunday, Hebard’s Oregon family made history, earning its way to the program’s first-ever Final Four. Over the past three seasons, Hebard has gone from a quiet freshman to becoming Oregon’s dominant strong forward, taking down rivaled opponents and constantly providing a force in the paint when needed most. “She’s kind of out of her shell and I’m just proud of her,” senior Maite Cazorla said. “She is just such a good person and loving. She makes all of us just stick together and look out for each other. She just brings a lot.”

Cazorla remembers Hebard’s first couple of practices at Oregon and how the Alaska native was often shy. But it’s that slight shyness that sophomore Satou Sabally immediately recognized her first year on the team and instantly knew her younger sister, Nyara, would fit in perfectly with Hebard, as Satou says the two share similar personalities. “Ruthy has been a really good role model,” Nyara said. “It’s funny — before I came here, my sister always said we were kind of alike, like personality-wise. Ruthy has been a good person to look up to. She’s always in a good mood, always brings joy to the team.” Last year, Hebard earned the Katrina McClain Award for the National Power Forward

of the Year, and this year she is a finalist for the award again, averaging a double-double in the Tournament thus far with 17 points and 10 rebounds. And come Friday night’s semifinal game against Baylor, Hebard will be surrounded by both of her families, as her Alaskan family has made the long travel from one corner of the country to the other to be able to cheer on her Oregon family. “You can’t say any bad thing about Ruthy because she is so selfless and she’s a great player,” Satou said. “[She’s] just so openminded and we can always go to her and talk with her and she will protect you with her life. She’s the same way she is on the court: selfless and just there for you if you need her.”

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In their first-ever appearance in the Final Four, the Ducks face Baylor on Friday. (Courtesy of Eric Evans/Oregon Athletics)

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s been a whirlwind couple days for the Oregon women’s basketball team. e Ducks won their Elite Eight game in Portland on Sunday, traveled back to Eugene that night and on Tuesday flew to Florida. ey’ve had a luau, a firework show and were given some swag from Nike. “I’ve been watching these for a long time,” Oregon head coach Kelly Graves said. “Until you’re actually here, you don’t know what the experience is really like.” Oregon hasn’t had a chance to sit back and take in what it has accomplished. A first-ever Final Four berth clinched by an Elite Eight win in front of more than 11,000 fans at Portland’s Moda Center will certainly be moments these players will reflect on for the rest of their lives. Just like his players, Graves is a newbie on this stage. He got advice from Oregon men’s head coach and 2017 Final Four participant Dana Altman. “Have a great time, enjoy it, especially for your first time,” Graves said of Altman’s advice. “We hope to be back. But there’s never an assurance of that. at was, not underlined, overwhelming theme perhaps. … Be yourselves. Don’t put in that special play, that new defense, just do what’s gotten you there.”

Oregon forward Lydia Giomi, who played a pivotal role in stopping Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan in Oregon’s Elite Eight win, said the Final Four atmosphere set in for her when the team had its luau. But for Morgan Yaeger, it hit when she was putting up shots in practice on ursday morning. “Seeing the arena today, it’s starting to sink in now,” Yaeger said. “It’s getting close, it’s really exciting.” Senior Maite Cazorla will have a special Final Four. Not just because she’ll play her last collegiate game on the biggest stage, but because her family from Spain will make it out to Tampa to watch the game in person, meaning they will all be together for the first time in five years. “I’m just excited,” Cazorla said. “It’s going to be great, it’s going to be awesome that we’re all going to be together and I’m looking forward to it.” Cazorla said that she’s been hesitant to try out her Nike React sneakers that she and the Ducks got from Nike when they arrived in Tampa. Part of that Nike swag included special hoodies the team received on ursday morning that read, “Et Les Femmes?” meaning “And women?” in French. “ is is something Nike has preached to us, talked a lot to us about,” freshman Taylor Chavez said.

