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Wednesday, november 7, 1979
daily nebraskan
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By Ron Powell
At six feet, junior guard Mike Naderer is
one of the smallest guards on this year's
Nebraska basketball team.
But with Naderer being one of just two
starters returning from last year's team (6
foot 7 inch center 'Andre Smith is the
other), he is one of the Huskers' "big men"
this year, according to Nebraska Head
Coach Joe Cipriano,
"He (Naderer) is one of veterans, who
like Andre, we are expecting a lot from,"
Cipriano said, "We expect him to give us
leadership on the court and leadership as
well from his performance,"
Naderer returns with more starting
experience than any other Husker this
season, starting 41 games his freshman and
sophomore years, Last season, Naderer
averaged six points a game and had 64
assists and 22 steals for the year, He was
also a 90 percent free throw shoote'r last
season '
. Naderer sees his role on this year's team
much like Cipriano sees it, :
"THEY (the coaches) might be looking
for me to score more," Naderer said, 'The
last couple years I've worked mostly on my
defense because we had Brian (Banks) and
Carl (McPipe) to take care of the scoring.
"My role' will be to keep the team
playing together on the floor, When the
shot is there, I'll take it, but I am going to
keep working as hard as 1 can on defense,
because that's what's gotten me this far,"
Cipriano said Naderer's playing time has
" come because of hard work,
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"I'd say the reason why he's so success
ful is because he's an overachiever,"
Cipriano said, "When he lets down, he's
just an average player, He must work as
hard as he can all the time to be successful
and he's done that " . " ; ; - '
" Being 6 feet tall and 160 pounds,
Naderer said that almost all the guards he
goes against are bigger and stronger than he
is and that is a definite advantage for
opposing guards. He added, however, that
it doesn't bother him, .
. "I . feel that if I play heads-up ball,'
hustle and do what is asked of me by the
coaches, I don't have anything to worry .
about," Naderer said, "I don't think my
size has hurt me that much, but you have
to know your limits, I know I can't take
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Senior guard Mike Naderer is one of two
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Darnell Valentine to the basket all niglit.
Most of the time I am going to pull up and
take the jump shot,
'IF YOU know your role, on the team,
know your limitations and try to play
error-free ball, you'll be all right." ;
Naderer . came to Nebraska from .
Scottsdale, Ariz, As' V senior, at Arcadia -High
School, Naderer averaged 22 points,
ll assists, six steals and four rebounds a
game. He was named the Southwestern
United States Guard of the Year, Arizona"
Player of the Year and Scottsdale Player of
the Year. Naderer said he visited Michigan
State and had a scholarship offer from
Idaho State, but that he was decided to go
to .Nebraska from the beginning of his
senior year, ,
"I came here because I felt I had an
opportunity to play " Naderer said, "I was
impressed with the facilities the Sports
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returning starters for the Cornhuskers this
Center had to offer and the competition on
the Big Eight. Coach Cipriano also showed
a lot of interest in me from the beginning,
and I, of course, wanted to go where I was
wanted.
. "I feel now that I made the right choice,
I prayed a lot of minutes my freshman year
. and we had a very successful season (22-8
and an NIT bid). I wouldn't change my
decision npw for anything in the world,"
f 'Naderer" said there were two reasons
why the Huskers, after returning four
starters from the 1977-78 team that went
22-8, slipped to a 14-13 mark lat season,
"I THINK that when I was a freshman,
-we surprised some people," Naderer said,
'The main difference, though, was that we
didn't play together as a team last year,
We'd play well as a team for two or three
games and then we would let up for two or
three games.
'If you look at the scores from last
year, we weren't out of many ballgames.
"Most of the time, though, we didn't have
the team work we needed to win." .
Naderer said this year's team "has a lot
of young players with a lot of material to
introduce to them" before the first game,
Nov. 24 against Windsor, Ont.
"People are picking us pretty low in the
Big Eight because we've lost some people,"
Naderer said. "But we're working hard, and
we have a good attitude among the new
guys. If we can get everybody wojking
together, I think we could have a good
year,"
Naderer said he thinks the team is "very
deep" at the guard positions.
"THEY'RE ALL talented athletes, but
some of them have to make the adjustment
from high school to college, ball and that's
-hard," Naderer said. 'They're hard workers
with good attitudes, but you can't tell how
they'll work out until they're in a game
situation."
