The Oregon Pit Crew displayed an absolute lack of affection for anything Wilson or Love at a recent basketball game:

EUGENE, Ore. -- UCLA Coach Ben Howland was unhappy with the behavior of the crowd at Oregon's McArthur Court on Thursday night, characterizing some of the personal references made at the expense of Bruins freshman center Kevin Love, Love's father Stan and members of Stan's family as "vile, disgusting, inappropriate innuendo."

Referring to a local newspaper, which described the behavior of the notorious student fan group called the Pit Crew, Howland said, "They referred to one of the lines and said it wasn't the worst ever. What was the worst? I feel bad when it happens to anybody."

Signs were held up that referred to past issues with drug abuse and mental illness suffered by Stan Love's cousin Brian Wilson, who was a member of the Beach Boys. Stan's brother, Mike Love, also a member of the band, was at the UCLA-Oregon game.

"It was totally out of hand," said Stan, who sat about five rows up from the floor Thursday. "I had friends with me from New York and Florida who said if Oregon was the last university on the planet they wouldn't send kids to that school."

There were several signs and chants calling Kevin "fat," and others that questioned his and Stan's sexuality.

Greg Walker, a spokesman for the Oregon athletic department, acknowledged that some of the chants and signs were in poor taste. "But the other side of this is a free speech issue," Walker said. "We don't have the authority to take away signs. We don't agree with all the things that were said or that they were in the best of taste. We're aware of everything that was said and we're not always proud. But there is a right to free speech."

Some members of the Pit Crew held up signs with Kevin Love's cellphone number, and Love said he had more than 400 messages on the phone.