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When the dunk was outlawed by the NCAA Rules
Committee, a questionnaire was distributed to coaches in
ail categories (prep, junior collegs, colleges). The poll results
showed' coaches in favor of keeping the dunk by a 12-1
margin. Yet it was still outlawed. It seems the Rules
Committee never considered the coaches' opinion on the
subject.
It never has been a secret that the dunk was outlawed
primarily to restrict UCLA's Lew Alcindor (now Kareem
Adbul-jabbar), but as the Rules Committe pointed out, it
was to keep hands out of the cylinder above the rim as a
safety measure. ! contend anybody who can get that
position already has beaten the defense, so why not dunk?
The defense has made the mistake, why penalize the
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It was feared a player who really couldn't dunk, would
try to dunk, grab the rim and might even tear down the
backboard. It has happened before, true. A rule could let a
coach allow a player to dunk and if he impaired the
backboard or rim in any way, causing a delay in the game,
could call a forfeit.
During the NCAA finals in Greensboro, N.C. an
experimental game between Davidson and Wake Forest was
staged using H'i-foot baskets. It was conducted by the
NCAA Research Committee.
Maybe tire experiment will prove positive and possibly in
the next five years the basket will be raised. If this does
come about would the dunk have a better chance of being
reinstated?
Players and coaches might talk at length about the
enjoyment of stuffing, but it's difficult to get anybody in
the rules business to discuss things like that.
Senior advances to
gymnastics finals
By Larry Stunkel
For most athletes competing at the NCAA gymnastics
championships, today, Friday and Saturday at College Park,
Pena, this will be the biggest meet of theyear.
For Hal Traver, the only member of the UNL gymnastics team
to qualify for the event, the year was climaxed at the Gig 8
tournament, March 22-23, where he garnered first place in
pommel horse competition.
"This is the first time I've ever been to the nationals while
most of the other guys have been there before. I've got nothing to
lose and everything to gain," said Traver. "The pressure should be
on them. I hope to add to that pressure."
According to Francis Allen, Husker gymnastics coach, "Traver
should do pretty well. He's beat the national figures who come
from the Big 8."
Traver, a senior, evaluated his year in competition. "I i. ..-i
, some tough iunk in some of the duals this year," he said. "I really
didn't improve my skill that much. Now I'm doing my routine
the way I do it in practice. I worked on the philosophy I could
hit my routine anywhere, anytime, even in the middle of the
night if I had to. I felt better prepared physically and mentally at
the Big 8 meet than I felt all year."
Despite Traver's performance, the Huskers finished third
behind Iowa State University and the University of Oklahoma at
the conference meet. Alien blamed poor performances :n the
compulsory routines and tack of depth in the parallel bars,
pommel horse and high bar.
"All in all it was depth," said Allen. "We just couldn't come
up with a third man scoring over 8.0 in those events."
"Potentially, this was a very good team. Our top men did well;
we just didn't have the polish in those weak spots," he said.
Other Huskers who finished fourth in their events, but failed
to qualify for the national meet were Jim Unger on the horizontal
bar, Barry Cross and Gary Duff, who tied for fourth on the
parallel bars and Pete Studenski on the still rings.
The UNL crew team travels to Topcka, Kan., to face Washburn University in its season opener Saturday. Four races are scheduled, including
a women's event. UNL's varsity lineup includes Jerry Huber, Scott Svoboda, Mike Everett, Dwight Cockson, Mark Stormberg, Matt Kush,
Scott Lewis, Ron Rusthoven and Bruce Frederick.
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By Steve Taylor
When the preseason Ail-American teams come out
this summer, the quarterback choice likely will be
UNL's David Humm. The Las Vegas star has two
record smashing years behind hm and is considered a
solid contender for the Heisman trophy tn 1974.
However, Humm will have to beat out two
talented challengers before he gets a chance to step
on the Astro-turf as UNL's top signal caller.
One of the hopefu! heirs to the Husker controls is
Terry Luck, who veil! try to shake off tho injury jinx
that has plagued him while st UML.
Another quarterback candidate is Ear! Everett, U
elusive sophemore-tobe from Kansas City.
A conversation with Everett will shift to many
subjecls-not just football. He does not eat, sleep and
drink with a football cradled under his arm. However,
he isn't entering spring drills with an indifftrj-it
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altitude.
Everett's goal is to be calling out quarterback
signals next fallnot encouragements from the bench.
Does the K.C. Soeitheast product think he can
start next season?
"I sure hope so," be said. "If I can put together a
good spring, I think I can. Whichever way it come
out I'll be satisfied'
Everett's touchdown run last year against Kansas
State University was one of the longest Mucker runs
of the year and proved Everett a tough mar. to get a
h-.d of. He has teen timed in the 40 y;.rd dash at 4.5
seconds.
Everett one had a "bad boy" label in his high
school days.
It stemmed from an incident during his senior year
in which he was kicked out of a game. Everett was
daily nebraskan
mild' protesting dirty tactics by an opponent and an
impulsive referee towed him off the field, he said.
The K.C. papers save it full treatment and as a
r...Jt Everett faited to make the all city team.
,'vftrt! -t he was named all district, all-state and
on.? of the top 100 backs in the country by a national
publication.
After graduation, Everett turned down a chance to
try out for the Kansas City Royals in order to come
to Lincoln. He said he chose UNL because of the
coaching staff, the players and the tradition.
Everett lias put on eight pounds and claims he is
faster than he was last year. Ha views the Husker
season this way:
"The team as a whole is much faster this year. If
we can put our speed and j 'ays together, we'll be a
winner,"
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