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1 The Sporting Life
By James Pearse
Have you ever been so intent on celebrating New
Year's that you forgot all about Christmas until the sea
son had passed you by? Have you ever been so excited
about the approaching visit of a long lost that friend that
you forgot all about an important job interview? Or have
you ever been so thrilled over a term paper you were
doing for a history class that you missed an hour exam
in that class and the teacher won't let you make it up?
It has happened to all of us. Something big, some
thing so important to us that it commands all our atten
tion, almost causes us to lose sight of smaller things
leading up to the grand moment.
Almost Forgot Buffs Were Coming
Such was the case Monday night when Nebraska
played Colorado.
The Huskers, who have been rushing toward a show
down with Kansas in Lawrence on Saturday night, nearly
forgot about the Buffs coming to call.
It's an understandable thing, however. Who would have
thought the lowly Buffs could pose a problem to the best
basketball team Nebraska has produced in over fifteen
years?
The atmosphere in the Coliseum Monday night, prior
to the tip-off, was one of w ell-I-guess-w e-have -to-go-through-the-mtoions-but-I-sure-wish-it-was-Saturday.
But even before the game started you sort of knew
it would require more than "going through the motions."
Cipriano Came Out Early
Take for instance the breaking of a few traditions.
Coach Joe Cipriano, who always stays in the locker room
until game time, came up to watch the Huskers go through
their pre-game drills in order to decide on whether or not
Grand Simmons would start.
Larry Ekholt, a press box statistician, always wears
a wine sweater, and the Huskers always win. But Monday
he arrived w ithout the sw eater.
But the most noticable thing of all was Colorado. Loung
ing in the second division the Buffs came on the floor re
laxed and ready to gain everything.
Little (5'11") Charlie Greer epitomized the Buffs de
fiant nonchalance as he repeatedly dunked the ball two
handed over his head in a warm-up drill.
Then came the tip-off.
Buffs Like to Bolt You
Track
Notes
Colorado is noted as not having the most graceful
team in the league, and you can always expect a rough
physical contest when the bulky Buffs stomp on to the
floor.
Monday was no exception.
The Buffs controlled the boards most of the night and
especially their offensive board, as the lane turned into
a bloody alley.
In the end, however, Nebraska jelled long enough to
get the lead and then Buff blunders enabled the Huskers
to go on io notch their tenth conference win without a
loss.
Not A Good Game, But . . .
Admittedly it was not a good game for Nebraska.
It was probably one of their poorest of the campaip.
how hard you try, no matter hew well a coach or player
can psych himself into playing them "one at a time,"
when yon are in the position Nebraska's basketball team
is in this week you can't help but look ahead.
With Colorado at last out of the way, The Huskers
can turn all their energies toward the Kansas show
down. Title At Stake
The game in LawTence Saturday could possibly de
cide whether or not the Huskers will get a share of
the conference crown, or an outright championship.
Nebraska still has games remainng with Kansas State,
the hottest team in the conference right now, and a re
turn engagement with Colorado in Boulder, not to men
tion the season finale at home against Oklahoma State.
White Ready
Kansas has been improving steadily since Nebraska
beat them in Lincoln on January 18, 83-75.
With the addition of Jo Jo White, the Jayhawks have
been able to move Al Lopes back underneath the basket
where he moves with exceptional ease. White has fit in
smoothly as a play-maker and is scoring around twelve
points a game for Ted Owen's team.
Kansas has been beating opponents with ease over
the past two weeks, a fact that bothers some Nebraska
fans. Monday night, for instance, the Jayhawks disposed
of Oklahoma 86-69 in Norman.
What Nebraska fans fail to realize is that, with the
exception of the two Missouri games, the Huskers have
not won a conference game by more than nine points
all season.
And as far as playing the game on the road in the
face of 17,000 screaming Jayhawks, I doubt if it can be
much rougher than Galleghar Hall in Stillwater, Okla
homa, or Kansas State fans yelling their team back from
a twenty point deficit to tie Nebraska.
The difference Saturday night won't lie in the fact
that the game is in Allen Fieldhouse, or that Kansas
is number five in the nation and Nebraska number ten,
or that Kansas wins its games by twelve points and Ne
braska six.
Winner Will Harness Emotions
The difference will lie in the preparation the teams
make for the game.
Neither team is going to change their basic attack
this late in the season. Both teams know pretty well what
they can expect from each other.
The key to the contest lies in the mental and emotion
al condition of the players.
Both teams will be sky high for the game, and the
team which can harness this potential source of both
exceptional play or a night of nervous frsutration will
come away with the win.
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(Note: This is the second
of a four-part series on Big
Eight Conference track, lead
ing up to the indoor track and
field championships, Febru
ary 25-16 in Kansas City's
Municipal Auditorium.)
