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Article: Brooks can go home again.(Sports)(Sophomore point guard is eager for his first chance to play as a Duck in Seattle)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2005
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Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard
SEATTLE - It will be the usual pregame preparation for Aaron Brooks.
Get dressed. Get taped. Get stretched. And maybe get a nap.
`It's kind of weird,' the Oregon point guard said. `I try to go to sleep right before we play.'
In those last minutes before the Ducks leave their dressing room and take the court tonight at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Brooks will spend `five minutes of down time (to) close my eyes and if not doze off, just calm down because I get riled up, not just for this game but all games. I try to relax.'
The need might never be there more than for this game, and not only ...