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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1976)
doily ncbrcdccn Ihundsy, mzrtih 11, 1373 r o I I 1 ! i Ml ' f L3 rJOUgCD feu QDLTO By Jim Hunt With the regular season over and all hopes cf a post season tournament gone, UNL's three senior basketball players have gone their separate ways. Jerry Fort sail he wants to play professional basket ball, liny Cox sail he eventually hopes to get into the ministry and Steve Willis said he just wants to take some time off. Fort, the most prolific scorer in Husker history, ended his four-year career with 1 ,832 points. lie also is the only Husker basketball player to be named to the All-Eig 8 Conference team three consecutive years. This year was my most satisfying year here," said the 6 ft. 3 in. Chicago native. "My freshman year we were 9 17 and this year we were 19-8, which is really a vast im provement. "After four years it is really sad to play your last game," Fort said. "I wish I had another year or two left to play now that we are starting to get a winning tradition." - Fro basketball Fort is now looking toward the professional courts. "I think my chances of making it in the pros are pretty good," he said. "I realize that I'm not going to be a great guard, but a, guard who is quick and can get the ball off to the other man." Fort termed himself a late bloomer. He said he played more basketball in college than he did in high school, where he was cut from the team his freshman year. If pro basketball doesn't work out, he would like to try law college or work in a Chicago recreation program. Cox, on the other hand, wants to stay in the Lincoln area, find a job and receive more training from the Naviga tors, a campus religious organization he belongs to. Tm pretty happy to go out with a big game," Cox said of Saturday's 82-66 win over Iowa State University in which he scored a career-high 25 points. "With my parents in the stands and it being the last game in the Coli seum, it was a good game," he said. Thankful "I would like to thank all my fans and friends who sup ported me throughout my career," said the 6 ft. 6 in. two time Academic All-Big 8 selection from Denver. "I would really like to thank God for his steadfast love and faith fulness in my life. "At times, college basketball is hard," he said reflect ing on his career at UNL, "but it was worth it all," he added. "If I had it to do again, I'd do it the same way." Willis, a 5 ft. 10 in. Indianapolis native, said he is tired of school and just needs a rest. Willis, who transferred to UNL from North Idaho Junior College, said he would like to play more basket ball and would like to coach children's basketball. Fort said Willis may have a tryout with 'the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association. "I had regrets about playing my last game," Willis said. sports Husker track 1 . Who is Nebraska's only sub-four minute miler? 2. Name one of three Huskers who ran in the 1972 Olympics. 3. Name the only Husker to win ah Olympic medaL That bronze medal now is on display in the South Stadium trophy room. 4. What Nebraska runner has a world record? 5. Name one of two Huskers who have won NCAA titles both indoors and outdoors. 6. Only three schools in NCAA history have had three shot putters go over 60 feet in the same year. Name one of the schools, whose field coach then is now a Husker assistant. 7. hi what years did Nebraska, win back-to-back Big S Conference indoor championships? 8. Name the two current Husker high jumpers who have the best national and Nebraska high school jumps ever recorded. 9. In his 20 years as Husker head coach, Frank Sevigne has had how many individual conference champions? (a) 98(b) 86(c) 74 . 10. What current world-class sprinter attended Nebraska before transferring to the University of Southern California? ' Answers cmsnouQa'OI r 93(q)6 PJ003J teiqj y t sijai 2noj rcursij pn pioow puorjtu ci fl i y i 'Scziqj itesq ojouioudos g ZL6VZL6 L Xio cqof Tpo IJL61 a M n-5si jo Xjsaa&iin 9 cuxr.f c;ui iocpno gSI pet jocpq 5951 jsqsta xosmri 7.9S96f ci it? praA-CQl locpmo pm L9S9SI c piaC-09 Joopq 'aceejj) ctj-tcD c rptxi dzf-zi t icj pioosi pfio& rcb: 13 cm pj3X-(X)9 locpsi s i 955 sqj com 0013 zszq y tpi? kji-COI '8551 'ssasjo -rr,o tefsurtf joj jji (tp isjssi-cqi) CH pn (tpr? lajsui-ccfr) CS3 R3ta-fj() Aapscpj county j czicpciv cj U5i 96 '2:33 2D l "I made a lot of friends out here. It seems sad for awhile, but you have to move on to bfcger and better things." Record setters The seniors dominated the final 1975-76 season sta tistics. Fort and Cox led in scoring with 19 and 133 points, respectively. Willis averaged 78 pohts. Cox connected on 133 of 193 fiell goal tttemptt for 672 per cent for the season, breaking three tig 8 records. Cox made 67 of 104 conference field goal attempts this season for 644 per cent, breaking conference marks for highest field goal