None in the history of the
Big Eight Conference rank
higher than Missouri's Gene
Crews in the shot put and
Oklahoma's Ron Tull in the
high jump.
These two lead a conting
ent of field-event specialists
which also includes two of the
three new leaders in individu
al bests, according to this
week's rankings, tothe 38th
annual Big Eight indoor track
championships, next Friday
and Saturday (February 25
26) in Kansas City's Munici
pal Auditorium.
Shot Put
Just two weeks ago, Crews
put the 16-pound ball 60-61,
the all-time best for a Big
Eight weight man while still
a collegian. This mark sur
passed even the best produced
by Olympic Gold-Medalist
Bill Nieder while he was
competing for Kansas.
Crews' record toss came
just a week after he hit 59-
11. which was the previous i
indoor best and while he was
still nursing an injured wrist
and balky shoulder on his
throwing side.
His ultimate goal is to
throw it "as far as I can,"
staying away from a hard
and fast figure which might
be interpreted as a goal and
create a psychological barri
er, a phenomenon he dis
counts. "The psychological barrier
is that which is put there by
other people who ascribe such
a goal to an individual in
what they write or talk about
such as 60 feet for the shot
in my case," he says.
"However, the prograss one
makes is the progress that
comes normally through hard
work and practice. When the
conditions are right, every
thing falls into place and the
good effort is the result."
Broad Jump
The only field event not
having the defending cham
pion back this year is the
broad jump. Last year's win
ner, Earl Denny of Missouri,
was forced out of this year's
championships when he un
derwent surgery on a knee.
He may miss the outdoor,
too.
However, a newcomer to
the Big Eight scene, Kansas
Gary Ard, has quickly step
ped to the front, owning one
new best for the week with
Sports
James Pearse, sports editor
Huskers Escape CU
Nebraska protected its slim
lead in the Big Eight confer
ence basketball race and set
up a showdown with Kansas
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University Saturday in Law
rence by turning back Colo
rado 70-63 Monday night.
In one of the Huskers' poor
FRED HARE . . . challenges Chuck Gardner in Husker's
70-63 win over Colorado.
his 23-ll?4 in his opening
competition for the Hayhawks
after graduating from Mo
desto (Calif.) Junior College.
His past record shows a 25
7 leap, which is over the Big
Eight indoor record.
He leads Iowa State's John
Wagner by a scant inch. Wag
ner, last week's leader, has
established his consistency
by following with a 23-4 leap.
A second Kansan, Art Cor
tex, is third with 23-6. Next
comes Oklahoma's Don Ellis,
who finished second in last
year's outdoor meet.
Pole Vault
The second new leader in
the field events is Kansas'
Mike Burdick, who broke 15
feet last week giving this
year's field four legitimate
15-feet vaulters. Included is
last year's indoor and out
door champion, Oklahoma.s
Jim Farrell, who has had
trouble getting untracked this
year.
If Farrell were to hit his
seasonal stride at the indoor
and surpass the 15-8 record,
he'd be following in the steps
of his coach, J. D. Martin,
who followed in the steps of
his coach (Martin held the
record while vaulting for Bill
Carroll, a former vault re
cord holder, too).
Kansas' Phil Manuel found
the 15-feet level last year,
going over the bar at t h a t
height just before last year's
indoor meet. Manuel holds
the Auditorium record for the
Kansas City Interscholastic
league.
Greene Expected Ready
Busy Weekend Awaits
Conihusker Teams
By Bob Flasuick i Sevigne described the in
The coming weekend poses door champion of the last
crucial tests for Nebraska's i tw years, Missouri, as n o t
basketball, track and swim
ming teams.
Nebraska's cage squad will
be fighting Kansas in Law
rence Saturday night to main
tain the conference lead, while
the track team is competing
in the Big Eight indoor cham
pionships in Kansas City.
The Husker swimming team
will be dualing both Iowa and
Iowa State on the road.
Husker Track Coach Frank
Sevigne said Tuesday that
he thought Nebraska's world
record holder Charlie Greene,
who pulled some leg nuscles
in the Colorado meet, will be
ready to run in the Big Eight
indoor championships.
Greene has been working
out this week in preparation
for the meet.
Sevigne thought there would
be no decided favorite in the
championships. "The points
will be more spread out than
in recent years," said Sevigne.
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ha the top athletes as be-
for, le said Tiger sprinter
Chai e Brown ' was injured
recently and might be a ques
tion mark for the meet.
Swimmers On Road
"I'd like to end the season
right now, we're 50 per cent,"
said Nebraska swimming
Coach Dick Klaas Monday.
Nebraska swimmers, will
take a 6-6 dual meet record
with them on an Iowa road
tri.p this weekend. Nebraska
will challenge Iowa Univer
sity at Iowa City Friday and
end the season's dual com
petition Saturday at Iowa
State University in Ames.