“ ey’ve been really interactive with us and trying to make equality really obvious between us and the men’s teams so something like this puts it into words. We’re wearing it on our chests.” ere’s no frenzy like the Final Four. ere are banners littered across buildings in downtown Tampa Bay, and Amalie Arena has seen a transformation from the Tampa Bay Lightning’s hockey rink to the biggest stage in collegiate women’s basketball. “We’re calling dibs on everything in the locker room, the rugs — everything. So, we’re still obviously enjoying being here and being part of the Final Four,” Ionescu said. “But I don’t really think it’ll sink in until I’m done playing in it.” But the off-court distractions haven’t affected the underdog Ducks who are still focused on the task at hand. “I don’t think [Graves is] feeling a lot of the pressure, I don’t think any of us are,” Ionescu said. “Everyone’s in here laughing, having a good time. We’re honored, humbled to be here. But I think we all know we don’t want to go home tomorrow. We didn’t just come here to enjoy the experience, we came here to win two more basketball games.”

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TAMPA, Fla. – Late last week, the floor of Amalie Arena was transformed from an ice rink, home to the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, to the court of the NCAA Final Four. Following a thrilling defeat of No. 1-seed Mississippi State on Sunday, No. 2-seed Oregon women’s basketball is preparing to play on that court in its first-ever Final Four on Friday night against No. 1-seed Baylor. While the Ducks are lacing up for their first Final Four, the Lady Bears are here for their fourth, including 2005 and 2012 championship titles, the last time the Lady Bears advanced to the Final Four. at doesn’t mean Baylor isn’t primed for this weekend. Mulkey has led Baylor to all four of the team’s national final and semifinal runs, and this season, she has coached the Lady Bears to the top of the AP Poll since late January. And in the tournament thus far, Baylor has won each game by at least 25 points, averaging a 38-point win margin in its four NCAA Tournament games. In its all-time series against Oregon, Baylor has won all three of the matchups. e Lady Bears boast two All-American posts in 6-foot-4 junior Lauren Cox and 6-foot-7 senior Kalani Brown. Against Iowa in the Elite Eight, they scored 36 of Baylor’s 85 points, grabbed a combined 18 rebounds and earned a combined five blocks.

Oregon’s 6-foot-4 junior post, Ruthy Hebard, will be critical if the Ducks are going to upset Baylor and advance to Sunday night’s final. “She’s got her work cut out for her, whether she’s guarding Cox or Brown or whomever inside. ey’re tremendous players — All-Americans,” Oregon head coach Kelly Graves said. “She’s just going to have to suck it up and do it like she’s been doing.” Against Mississippi State’s 6-foot-7 Teaira McCowan in the Elite Eight, Hebard scored 14 points and grabbed just five rebounds. In the preseason, the Ducks hosted the Bulldogs in Eugene where Hebard held McCowan to just five points, and on Sunday, she netted 19 points against Hebard. e physicality of the matchup prepared Oregon’s post for Baylor’s double post. “I think Sunday’s game got me ready, got me physical, in the mindset,” she said. “I’m excited to take on Kalani.” e Ducks and Hebard will look to bench forwards, senior Oti Gildon and redshirt-sophomore Lydia Giomi, to help control Baylor’s Brown and Cox and create scoring options on offense. “We’ve seen the double team on Ruthy,” Giomi said. “People have tried to stop our pick-and-roll. We’ve done a really good job at, ‘OK we see this. Let’s do this instead.’ We’ve always

e Ducks practice at the Amalie Arena in preparation for their Final Four game vs. Baylor in Tampa Bay, Florida. (Courtesy of Eric Evans/Oregon Athletics)

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adapted to what the defense gives us.” Baylor’s double-post defense will need to adapt to Oregon’s four-out offense, forcing Cox to guard Oregon’s 3-point shooters on the perimeter, but the forward is up for the task. “I think [Cox is] one of the best defenders at any position,” Mulkey said. “She can defend any position on the floor if I asked her to.” In graduate guard Chloe Jackson, the Lady Bears have a first-time point guard after Mulkey switched her to point-guard earlier this season. Compared to Oregon’s two point-guard backcourt in shootingguard Ionescu and senior true-point-guard Matie Cazorla, the Ducks have Baylor beat in the backcourt. “It all starts with [Ionescu]. What a talent. What a joy to watch, if you’re not having to play against her,” Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey said. “She’s got that ‘umph’ in her. She’ll get the ball to them in spots where it makes them look good.” Beyond the arc, the Ducks outshoot Baylor over 10 percent, 41.7 to 31.4 percent, but under the glass, Baylor outrebounds Oregon by an average of 10 boards a night, 47.6 to 37.9. Oregon and Baylor play at 4 p.m. PT on Friday night with a National Championship appearance on the line.

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