friday, January 30, 1976
page 10
daily nebraskan
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king, Big 8 lead
By Jim Hunt
A possible national ranking and the Big 8 Conference
basketball lead will be on the line when UNL battles the
nationally ranked Missouri University (MU) Tigers
Saturday at 7:35 p.m. Jbefore a sellout crowd in the
Coliseum.
The H uskers enter the game with a record of 4-0 in
Big 8 play and 13-4 overall. The team has won its last
eight games, the longest streak since the eight-game
winning "string of the 194849 Husker squad. The latest
victory was a 5248 win over Oklahoma State University
Wednesday night at Stillwater.
Senior guard Jerry Fort led the Huskers in scoring
against the Cowboys with 16 points. Junior forward Bob
Siegel added 13.
All the Husker conference wins have been by six points
or less.
Missouri enters Saturday's game with a 4-0 record in
Big 8 play and has a record of 16-2 overall. The Tigers,
ranked 13th and 14th in the latest AP and UP1 polls,
respectively, are fresh from a 72-58 win over Oklahoma
.Wednesday. .
The 14-point win over Oklahoma was the Tigers'
closest Big 8 game this season.
MU's only losses came at the hands of Hawaii and
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UNL's wrestling team, unable to overcome an early 22
4 deficit, lost to the University-of Nebraska at Omaha
(UNO) Mavericks 24-18 Thursday night, despite getting
three wins and a draw in the last four matches.
UNL, weakened by injuries in the lighter weights this
season, ran into trouble early when Mike Vranich, 118
lbs., and Pat Arthur, 134 lbs., were decisioned andJCurt
Kinney, 126 lbs., was pinned, giving UNO a 13-0 lead.
Tony Jennings, 142 lbs., Mark Borer, 167 lbs., and Bill
Hoffman, 177 lbs., won by decision for the Huskers. Bob
Johnson, 190 lbs., recorded UNLvs only pin. Heavyweight -
Bruce Conger wrestled to a draw in the final match.
Two UNL men's teams take to the road this weekend.
The track team will meet Kansas and Oklahoma Univer
sities today in Lawrence. Husker swimmers face Missouri
University and Southern Illinois University Saturday in
Columbia. - , -
The UNL women's basketball team hosts Midland Col
lege at 7:30 tonight in the Women's Physical Education
Bldg. The squad improved to 9-5 with a 76-55 win over
the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Wednesday.
Sophomore foreward Sherry Brink led the Huskers with
22 points. Freshmen Darcy Williamson and Kathy Foley
added 14 and 13 points, respectively.
defending NCAA champion UCLA.
The Tigers won the December Big 8 preseason
tournament in Kansas City for the fourth time in the past
five years. '
Tigers led by Smith
MU is led by All-Big 8 guard Willie Smith. Smith, a
6 ft. 2 in. senior from Las Vegas, is a transfer student
from Seminole (Okla.) Junior College, the same junior
college Husker forward Allen Holder attended.
Smith is scoring 235 points a . game after averaging
22.4 points a game last year, his first at MU.
The other MU starting guard is 6 ft. 3 in. junior Jeff
Currie. He has averaged 59 points a game. Stan Ray,
6 ft. 9 in. freshman, starts at center. The 19-year-old
is the leading Tiger rebounder and has scored 10.1 points
a game.
The junior forwards are 6 ft. 8 in. Kim Anderson and
6 ft. 6 in. Jim Kennedy, both double-figure scorers.
They have tallied 145. and 17.3 points a game,
respectively.
The Tigers are coached by Norm Stewart, named the
1974-75 NCAA District Five coach of the year. Stewart
is. 10-8 against the Huskers in his nine years at MU.
Fort scores well against MU
UNL is led by Fort, a two-time All-Big 8 guard. Fort, a
6 ft. 3 in. senior from Chicago, is averaging 193 points
overall and 22.5 points in Big 8 play and has had some
high-scoring games against the Tigers. He hit 40 points
last year in the Coliseum for the Husker one-game scoring
record. Fort also scored 33 points against the Tigers his
sophomore year.
Other Husker starters are Junior forwards Holder and
Siegel, senior guard Steve Willis and senior center Larry
Cox.
A year ago the Huskers, 4-0 in the Big 8, traveled to
Columbia to face the Tigers, 2-2 in conference play.
Missouri pulled off a mild upset, defeating the Huskers,
88-74.
' Game sold out
The loss marked the beginning of a Husker tailspin
in which the team, lest three of four games, dropping out
of Big 8 title contention.
Three weeks later the Huskers gained revenge, beating
the Tigers, 80-77, in Lincoln and upping Cipriano's
career mark against MU to 14-13.
Saturday's game has been sold out since Wednesday,
but radio broadcast of the game may be heard on KFAB,
KLIN, KFOR and KRNU-FM.
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Telecasts are impractical;
ticket policy needs altering
By Larry Stunkel
It seems strange that Milligan State Sen. Richard
Maresh, author of LB828, which calls for closed-circuit
telecasting of sellout UNL home football games, told UNL
Athletic Director Bob Devaney "not to worry about the
cost to the university" from such a project.
What else is Devaney to do except worry about costs,
considering the Athletic Dept.'s financial bind, the
Nebraska Legislature's overall scrooge-like attitude toward
UNL and problems in getting money to maintain the new
sports complex?
Devaney, in a Daily Nebraskan story Thursday,
explained the problems the proposed telecast would
present, such as a NCAA rule restricting telecasts that can
be made. In addition, past history of similar closed
circuit telecasts indicate some have failed to. generate
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However, Maresh might be right in saying there is
sufficient interest to make such an idea profitable.
Consider the number of ticket requests turned down
each year and the people who consequently offer a
premium price to scalpers.
It probably is the scalpers (and anyone else who sells
football tickets for more than face value) who would
suffer the greatest financial loss by such a program.
While there is a need to take advantage of the spectator
interest in Nebraska football, the closed -circuit proposal
has been poorly thought out and is impractical, if what
Devaney says is true.
If the Legislature wants to take action to help generate
athletic funds, maybe it should look to other areas.
For example, consider the number of free and
complimentary tickets given to media, university officials,
players and other influential people. I also question the
number of tickets university officials and players have the
option to buy.
It also wouldn't hurt to suggest an increase in student
ticket prices. Admittedly, $17.50 is a great price for a
season ticket, but $25 isn't that bad compared to $52.50
for a regular season ticket.
One excuse for not making changes in ticket policy
might be the Athletic Dept.'s fear of losing favor with
those whom the changes would affect. But then, why
should the actions of newspapers, legislators and
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