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K-State takes Big 8 title
Kansas State won the Big Eight basketball championship
Tuesday night with a 79-76 victory over Missouri at Columbia.
The Wildcats will now go on to the NCAA Midwest
Regional tournament at Iowa State to represent the Big Eight.
The victory gave Kansas State a 11-2 conference record and
a 17-8 record for the entire season. The Wildcats' last loss was
to Nebraska, 61-60, at the Coliseum on Feb. 1.
Missouri and Oklahoma are now tied for second with 9-4
conference records. The two teams play at Columbia Saturday
and the winner is expected to receive a berth in the National
Invitational Tournament in New York City.
Kansas State's; win -Tuesday night eliminated any
importance to Saturday's game between the Wildcats and
Nebraska at Manhattan. Nebraska suffered its third straight
loss when Iowa State beat theHuskers 76-67 at Ames Monday
night.
The loss Monday night dropped Nebraska's conference
record to 7-6 and puts the Huskers into the situation of having
to beat Kansas State j Saturday night to claim sole possession
of fourth place in the final standings.
As in recent losses to Colorado and Missouri, a sub-par
shooting night proved costly for Nebraska. The Huskers, Big
Eight leaders in field goal accuracy throughout the season, hit
just 39 per cent for the night after an even colder 34 per cent
performance in the first half.
A cold spell in the first half enabled Iowa State to extend a
14-1 1 lead to 31-16. The Huskers never recovered even though
"they cut the deficit to 36-31 at halftime and 55-51 with 8:01
remaining in the game. Despite the loss Husker Coach Joe
Cipriano said, "I was pleased with our effort. I thought we
played better than we had in the last couple of games, but we
weren't able to shoot well."
Champion captures rifle title
Defending champions Kent Gastreich and his University of
Missouri at Rolla team successfully won titles at the 19th
annual Big Red Rifle Tournament on the UNL campus last
weekend.
Gastreich scored 570 out of a possible 600 points to edge
UNL's Bob Boomer by two points for the men's individual
championship. The University of Missouri at Rolla edged UNL
2,215-2,198 (2,400 possible points) for the men's team title.
The Colorado School of Mines captured the women's team
title and Kathy McBride of the University of South Dakota
won the women's individual crown.
Southwest Missouri State beat UNL 2,096-2,072 for team
honors in the ROTC division.
Loyal basketball pilgrims
journey to state tourney
by Gary Sea crest
The basketball pilgrims this March come
to Lincoln from such Nebraska cities as
Palmer, Niobrara, Scribner, Loup City and
Omaha. Their mecca: an elusive state high
school basketball championship.
Thirty-two teams start play Thursday at
four Lincoln locations in quest of Class A, B.
C and D titles. The championship game of
each class will be played Saturday at the
Coliseum.
A state championship is the dream of
every player, cheerleader and fan. When a
small Nebraska high school is in the.
tournament practically the whole town
travels to Lincoln to see the team compete
for glory.
The story is much the same for many
University students who skip class to follow
their alma mater or just watch exciting high
school basketball. Many University students
are drawn to the state tournament just for
the sake of nostalgia.
But the action or nostalgia will cost
University students $2. Jim Pittenger, UNL
athletic ticket manager, said the state
tournament is not a University function and
student basketball season tickets are not
good for the event.
He also said that UNL students are not
considered "students" by the Nebraska High
School Activities Association and will have
to pay $2 to watch any of the two-game
sessions scheduled.
The state tournament also means
confusion-fans going the wrong-way on
one-way streets and wandering around
Lincoln lost.
Since classes will be in session at UNL
during the first two days of the basketball
tournament, officals are making
arrangements to help out-of-town fans locate
parking for Coliseum games.
Fans are urged to take advantage of the
parking lots along North 14th St. on the
Nebraska State Fairgrounds. Free buses will
be running between the parking lots and the
University Coliseum from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday and Friday. After 5 p.m. Thursday
and Friday, and all day Saturday, the
parking lots two blocks north of the
Coliseum on 14th St. will be open to visitors
for a 25 cent charge. '
University Campus Security officers will
assist fans and bus drivers in finding parking
space.
After parking places are located, fans will
get a chance to watch the best in Nebraska
high school basketball. Twelve of this year's
32 state tournament teams were in the field
last March. However, only one defending
champion, Class A Lincoln East, returns and
only one team, Class B Randolph, enters the
tournament undefeated.
Thursday's schedule:
Class A
At UNL Coliseum
Noon Lincoln East (14-4) v. Omaha Northwest
(10-10)
2 p.m. Omaha Rummel (18-4) v. Creighton Prep
(11-10)
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p.m. -
Papilllon (17-4) v. North Platta (11-8)
- Columbus (16-4) v. Omaha Burke (10-11)
Class B
At Pershing Auditorium
Noon Loup City (20-3) v. Omaha Cathedral
(19-3)
2 p.m. I
7 p.m.
(14-7)
9 p.m. -Cozad (19-1) v. Crete (19-3)
Randolph (18-0) v. Wavarly (18-5)
Sidney (18-3) v. Columbus Lakevlew
Class C
At Johnson Gym, Lincoln High
Noon - Bertrand (21-2) v. Louisville (21-2)
2 p.m. - David City (18-2) v. Hastings St. Cecilia
(12-10)
7 p.m. - Norfolk Catholic (22-1) v. Laurel (17-7)
9 p.m. - Scribner (20-2) v. Mitchell (19-6)
Class D
At East High
Noon Niobrara (17-3) v. Byron (19-4)
2 p.m. - Mead (22-1) v. Adams (23-4)
7 p.m. Chapped (20-3) v. Loomis (17-4)
9 p.m. - Palmer (23-2) v. Bartley (17-4)
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1972