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in the top division of the Big 8. the Creighton University
Bluejays have winged their way into the national top 20.
Last week in Milwaukee, the Bluejays upset Marquette
University, solidifying their chances for 'an NCAA
tournament bid. The Warriors had lost only two of their
last 100 games at home before Creighton came to town.
Despite masterminding this surge to basketball
prominence, Creighton Coach Eddie Sutton has not been
popular with all the folks in Omaha.
Some Bluejays partisans contend that Sutton tends to
play his friends, and tha rafters of the Civic Auditorium
often echo these and other sentiments during a game. It
must be frustrating for a coach of a 194 team to encounter
such criticism on his home court.
Creighton fans are traditionally critical. Whereas most
home crowds limit themselves to throwing paper cups at
referees, Bluejay backers often take to lobbing bottles onto
the floor to protest a bad call.
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hilltop school this year. He has taken average players and
molded them into a well disciplined, patient team that
comes up a winner against tams it has no business beating.
If Creighton's success continues in a post-season
tournament, Sutton will be a prime candidate for coach of
the year.
Gatecrashers
UNL's nonccnference football schedule next year is not
what one would call intriguing three so-so Big 10 teams
and Oregon University), but undoubtedly every one of the
home games will be sold out.
It will be interesting to see if this somewhat lackluster
line-up discourages Lincoln's notorious fjsck f adolescents
known as gatecrashers.
At one game, a strong-willed youth was a bit too slow
snd a policeman caught up with him just ss ha got to tha
top of the fence. Tha humorless officer tried to Sispna tha
curious crowd watching tha confrontation ss h tried to
coax tha boy down. Finally, jmyjrjrjtftft 4tt atts, taring
made 8 fool of by the wisecracking rebel, ha r5?ppKJr"AII
right, that's it We're going downtown." Tha boy enswtred
from his lofty perch: "Can you drop me off at Miller &
Paine?"
Stadium guard Kevin Stokke remembers the time a
fragile-looking youth nearly broke his neck trying to see tha
Huskers play without benefit of a ticket. When Stokke
caught him on the fence, it left the youngster with a
difficult decision. He could either ciirnb down into the arms
of a stadium guard or make a 15 ft. drop to a spot inside
the stadium. He jumped.
Lasi-minuie surge
clips Mil, 88-8 7
By Dennis Onnen
Columbia, Mo.-Paced by Jerry Fort's career high of 33 points
and Steve Erwin's clutch free throw shooting, UNL surged from
1 E points behind to nip Missouri University Saturday 83-87.
Behind 58-43 early in the second half, the Huskers came back
to take an 84-83 lead with 1 :08 left on a tip in by Rickey Harris.
Twenty seconds later, Erwin was fouled going for a rebound.
Missouri called a time-out in an attempt to rattie him, but
Erwin said after the game that it didn't bother his concentration.
He made the free throws to give the Huskers an 86-83 lead, their
biggest of the game.
Did Husker Coach Joe Cipriano give him any special
instructions during the time-out?
"I told Erwin to say the Lord's Prayer," Cipriano admitted.
After Al Eberhard brought the Tigers within one point with a
ba sleet, Erwin was fouled again with 16 seconds left He calmly
made both free throws amid Jeers from the crowd of 7,446, tha
Huskers now led 88-85.
Fort set two records during the contest. His 15 field goals
broke the Husker record of 14, formerly held by four players. He
also increased his point total for the year to 404, far surpassing
Tom Ba3ck'$ sophomore record of 386.
"I wasn't thinking about the records," he said. "I like to win."
His record setting field goal was a typical 1 8-foot jump shot
from the right side that brought the Huskers within one, 83 82.
"I didn't get going until late, but I'm glad I did," he said.
'That' 3 when it counted."
Missouri changed from a man-to-man defense to a zone
defense early in the second half, and two Huskers said the switch
contributed to the Husker comeback.
"It was the wrong thing to do," Bob Siegel said. He explained
that the zone defense gave him more room to shoot, something
he quickly took advantage of. His two consecutive baskets over
th Tiger zone midway in the second half pulled Nebraska within
seven points and revived the Husker's hopes. He also led Husker
rebounders with seven.
Tort Vitd the 'switch also helped him after he had trouble
against the man-to-man defense at the beginning of the second
half. ;. . ' '
"I got my confidence back against the zone," he said. "It took
the pressure off me."
The win upped UNL's record to 11-10 and 4-6 in the Big 8,
propelling the Huskers past Colorado University into fourth
piace. It also was UNL's first road win in tha Big 8.
The loss was Missouri's seventh in a row, plunging the Tigers
deeper into seventh place.
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Husker swimmers trounced
Southwest Minnesota, 97-16,
Saturday to close out their
dual season with a 4-5 record.
Nebraskans were first and
second in 10 of the 11
individual events, and the
Huskers also took both relays.
Double winners were Jack
Alexander in the 500- and
1,000-yard freestyles, John
Williams in the 200-yard
individual medley and
200-yard backstroke and Dave
Watermeier in tha required and
optional diving events.
Bill Davis in tha 200-yard
freestyle, John Dahir in the
200-yard butterfly, Scott
Martin in tha 100-yard
freestyle and Terry Reding in
the 200-yard breastroke were
other Husker winners.
Nebraska "used strength in
the middle distance events to
defeat Brigham-Young
University, 70-61, Saturday,
extending its home dual
winning streak to 25 meets.
Chuck Malito, Jeff
WisemiMer, Dan Speck and
Roger Chadwick won the 440-,
G00-, 880- and 1.000-yard
runs, respectively. Bob Unger
tied the Memorial Stadium
record of 4:03.8 in winning the
mile run and defeating BYU
ace Paul Curnmings.
Other individual winners
for Nebraska were freshman
gridder Dave Gillespie in the
60-yard dash and Paul
Anderson in the low hurdles.
Husker wrestlers ended
their dual schedule with a 7-6
record Saturday, falling to
Wyoming University, 39 8. Bob
Johnson and Bruce Conger
were the only Husker winners,
while Tony Jennings managed
a draw.
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