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friday, October 1 5, 1977
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xNew look1 is in as basketball squad starts drills
By Jim Kay
The Husker football season reaches the
halfway point today; But it's already time
to start thinking; Husker basketball for Joe
Cipriano.
Cipriano, heading into his fifteenth year
as head coach at UNL, will send his "new
look" team through its first practice of the
year today.
Cipriano will have eight new players
along with sevens returning lettermen.
Three of those seven, started for UNI fast
yeaj. Replacements are needed for grad
uated forward Bob Siege! and guard Allen
Holder.
''We've got some kids back, but we need
to get help for Brian, Banks at guard
Cipriano said, 'We recruited four guards
two from junior colleges and two out of
high school."
The iunior college transfers are 6 ft.
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Bruno, Cat. and 6 ft. 3 in. junior Bor
Moore from Miami, Qkla.
The freshman: guards are $ ft. 2 in.
Gerard Myrthil from New York City and
5 ft. in, MikeNaderer from Scottsdale,
Ariz.
Banks, a junior, was the second leading
scorer last year, averaging 13.3 points pec
game.
Other guards returning from last year's
team are seniors James Caldwell and Eric
Coard.
"We need some players who are able to
shoot,' Cipriano said. "Our defense has
been strong the last couple of years, but
we're going to try and get more offense
and get more points off the fast break"
He said the team has beem working with
a running and weight program prior to to
day's opening drills.
"We can get a pretty good indication
from that of how ready they are," Cip
riano said, "It's not much fun, but they
realize it's a way to improve and ready
themselves. They'll be in good physical
condition by Oct, 15."
He also pointed out the importance of
rebounding to his team's success,
"Most of our big; men are younger,"
he said. "We'll have to wait and see how
they come along,"
Junior Carl McPipe averaged 15,2 points
and 8.3 rebounds a game last year to lead
the Huskers. in both categories.
Help for Mcftpe at center will come
from 6 ft. 8 in. freshman John Ploett from
Shorewood, Wis,, and 2t-year-old
Srebrenko (Sil) Despot.
Despot is a $ ft, 8 in. freshman from
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, who played for the
Yugoslavian national team
At forward the Huskers have three re
turning lettermen including one of last
year's starters, senior Terry Novak. Novak
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Forwards Terry Novak (32) and Curt Hedberg (50) return to bolster the Husker frontline. In high school thsy were rivals, playing
for Lincoln Northeast and Lincoln East, respectively.
averaged just over; five points a game last
year. Also returning at forward are junior
Curt Hedberg and sophomore Mark Mc
Vicker. .
Two freshman recruits wilt add depth,
on the frontline for Cipriano, They are 6
ft. 7 in, Eric Eckelman from Muncie, Ind.,
and, ft, 7 in, Andre Smith, from Chicago,
Cipriano said he had a few goals he
would like to see his team reach early in
the season,
"We'd like to improve the pace of the
game and score a few more points," he
said. "We . won't be a run-and-gun type
team, but we do plan to get more baskets
off the fast break. Our goal now is to get
the team to play together ".
He added that UNL's schedule will be
an advantage for his team,
"This is the best. December schedule in
the school's history, or at least since I've
been here," Cipriano said. "Fourteen home
games in one season is a big advantage."
The Huskers' first game is at home Dec.
2 against Missouri Southern State, followed
by another homa contest Dec, 9 against
in-state rival Creighton, It will be the first
meeting between the two schools since
1932,
Other December home games are against
South Dakota (Dec. 10), Nevada at Reno
(Dec, 12), Mississippi (Dec. 17), Western
Illinois (Dec, 21) and Montana State (Dec.
23),
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