A few new things may be in store for
Husker fans this season, according to
Naderer.
"We're going to try to put more points
on the board than last year " Naderer said.
"We're going to try to be more offensive
minded and try to fastbreak a little more.
"We're still going to play tough defense.
There's a great defensive tradition here.
We've been in the top ten in the country in
defense every year I've been here, and
we're going to have to work hard to. do it
again," , . v '
He said this year's schedule is similar to
his freshman year, in that this season's non
conference schedule is played at home.
'The home schedule is definitely in our
favor," Naderer said. "We can use some of
those games as confidence builders. If we
can get that large, noisy home crowd here,
its a big advantage for us. I think teams like
Kansas and Kansas State have found this
out the past couple years."
He said this year's conference is "really
talented 0
"Whoever wins the Big Eight this season
: is going to dp . something in the NCAA
tournament," Naderer said. "Right now,
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma have the
inside track for the title, but the depth in
the conference is so deep that there are
other teams that will challenge. It's going
to be an exciting year,"
- Naderer said the team's major goal is
"to win as many games as possible to get
the home court advantage forr the
playoffs " pointing out that if the Huskers
could win that first playoff game, "any.
thing could happen after that."
Coach: Swimmers sport top talent
Today is the final day of the ticket lottery for the Nov.
24 Nebraska-Oklahoma football game.
- Hie ticket office will take ticket orders from 9-12 a.m,
and 1-4 psn. Each ticket costs $10,
Students applying for tickets must each present a valid
student ID, unless applying as a married couple. Each stu
dent must present his or her own I.D, Groups are limited
to six persons and all must be present to apply, Tickets
. must be paid for at the time of application .
Winning lottery numbers win be puousned in the Nov,
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" Anyone interested In becoming a bat girl for the 1980
Nebraska baseball team should attend the orientation
meeting at 9 pjn. Nov. 1 1 in the South Stadium Lounge.
For more information call Genon Rost at 477-8598,
Men's and Women's co-rec intramural officials are
needed for volleyball and basketball. If interested apply
at the Recreation Office. For more information call
Intramural Coordinator Stan Campbell at 472-3467,
By Bob Lannin
UNL women's swim coach Ray Huppert begins his
season Nov. 16 with what he calls his most talented squad.
"This team is the most talented that we've ever had at
Nebraska," Huppert said. Hie team opens its season with
a dual meet against Missouri at Columbia.
In the Big Eight meet last year, the Huskers finished
third behind Kansas and Missouri. The team lost its dual
meet with Missouri last year by one point, 66-65.
Returning to lead this year's squad will be co-captains
Cindy Agee and Jo Dea Eckstrom, both seniors. Eckstrom.
was named outstanding swimmer on last year's squad.
Huppert said he expects "real good leadership from
both co-captains."
"Both know what it takes to have a competitive pro
gram, They know the caliber of swimming it takes to be
competitive" he said.
Huppert said both co-captains have participated in the
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
(AIAW) National meet, with Eckstrom finishing
25th in the individual medley last year.
The only other senior on the squad is Melanie Jakob,
from Grand Island, who specializes in the breaststroke and
butterfly. ' .
Other returnees include junior Ann Rinne, whom
Huppert called last year's most improved swimmer, mid
dle distance freestyler Cathy Morrison of Louisville, Ky.
and Colleen Cassidy; a distance freestyler from Topeka,
Kan.
Huppert also reiurns a large group of sophomores, five
of whom placed at the Big Eight meet last year as fresh
men. The returning Big Eight scorers include Laura Spindler
of Bloomington, Minn., Marfo Thompson of Kansas City,
Kan., Rene Sullivan of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Ann Moninger
of Kansas City, Mo., and Marian Maack of Omaha.
' While Huppert is counting on his returnees to provide
strength for the team, he. said new recruits also will be
valuable to the team.
"This is by far the best recruiting year we've had, on
paper, that is," he said.
Transfer Carol Berger is part of that recruiting. Berger,
a diver from Omaha, transferred to UNL from North
Carolina State. Another transfer is Peg Kennedy, a but
terfly and individual medley specialist from St. Paul,
Minn, and the University of Minnesota.
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