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KSU makes Huskers see red;
Evans, Dassie both add color
Photo by Tad Kirk
Husker guard Allen Holder attempts to pass around Kansas State guard Mike Evans
earlier this season when the Huskers lost to K-State.
By Jim Kay
Manhattan, Kan.-Kansas State Uni
versity (KSU) players Mike Evans and
Larry Dassie made Nebraska see red here
Wednesday night.
Evans, a 6 ft. 1 in. junior guard, led his
team to a 67-62 victory over the Huskers.
Evans hit nine of 12 field goal attempts
and added four free throws for 22 points.
Dassie took game scoring honors for KSU
by hitting 26 points, 18 of which came in
the second half. Dassie was 11 of 15 from
the field.
The Huskers were leading by as many as
five points in the second half after trailing
by one at half time 32-31. The Huskers
were unable to go effectively inside
throughout the game and were kept in the
contest ir the first half on long-range
jumpers by Brian Banks.
"The tempo wasn't right in the first
half," head coach Joe Cipriano said. "We
were lucky to be in the game."
In the second half, KSU pressed and got
the ballgame back.
Banks was the high-point man for UNL
with 17 points.
KSU coach Jack Hartman agreed with
Cipriano about the tempo of the game.
held the tempo of the game and
some indecision and mistakes,"
"We
created
Hartman said. The cohesiveness of defense
was important tonight.
Banks was the high-point man for UNL
with 17 points. Center Carl McPipe, who
finished the game with 16 points and 12
rebounds, fouled out with 5:18 to go in
the game.
The Huskers were hurt by a dry spell
more than four minutes into the second
half, when they only could manage a free
throw by Bob Siegal and fell behind for
good.
UNL could draw no closer than four
points for the remainder of the game.
"We didn't handle the ball well and do
the things we had to do to win," Cipriano
said. "McPipe hurt us with his poor shoot
- ing as far as offense goes and we weren't
covering Dassie at all."
Husker senior Siegal covered Dassie
Wednesday night.
The Huskers return home Saturday
night to face league leading University of
Missouri Tigers. Missouri defeated the Uni-'
versity of Kansas Wednesday night to
remain one game ahead in the conference
race.
Nebraska ticket officials anticipate a
sell-out crowd. A sell-out Saturday would
mark the largest crowd ever to see a college
basketball game in Nebraska.
Husker trackman Grieb
leaving 880 for hurdles
By Mke McCarthy .
After four years of crossing the finish line in the 880
yard run, Husker senior Chris Grieb said he is going to
jump to the 440-yard intermediate hurdles.
"After (Chuck) Malito graduated we really didn't have
anyone to run the hurdles," Grieb said. "I've been
working out on them after practice just to try to get a feel
for them. I know I have the endurance to run the
hurdles."
One reason for Grieb's switch is UNL's overabundance
of quality middle-distance men.
"This year has been a turn-around," Grieb said. "Ron
Fisher, Matt Reckmeyer, Keith Whi taker and Paul
McQain all are way above par.
"Sometimes I feel like a freshman running against a
bunch of seniors. I was winning races when I was a sopho
more, but now I'm settling for seventh place," he added.
Grieb, who was the Nebraska High School 880-yard
gold' medal winner in 1972, sai3 he gets tired of seventh
places.
t s.a letdown. It gets old being beat by the same
guys. SThen I beat Ron Fisher, I know it's a fluke. I know
beating him just shouldn't happen.
"Mentally, I know I can beat the other runners, but
Grieb said he does not regret coming to UNL instead of
; another college, although he does have doubts at times.
One doubt Grieb said he had was at a meet the Huskers
hosted two weeks ago. At that meet, the University of
Kansas raced against UNL while some Nebraska colleges
raced in their division.
Winning coach traces active career
sports quiz
Eg 8 Conference Basketball
1. Who was the Big 8 Conference scoring champion last
year?
2. True or False. Husker guard Jerry Fort only made the
All Big 8 team twice.
3. At what school was Iowa State University coach Lynn
Nance an assistant coach last season?
4. New York Nick star Walt Frazier has a younger brother
playing at what Big 8 school?
5. The first basketball coach at the University of Kansas
W3t At Dick Ham IT) Janvi Mai ith f FP
Allen Dl Jerrv Eush.
6. True or False. Scott Wedrnan was the last player from
the University of Colorado to make the AI Big 8 team.
7. At what Big 8 school did Husker assistant coach Mse
Iba's father coach?
8. Which coach was an assistant under Bobby Knight at
the University of Indiana before corning to the Big 8
last season?
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UNL women's basketball coach George Nicodemus has
much in common with coaching greats John Wooden,
Bobby Knight, Henry Iba and Adolph Rupp.
