Oregon earned its highest ranking ever in the Associated Press poll on Monday but then started to drop on Tuesday when the fourth-ranked Ducks fell to 1-1 with a 66-49 loss at Baylor. Dres Tin Jedvaj .The Ducks are back on the court at home Thursday night against Valparaiso, which went 30-7 last year, including a 73-67 loss at Oregon.Valpo won 30 games last year and I said they would do that before the season, Oregon coach Dana Altman said. I said they were going to win 30 and I hoped we were not one of them. And they are going to win 30 games again, and I hope we are not one of them.Valparaiso is 3-0 after wins over Southern Utah, Trinity Christian and Coppin State, but Oregon will present a bigger challenge.The Ducks are expected to once again be without all-conference forward Dillon Brooks, who had foot surgery in July. The Ducks are hopeful he can return next week when Oregon plays in the Maui Invitational.We did not have him in the summer or for preseason practices, so it is no excuse at all, Oregon junior forward Jordan Bell said. When he comes back, he will help us.Oregon had a lackluster start to the season. After a 91-77 win over Army, the Ducks lost by 17 at Baylor. Point guard Dylan Ennis scored 16 points as the Ducks shot just 32.8 percent against the Bears.We have a lot of work to do, and Ive been really telling the guys that for the last two or three weeks, Altman said. I liked our first couple weeks of practice and then we got stuck in gear. We had a hard time getting out of that, but I hope we can figure out a way to get it in another gear.Oregon has a veteran team, with four returning starters, and Altman said he hopes they hear his message soon.That comes from leadership within the team, he said. They have not been doing a good job listening to my warnings. I hope the guys talk about it, because it is their team. They are going to make a decision on the identity for their team. We give them some suggestions, but they are going to have to change the way they approach it.Oregon has a difficult schedule. After Valparaiso, the Ducks head next week to the Maui Invitational, where they will open against Georgetown. The Ducks are one of three teams currently ranked in the eight-team field.This is as tough of a start to the schedule as we have had here, said Altman, who is beginning his seventh season at the school.Senior forward Alec Peters is averaging 26.3 points per game for Valparaiso while senior guard Shane Hammink is scoring 18.7 per game for the Crusaders, who are averaging 82 points per game. Ante Rebic Dres . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. Ivan Rakitic Dres . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.dresovihrvatskereprezentacije...uka-modric.html . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Jenson Button blamed the dawdling Renault of Jolyon Palmer for his Q1 elimination in Austin, though he also admitted McLaren messed up its timing by sending him out too early.Sitting in the drop zone late in the session, Button left the garage earlier than anyone else for the final runs of Q1. That meant he hit a group of slow-moving cars at the end of his flying lap as they prepared for their own attempts, preventing the 2009 world champion from improving on his time.Though frustrated by the traffic Button, who qualified 19th, conceded McLaren had got the timing wrong.We were 8th yesterday and 9th this morning [in FP3], the pace was good, but we messed up with the timing in Q1 - its not the first time this happens - and I had four cars to overtake in the last sector.Button was particularly unimpressed by the driving of Renaults Jolyon Palmer, who he encountered at the final corner. Palmer, who appeared to see the McLaren late, moved across onto the kerbs but Button does not think he did enough to get out of the way at a crucial point of the lap.The last one, saw me really late and stayed on the racing line, so I had to out-brake him into the last corner and, you know, there its so important to brake late and carry speed into the corner, but you cant do that if youre off line. And yoou dont know what the other car is doing, because he was weaving around, so. Dresovi Vedran Corluka. ..Its disappointing and its the kind of thing we shouldnt be making mistakes in, got a Renault on the way again, as it has happened in the last couple of races... It doesnt mater what they see, this is what theyve done today...Palmer did not receive a penalty for the incident and progressed to Q2 -- eventually qualifying 15th. Though he vented his frustration to the Renault pit wall at the end of Q1 for not giving him ample warning of Button behind, Palmer defended his driving after the session.Q1 was closer than it needed to be, because no-one told me about the traffic, he told Sky Sports. In the last corner I had to literally get off the road to not get a penalty. I think they looked into it and said no further action.I saw him and I literally jumped off the track, I wasnt even on the track when he came past. I tried my best to get out of the way. I dont think it probably cost him three tenths me getting in the way.It meant I only got one clear lap in Q1, and I only had one in Q2 also - but they were both pretty good. Im happy, I dont think we could have had any more. Cheap MLB Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping cheap nfl jerseys Cheap Jerseys USA China Jerseys Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys For Sale Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys ' ' '