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fhursday. October 16, 1975 daily nebraskan page 15 Official expects criticism and he's glad to qet it : Finlavson has a iob in which ho Bruce Finlayson has a job in which he expects criticism ana is giaa to get it. That's because Finlayson,. Big 8 Con ference football officials supervisor, hears .f. i- i ,,-1 t, X r.u he said. "Sometimes we agree with the of- T 7a .- soraetuT1s with the coaches. v,vi. r . " to ese cIiPs Finlayson re views films of each o-. n: o im-. f. !L JV,prwou! Sarday. His comments head coach Tom Osborm. for uF10" His comments " ritfcid soma of th nffW m men nt for review to the ewiuv, -" , , , -- umuaung crew. in each of the Husker s first tiuee games. Six of the 34 Big 8 officials are Nebra Questionable rulings are clipped from game leans. Four of those riv , ftil i i iL. A -nt ta Finlavson at th- nrf f r,- 'YT m5e..ax om Lincoln. rLTn ' n ,10, has been a "'s o uiuciai ior years. m tnat penod, Jennings has undoubted- -We're always happy to have them send them in," said Finlayson, who officiated in the Big 8 for eight years and in the Nation al Football League 12 years before taking his present position this year. "He (Osborne) doesn't send in any more than the rest of the coaches," he said. "We get along real well with Coach Osborne." Finlayson said some coaches don't wait until the season is over to send in what they consider questionable calls. "We look at the films very carefully ,w I , uber.ated by coaches, but he said it rlrucn' knit... U: "--" vuuici lull). "I think the coaches are under so much pressure that they can't help it," he said. By Tuesday they're back to normal." Despite the criticism, Jennings said being an official, especially in the Big 8, has advantages. Because he is a Nebraska native and a 1944 Nebraska graduate, Jennings never officiates Husker games. t ,.r, ; 7 Y V' . baa. , . MuKHBaaVik mmmJ- w..-'t -. Irnn i rf J'"-rrT fr aalianT"" ;" " Photo by Mik TiMiter Though sometimes at odds, a ref and a player can agree. Veteran cage team faces toughest schedule ever Facing what head basketball coach Joe Cipriano has termed "possibly the toughest jchedule in the school's history," a veteran UNL basketball team has begun practice for what many experts say should be a title contending season, Cipriano, entering his thirteenth year as coach, has a 165-141 record. The team finished 14-12 last year, fourth in the Big 8. The team returns nine lettermen, includ ing four of last year's starters. Leading the team is two-time all-Big 8 guard Jerry Fort. Averaging 202 points per game last year, he was UNL's all-time leading scorer and will enter his senior year with 1 ,369 career points. Other returning starters include seniors Larry Cox and Steve Willis and junior Bob Siegel. Shooting leader Cox, a 6 ft. 6 in. center, averaged 102 points per game and lead the conference with a 389 shooting accuracy mark. Willis, a 5 ft. 11 in. guard, averaged 103 points per game. Siegcl, a 6 ft. 7 in. forward, averaged 10 J points per game ind led Big 8 forwards in rebounds, averag ing 10.5 in conference games. Other returning lettermen include juniors Phil Chambers, 6 ft. 5 in. guard and Rickey Harris, 6 ft. 7 in. forward; sopho mores Eric Coard, 6 ft. 1 in. guard, Curt Hedberg, 6 ft. 8 in. forward and Terry Novak, 6 ft. 4 in. guard. Ron Taylor, 6 ft. 10 in. forward, has been declared scholastically ineligible for the first semester and probably will be red- shirted, Ciptiano said Indiana recruits Three freshmen recruited from Indiana this year are: Brian Banks, 6 ft. 1 in. guard from Hammond, Val Martin, 6 ft. 7 in. forward from South Bend and Carl McPipe, 6 ft. 8 in. center from Hammond. Another freshmen recruit was Fernando Chevannes, 6 ft. 5 in. forward from Panama City, Panama. The team also picked up Alan Holder, a 6 ft. 3 in. guard who transferred from Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma, averaging 15 points and 103 rebounds per game last year. UNL featured a strong defense last season, but lacked a consistent scoring punch. The team was second in Big 8 defense allowing 69.1 points per game. The offense only averaged 69.1 points per game, last in the Big 8. Cipriano said freethrow shooting and rebounding need improvement. Last season UNL hit .665 per cent of their free throws. Improved rebounding Improvement in rebounding strength is expected form Harris, Hedberg, McPipe and Holder, Cipriano said. "There is going to be a lot of competi tion this year," he said. "We are very deep at the guard positions, but need to find some players to back up the center position. "Harris and Hedberg should be battling for one forward position with possibly four newcomers giving them competition." This season the Big 8 will not use a 30 second clock. Cipriano said that although this won't change UNL's game, it will mean developing a delay game. Cipriano is assisted by Moe lb a and Lonnie Porter, in their sixth and fourth year at UNL respectively. Joining the staff this year is graduate assistant Jennings Austin. UNL's 1975-76 basketball schedule: Nov. 28 Illinois; Nov. 29 Northwestern; Dec. 2 -at Iowa; Dec. 6 Washington; Dec. 10 St. Mary's; Dec. 19-20-at Roadrunner Invita tional, Las Cruces, New Mexico, UNL, New Mexico State, Denver, Pacific; Dec.-at Veanderbilt. 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