George Nicodemus?
At one time or another all have won some kind of a
national basketball championship during long coaching
careers.
Nicodemus began coaching basketball in 1949, but has
seen and coached lots of basketball in that time in several
different places.
"The first year I coached it was both boys' and girls
teams in junior high," Nicodemus said. "We went 14-0
won the county championship in Des Moines."
Nicodemus worked in coaching, teaching and briefly
in the real estate business until 1968 when he signed for
one year as the coach for the Look magazine traveling
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team.
Worked at JFK
"That was when the girls first started going five on five
(men's rules)," Nicodemus said. "But it was also the time
when Look was starting to go out of business and I knew
the job wouldn't last because they were making cutbacks."
About that time, Bob Spencer, women's basketball
coach at John F. Kennedy (JFK) College in Wahoo, quit.
"The president of JFK called me," Nicodemus said.
"We worked things out and in the fall of 1970 I became
athletic director and women's basketball coach. I could
of had the men's team but I declined. It was a matter of
being in the right place at the right time ."
Nicodemus said he worked for the Nebraska Compre
hensive Employment Training Association (CETA) when
JFK closed. He eventually was contacted by Aleen Swof
ford, UNL women's athletic director, to coach at UNL, he
said.
'They wanted me to work for nothing but I have to
make a living," Nicodemus said. "There is no written con
tract but I have a verbal agreement to work through
July 1."
National titles
Nicodemus has a career record of 163-72 in intercol
legiate reaching. His teams at JFK won the national AAU
title twice with 27-10 and 34-7 records and finished
second once. He said the women's program at UNL is on
the rise.
"The program here is coming up," Nicodemus said.
"And the budget calls for a little more money next year.
"The key to this program, like any other one, is re
cruiting. With the limited amount of scholarships here,
which we didn't have at JFK, that's important."
Nicodemus added that the "people here have been very
good about getting the program going and making sure
that it won't be second rate."
Nicodemus said one of the greatest differences between
the JFK and UNL programs was the amount of in-state
players on his team. .
"I had only two Nebraska girls in five years at JFK,"
Nicodemus said. "I have all Nebraska players here and I'm
happy with the Nebraska girls."
Nicodemus said that until recently, Nebraska had a
poor high school girl's basketball program. '
Natural ability
"The high school level play is really coming on. They
are good, strong kids with natural ability but they need
me training and coaching."
Nicodemus said current Husker players Kathy Hawkins
and Jan Crouch are among the better players he has
coached.
"The could have started on some of those JFK teams,"
Nicodemus said. "If we won the national title this year,
they would probably be named AH-Americans."
Nicodemus said that a poorer shooting percentage by
this year's Husker team has possibly cost the team as
many as eight games this year.
"If we shoot 44 per cent instead of our current 38 per
cent we score 10 more points a game," Nicodemus said.
"I figure we would have lost about four games instead of
12 this year. We've lost several games by eight points or
less."
UNL-plays two important games against the Univer
sity of Nebraska at Omaha Feb. 16 and 21, Nicodemus
said. "If we split, we play a third game on the 25th.
Those wi3 be big games for us.
Athletes sign Big 8 letters of intent with UNL
Eleven Nebraskans and two out-of-state athletes have
signed Big 8 letters of intent with the Husker football
team.
The list of athletes signing letters was released by the
UNL Athletic Dept. Tuesday.
Nebraska players who signed include: Randy
Landwehr, Nebraska City-I back; Randy Brooks, Omaha
Creighton Prep-split end; Craig Johnson, Omaha West-side-I
back; Dan Hurley, Omaha RoncoIIi-back; Steve
Mkhaelson, Ralston-quarterback; Scott Sherry, Omaha
Creighton Prep-defensive end; Jim Kotera, Omaha
Gross-I back; Bob O'Rourke, North Pktte-offensive
tackle, linebacker; Don Coleman, Gordon-wcgback;
Al Hunt, Oshkosh-back; and Jeff Finn, Grand Island
tight end, defensive end.
The two out-of-state signers are Russell Gary,
Minneapolis, Minu.-I back, and Sammy Sims. Lubbock,
Tex.-liiiebacker, defensive back.
Nebraska also awarded three scholarships to junior
college transfers and to two present varsity walk-on
performers.
The transfers are Frank Lockett, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, Calif.-WR; Greg McQuitter, Northeastern Ok
lahoma A1M -defensive back; and BUly Todd, Meza, Ariz.
Community College -kicker.
Walk-on sophomores Tim Hager and Pat Leigh, both of
Lincoln were given scholarships, as was Brett Moritz, who
transferred to UNL from the US. Military Academy last
fall after starting two years for the Cadets.
The Huskers have 12 more scholarships available for
out-of-state athletes.
