thursday, march 4, 1978
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By Dennis Onnen
. Lawrenct, Kan. - Nebraska kept alive hopes for a
possible post season basketball tournament bid, downing
Kansas University (KU), 62-58, here Wednesday night.
The Huskers win boosted their record 18-8 overall and
9- 4 in the Big 8 Conference, one game behind Kansas
State in the race for second place.
The Wildcats lost to first place Missouri, 81-72, Wed
nesday. If they lose again to Oklahoma State Saturday
and the Huskers win at home against Iowa State, the two
teams will end up in a second place conference tie with
10- 4 records.
If that happens, there will be a play-off game to see
which team would represent the Big 8 in the NCAA tourn
ament. Even if the Wildcats win Saturday, the Huskers
still have a chance for a National Invitational Tournament
bid. A win Saturday would give them a 19-8 record, their
third best ever.
UNL never trailed KU and held off a late Jayhawk
comeback which cut the lead to three points several times.
"We haven't given up all year' Husker coach Joe
Cipriano said. "I couldn't be prouder."
The Huskers had four players in double figures. Guard
Jerry Fort led with 17 points and became the all-time
leading scorer against Kansas. In his career, he has tallied
201 points against the Jayhawks in 12 games. Center
Larry Cox added 13 points, while guard Steve Willis and
forward Bob Siegel had 1 1 each.
"I think I played one of my better games tonight,"
Fort said. "I didn't shoot well the second half, but I got
the ball off to other people and they put it down."
Season will end
on razor's edge
. By Jim Hunt
The entire season is on the line today through Saturday
while UNL's swim team competes in Ames, Iowa at the
Big 8 Conference championships.
"At the beginning of this year we had a team goal of
improving our position in the Big 8 (7th last year)," said
( coach John Reta. 'That will be hard to do with our
depth, but we hope to improve on some individual times."
1 It appears the Huskers' best hope for NCAA meet qual
ification is in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes. Junior
Pat DiBiase and sophomore Bryan Moss lead in those
. events with the two best Big 8 times this season in the
200-yard breaststroke.
. While both aim for a time that will place them in the
national meet, they will use different techniques in Big 8
competition.
DiBiase, an Omaha Westside graduate and transfer stu
dent from the University of Kansas, will shave his body
for the meet. Moss, defending champion in the 100- and
200-yard breaststrokes, will compete unshaven.
"I'm going to shave down," DiBiase said, "because this
is the whole season for me. The regular season is just to
see how things are going. At the Big 8 meet all the marbles
are on the line.
"I think I have a good chance of winning the meet.
Bryan (Moss) always swims well in the big meets, so he
has to be considered the favorite," he said.
DiBiase also said he thinks a Big 8 record is needed to
win the 200-yard breaststroke. The mark, now 2:09 2, can
be broken by three or four swimmers, he said.
Moss said he wants to have a time good enough to qual
ify for the national meet and added that he hopes t6 place
in the top six in that competition.
'The idea is to go into nationals unshaved and
unpeakcu," muss said. "li always iccmi like I !iaV hiy
best times for the Big 8 meets and the national meets."
Moss has an advantage over DiBiase because his times
at the national meet last year already place him in con
sideration for this year's meet.
"There are quality people from every schooHn the
meet," Reta said. 'This should be the fastest Big 8 meet
ever. Iowa State has to be considered the favorite, on
paper at least."
lYoung' cagers
By Scott Jones
UNL's women cagers "can be tougher than heck" if
they play up to their potential in the Region 6
tournament, coach George Nicodcmus, said.
UNL, 19-7, tangles with St. Cloud State College of
Minnesota today in the opening round of the eight-team
tournament at Fargo, N. D. The top two teams will
advance to the national tournament March 25 through 28
at University Turk, Pa.
,ln UNL'S bracket will be No. 1 seeded William Penn of
Iowa, a national tournament contender during the last two
fytmi, and Moorhead State College of Minnesota.
t Kansas State University (KSU), the No. 2 seed, is
ylncd in the other bracket by South Dakota State Unhxr
. the University of North Dakota and Northwest
uri State. ..
The win also marked only the second time a UNL team
has won in Lawrence during Cipriano's 13-year tenure.
The loss drops the Jayhawks to 12-13 overall and 5-8 in
conference play. Forward Norm Cook was their leading
scorer with 14 points.
In the first half, the Huskers hit their first three shots
and quickly jumped to an 1 1-4 lead. They led by as many
as 10 points before taking a 37-28 halftime margin.
UNL was sparked on defense by Cox, who repeatedly
batted away passes intended for KU's bigger men inside.