Klass described both of the
weekend's foes as "rough
teams."
The Big Eight swimming
Championships will start
March 3 with defending Big
Eight champion Oklahoma
University as the host in Norman.
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er performances of the year,
it was again captain Grant
Simmons along with Fred
Hare from the bench corps
who pulled Nebraska back
from an eight point deficit in
the second half to win going
away.
The vaunted Nebraska press
was only successful in spots,
and the fast-break clicked for
only tw o or three baskets.
The rugged Buffs ganged
up on the boards to keep the
smaller Huskers at bay most
of the evening.
Simmons led Husker scoring
with 21 points. Hare came off
the bench to chip in seven,
and w as also valuable on the
press.
Ron Simmons kept Nebras
ka on top late in the first half
as he came from the bench
to hit from long range.
Chuck Gardner was Colora
dos leading scorer with 19
points.
The game was marred by
rough play and sloppy ball
handling. Neither team moved
the ball well or played with
a..y consistency.
There was evidence in the
game that Nebraska w as look
ing ahead to Saturday while
Colorado came in loose and
looking for the big kill, know
ing that Nebraska might be
brushing past them.
The Huskers came through
when they had to, however,
to notch their tenth straight
conference win.
Coach Cipriano gave the
Huskers the day off Tuesday
but will be hard at it again
Wednesday in preparation for
Saturday's encounter.
Kansas warmed up for the
big battle with an 86-69 lacing
of Oklahoma in Norman.
The Huskers will work out
on Thursday evening due to
the all-University convoca
tion that afternoon.
Intramural
Scoreboard
The Phi Gamma Delta and
Farm House A teams were
knocked from the Intramural
double elimination basketball
tournament Monday night.
Jack Guggenmos led his
Delta Upsilon teammates to
a 43-41 win over the Phi Gams
by scoring 15 points. John
Faught was high for the Phi
Gams scoring 14 points.
Pete Johnson netted 17
points in a losing effort Mon
day as Triangle downed Farm
House 43-36. Goodman 1 e d
the Triangle scorers with 12
points.
Intramural Tournament
Schedule:
Wednesday, February 32
P. E. Building Court 1
5:': Phi Delta Theta B vs
Sigma Chi B
6:30 Phi Gamma Delta B vs
Sigma Nu B
7:30 Phi Kappa Psi B vs .Kap
pa Sigma B
8:30 Beta Sigma Psi A vs.
Pioneer A
P. E. Building Court 2
:00 Cornhuskers B vs. Del
ta Upsilon B
6:30 Pioneer B vs. Ag Men B
7:30 Delta Tau Delta B vs.
Beta Sigma Psi B
Frosh Court
6:30 Glenn vs. Rogers
:30 Penn vs. Thoreau
Varsity Court
6:30 Selleck vs. Farfield
7:30 Patton vs. Pike
Ag Court
6:30 Abel XII B vs. Abel III
B
7:30 Abel IV B vs. Abel II B
Huskers
Rankings
Change
Nebraska rose to eighth
place in this . week's AP
basketball poll, but fell in the
UPI ratings to the tenth slot.
AP
Kentucky
Duke
Texas Western
Loyola (ill.)
Vanderbilt
6. Kanwii
7. St. Joneph
8. NebrnHka
9. Providence
10. Michigan
Tournament Scores:
Thursday, February 17
Patton 37, Governors 36
Kappa Sigma B 57, Sigma
NuB41
Yustlers No. 1 53, Gamblers
40
Penn 38, Carson 37
Rogers 41, Thoreau 36
Phi Epsilon Kappa 52, Hust
lers no. 2 25
Alpha Tau Omega A 55, Sig
ma Chi A 46
Glenn 42, Pike 38
Seaton II 59, Fairfield 44
Beta Theta Pi C 37, Phi Del
ta Theta C 35
Phi Kappa Psi C 51. Alpha
Tau Omega C 42
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Thursday's student convoca
tion will cause Nebraska
basketball practice to be
siifted to the evening and the
Husker wrestling match with
Colorado, originally scheduled
for 7:30 p.m., will be held at
5:30 in the afternoon in t h e
N.U .Colesium.
Borgialli thinks that the
freshmen have a good chance
of winning their final match
of the season Thursday
against Midwestern College.
The Nebraska varsity will
be going after their third win
of the season against Colo
rado. In Nebraska's last out
ing the Huskers dropped i
close decision to Missouri.
21-14.
Washington, New Jersey jun
ior Ben Barcnds has resumed
action with the Nebraska
grapplers after being injured
at the first of the season. Bor
gialli thought that there is a
good chance Barends will sec
action Thursday against Colo
rado in the 167-pound class.
Borgialli said that the 160
pound dass wffl'-e a forfeit
by Nebraska unless John Hall
gren can cut enough weight.
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