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UCLA may claim
7th championship
A" upset. That's exactly what the game of college
basketball needs as it heads into the 1972-73 NCAA
championship play-ofs Saturday and Monday in St. Louis.
An upset of UCLA to be more specific. Interest in the
championships and in college basketball itself has dwindled the
last ''".v years as the Bruins have won six straight NCAA titles
and eight in the last nine years.
Unor tunateiy, Indiana, Providence and Memphis State, the
other teams competing in this year's finals, don't appear to
have the talent to stop UCLA from turning this year's
championships into another "ho hum" affair,
UCLA is riding the crest of an amazing 73-game winning
streak. Their ail-American center, Bill Walton, has been on the
winning side in his last 124 games, including high school.
Before Walton, a junior, is finished the Bruins are expected to
run their winninq streak to 105 qames.
Big Ten champion Indiana draws the dubious honor of
having the first shot at the mighty Bruins in the semi-finals
Saturday .
Just thinking about playing Coach John Wooden's team is
bad enough, according to Oklahoma City University Coach
Abe Lemons. "That's like thinking about buying a cemetery
plot," Lemons says.
Many basketball experts feel that Minnesota or North
Carolina State could whip UCLA. But unfortunately for
college basketball fans neither team will play in St. Louis.
Noith Carolina State is undefeated but the Wolf pack is not
elgible for tournament play after being placed on probation by
the NCAA for recruiting vio'Uions.
Powerful Minnesota has to be content with playing in the
NIT tournament in New York after finishing second to Indiana
in the Big Ten.
The Gophers had the Big Ten title wrapped up before
pulling the biggest choke job since Orville Moody tried to
make that 12-inch putt. They lost their last two conference
games, including one to last place Not thwestern, and finished
second.
Of the teams that did make it to St. Louis, the Memphis
State Tigers may be the dark horse team with a shot at
defeating UCLA. But that's a mighty long shot.
Coach Gene Bartow's Memphis squad smashed Big Eight
champ Kansas State 92-72 in the Mid-West regionals and
showed they have a strong bench backing a talented starting
f i ve .
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If the Tigers, who include among their fans musician Isaac
Hayes of Shaft fame, are not intimidated by UCLA's awesome
reputation they may pull off the upset. But, more than likely
they will get what Hayes sings about, the shaft.
So I will go with Memphis State over Providence and UCLA
easil over Indiana in Saturday's games. Providence should get
b Indiana for thud while UCLA marches to an incredible, but
bo'ing, seventh straight national championship.
Also meeting in St. Louis will be the basketball coaches
f'om aH the NCAA teams. Among other tlvngs they will go
o' i rule changes. Hopefully the rules committee will adopt
the 30 -second clock -which was experimented with in the Big
L 'jht this past season.
Cuach Jack Harfman of Kansas State, who was opposed to
tne 30 -second rule in the past, now seems to favor its use.
It would be a big help toward adoption of the rule if the
Brj Eight coaches were unanimous m their recommendation to
the NCAA.
Another rule that will be closely looked at is th use of
three referees. The use of three officials has been tried on a
regular basis in many sections of the country with varied
opinions.
Coach Joe Cipriano of Nebraska has said that three officials
have a tough time getting a proper working tempo going
between them, thus causing sporadic officiating.
No matter who wins the national title and what rules are
adopted, anyone attending the- national tournament will
benefit if they have a chance to talk with the witty Lemons of
Oklahoma City.
Last year when the NCAA passed the rule enabling schools
to hire two more assistant coaches. Lemons said, "Great. We
are qoing to put on a hairdresser and a psychiatrist."
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Horizontal bar champion
anticipates weekend meet
by Kim Ball
"I've been waitin' for this all year,"
senior Hoppv Batten said of a Big Eight
gymnastic meet which will be at the
Coliseum Friday and Saturday.
Batten is the defending champion on the
horizontal bar and on the long horse
(vaulting) while Larry Evermann has finished
third on the pommel horse in the last two
meets.
Batten, a Lincoln Southeast graduate, and
Evermann, from Lincoln High, had
contrastinn high school careers.
Batten was state champion on the
trampoline and the horizontal bar, while
Evermann finished ninth on the pommel
horse in the state gymnastics meet his senior
year.
"I wasn't even going to come out for
gymnastics (at UNL)," Evermann said, "but
I liked the sport too much. I just got used to
doing something at 3:30 p.m. everyday."
Eveimann is UNL's best on the pommel
horse which Husker gymnastic coach Francis
Allen labels as the Husker's strongest event.
Steve Dickey and Hal Traver are the other
competitors on the pommel horse.
"We're pretty closely knit," Evermann
said. "We work out together, push each
other and coach each other."
"It's the one event that Francis doesn't
coach," Evermann added. "He knew we
would work hard and push each other."
Batten has won the long horse event in
four major meets this year; the Kansas
Invitational, the Midwest Open, the Rocky
Mountain Open and the Iowa Open. At the
Iowa and the Midwest meets he defeated the
defending NCAA champion.
"I'm the guy they have to beat," Batten
said. "I'm not saying it's going to be a
breee, but if I hit and they hit (their
routines), I'll win."
"It's just uoinq to be a dam aood meet "
he added.
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