The 6 ft. 6 in Cox helped hold 7 ft. 1 in. Paul Mokeski
and 6 ft. 10 in. Ken Koenigs to a total of just 10 first half
points. .',"
Offensively, the Huskers were paced by Fort, who
tallied 13 points, and Willis, who's three-point play gave
UNL a 30-22 lead after the Jayhawks staged a mild comeback.
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owerman blasts bureaucracy
By Scott Jones
The Olympic Games, for so many participants the
ultimate athletic experience, were just trie opposite for
Bill Bowerman.
Bowerman, former University of Oregon (OU) track
coach, was the head United States track coach for the
1972 Munich Olympics. Remember Munich-the Israeli,
slayings, the defeat of the American basketball team, the
fall of Jim Ryun and the Vnisfortunes of American
sprinters Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson-and Bowerman's
feelings aren't surprising.
"It was probably the most frustrating, disappointing
experience in my life in sports," Bowerman said.
That's not a lightweight statement. In his 25 years as
OU track coach, Bowerman, 64, won four NCAA team
titles and coached 17 sub-four minute milers, 13
individual NCAA and American Association of Univer
sities champions and 1 1 Olympic team members.
Bowerman, who was in Lincoln Wednesday lecturing
on jogging and aerobics during the Physical Education
Dept.'s week of master lessons in sport and dance, was
described in a 1972 Sports Illustrated article as absolutely
frank, a sheer competitor, the embodiment of a
philosophy and frighteningly jovial.
Bowerman said it is the otticials, not the athletes,
that have caused a discrepancy between the professed
Olympic ideal of promoting international understanding
and what actually occurs.
'They (the athletes) are fulfilling the objective," he
said. "They're competing fiercely and they're
communicating. At the field of action it's great."
At the administrative level, however, "It gets into an
aristocratic, dictatorial situation where the needs of the
athlete are lost in a maze of administrative pole clobbing,"
Bowerman said.
The situation in collegiate athletics isn't much better,
said Bowerman, who rejects conventional recruiting
methods and believes student-athletes should be students
first and athletes second.
Bowerman favors Olympic reform, but previous
proposals have been rejected because of a lack of funds,
be said.
Proposals include letting each state establish its own
program "instead of being dictated to out of the Olympic
House" and allowing regional training areas and sports
centers outside of schools.
Tennis expert Belmar Gunderson and karate specialist
Harry Umemoto will Rfve master lessons Friday
(Gunderson in WPE 313 at 10:30 ajm. and 1:30 p.m.
and Umemoto in WPE 301 at 7 pjn..) Herbert Binzer will
lecture on dance costuming on Saturday at 11 ajn. in
WPE 304.
sports
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1 Joe Sharkey, last year's baseball star, signed with which
professional team?
2. The last basketball team to win state for Gil prior to
Jerry Pulver's team was led by another big center.
Who?
3. The Pulver championship team was sparked by two
playmaking brothers. Who?
4. Has a black ever played at Milford?
5. Last year's problem during baseball season involved the
outfielder who was becoming an alcoholic. Who?
6. Who is Gil's main assistant?
7. Name Gil's old flame whom he never marries.
8. Billy Bunkin and other Milford High School stars
eventually played for a well-known major college
Which one?
9. Name the big football lineman who played both ways
for Gil about four years ago.
10. What kind of plane does Gil fly?
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E2I Bowerman, Tnck and Field Coach for the 1972
U.S. Olympic Team.
pray
for reign against St Cloud
KSU has beaten UNL twice this season, 62-53 and 51
47, while Northwest Missouri edged UNL, 65-62.
If the Huskers win today, they will play the William
Penn-Moorhead winner in the semifinals Friday. Finals
are on Saturday.
UNL's young team enters the tournament with several
players-like sophomore starter Sherry Brink of Lincoln
who have had years of AAU experience.
However, freshman starter Darcy Williamson of
Arapahoe, had played only one year of high school
basketball before coming to UNL. Other freshmen starters
ar? Omahan Deb Lee and Jan Crouch of Lincoln.
Williamson, a 5 ft. 8 in. guard, leads the team in scoring
with 13.6 points a game. But, she said, the transition from
high school to college basketball has been difficult.
"College ball is different for me because there's really
stiff competition compared to high school," said
Williamson, a business major.
"This year my confidence hasn't been as good as in
high school she said. "I just haven't been as relaxed."
Arugh Williamson has a high game total of 27
points, she said consistent shooting performances have
been a problem.
Balanced team scoring has 11 that problem,
however. Kathy Hawkins, Omaha junior, is averaging
almost 13 points a game, followed by Brink with 11 and
Crouch, with 9.2.
Even if the Huskers don't advance io the national
tournament at University Park, Pa., they still will see
action at the National Women's Invitational Tournament
at Amarillo, ex., March 25 through 2?.