ROUNDUP: OREGON DUCKS TROUBLE VS. ASU.

Byline: Daily News

Oregon probably wrapped up an NCAA Tournament bid as point guard Luke Ridnour drove for the game-winning layup with 3.3 seconds left to give the Ducks an 83-82 victory over Arizona State on Thursday night at Staples Center in a Pacific-10 Conference tournament quarterfinal game.

``Hopefully, all of you who said Oregon needs one more win can turn around and say Oregon got its win and should be in the tournament,'' Ducks coach Ernie Kent said.

Ridnour, a junior, said his game-winning shot was the biggest of his career.

``We knew we had to get this win,'' Ridnour said. ``Thank God the shot went in.''

Arizona State took an 82-81 lead with 12.1 seconds remaining on a three-point play by freshman forward Ike Diogu.

Ridnour, the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, had 23 points and six assists to lead the Ducks while forward Luke Jackson added 17 points and eight rebounds.

Diogu led Arizona State (19-11) with 27 points and 18 rebounds while Curtis Millage added 25. The Sun Devils got just two points from their bench.

After Ridnour scored, ASU's Curtis Millage tried a desperation shot from about 60 feet, but it didn't come close as time expired. The Sun Devils were out of timeouts.

Arizona State will have to wait until Sunday to see if it makes the NCAA Tournament. Oregon (21-9) plays UCLA tonight at 6:15 at Staples Center in a semifinal game.

--No. 15 California 69, Oregon State 46: The Bears (21-7) beat the Beavers (13-15) for the 11th consecutive time to advance to tonight's semifinals against USC.

Richard Midgley scored 12 points and Brian Wethers added 11 for Cal, which had lost three of its past five.

Joe Shipp, the Pac-10's leading scorer, joined Oregon's Luke Ridnour and Arizona State's Ike Diogu as the only players in the conference to score in double figures in every game this season when he made a layup with 15:16 remaining, giving the Bears a 38-31 lead.