percentage for a season, highest field goal percentage for conference career and highest field goal percentage for a career. The only other Cornhusker listed in the conference individual records is Tom Baack, 1966 to 63, who holds the record for the highest career free throw percentage. F 1: Larry Cox ft Pfeotoa cotvttsy of OiSy &&ra&a and LTL Cortt lsfm'iCf?!a Jerry Fort Stare WJ Eligibility rule may slam-dunk 1641ers 1641, in its quest for its second straight All-University basketball title, may have run into an obstacle larger than any of the teams it must play-eligibility requirements. Wednesday afternoon a question arose concerning the eligibility of one of 1641's players. The question in volves whether the player is a UNL student and intramural ' coordinator Gale Wiedow is withholding the student's name until the question is resolved. If the player is found to be ineligible, 1641 will be forced to forfeit most or all of its games, according to Wiedow. Wiedow cited Article 9 of the Intramural Handbook, which states that ,a team will forfeit any contests in which an ineligible player is used." Intramural participants must be UNL students to com pete in the UNL intramural program. Only , three teams besides 1641 in the last intramural Top 10 remain in contention for the All-University cham pionship. The teams are Beta Theta H (A), the Aces and Abel 5. Wednesday, 19 teams were still in the tournament, Wiedow said. The All-University finals will be March 17. The UNL champion will play the Lincoln city champion March 18. "I think that we have the best team," saM 1641 captain Bob Matthews Tuesday night after his team de feated the Aces, 40-28, to become Independent champs. 1641 entered teams in the Independent and Open Qasses this season. It has compiled a 9-0 record in the Indepen dent Class and a 7-1 record in the Open Class with teams consisting of mainly the same player s Matthews said. After the start of the season, 1641 doesn't practice as a team, he said, but just plays its two games a week which makes it hard to get the offense together at first. ' Matthews, a Law College senior from Omaha, said the other starters are Steve Lefler, a Law College junior from Omaha, Marty Connealy, a Law College junior from Gor don, senior Milt Wildner of Oakland and junior Stu Nelson -of Garden City, Kan, the team's leading scorer and a hidi school all-stater. eie Wrestlers seek seniors fry for U BylfeteWcgnxn . Wrestling coach Orval BorgiaHi and three UNL wrest lers flew to Tuscon, Ariz., Tuesday. . , However, sunshine, rest and relaxation wiH not be their primary concern. Rather, the wrestlers want to return to Lincoln Sunday with medals from the NCAA national tournament being held today through Saturday in Tuscon, instead of a tan. Seniors Tony Jennings, 134 Ib&, and Bob Johnson, 190 lbs, and freshman Court Vlning, 150 lbs, wiH represent', the Huskers at the tournament., Jennings and Johnson finished third at the Big 8 Conference meet Feb. 27 through 28, while Vising placed fourth. Johnson and Jennings lead the Huskers in points scored this year with 91 and 89, respectively. Vising ranks seventh on the squad with 33 points. - t , CasteyGd The two seniors wiH try to score enough points at the national meet to become members of the UNL wrestling team's Century (of 1C0 pcint) Oub. "Johnson should have an excellent chance at placing in the meet " Barglili said. If he goes Into the second period of a match even cp, hell win it." Much of the succes cf the three should be credited to th:ir outstanding physical shape, BergisHi said. "I think they're in better shspe than any individuals we've ever taken to mtlenils" he eaM Fcr the last two s in Tuscon : . m L Cenfury GIo ' . & : weeks, they've been running four to four-and-a-haif nUss .a day" While Johnson's strength lies in his strong hand pip and ability to gun riding time ("He can control a man as well as anyone in the country"), BorgiaEi said, Jennings relies on technique. . "Tony has an excellent grandy roll and a fireman's carry (two wrestling moves). Once he gets in the lead, he's hard to beat," Bcrgialli said. Jennings has lost one dual match the last two seasons, x, . - Cowstarter BoraHi described Vlning as developed as the season progressed. "He's got the poorest techniques ca the team, to be honest shout it," he said, "but he's probably gat more guts, dstojrninitisn, will to wia whatever you want to ce!l it-then anyone ca our team." - The battle for the NCAA team chs:n!p will be between Iowa State University and the University cf Iowa if BorgiaHi's predictba comes true. Td say look out for Iowa Stale. Iowa's rated Number 1 cow, but they're ping to have to cam it," la ssM. slow starter who The Users' 6-6 dsal seasaa was called "a real diap btment" by BusTi, who is fkiing his 12th year at team was too sporadic. Ve never were coasts-' sail, "tilzt should have been a 10-2 seasaa was pcintm UNL. "The tent," h &6.n