monday, february 25, 1930
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daily nebraskan
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UNL eaugers get ehmce
for revenge gaimt OU
By Shelley Smith
Sports Editor
NORMAN, Okla.-When that regular
season gun finally sounds, not many
basketball teams get a chance to avenge a
stinging loss. .
But the Nebraska Cornhuskers will have
a chance to do just that when they meet
Oklahoma Tuesday night at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center in the first round of
the Big Eight post-season tournament.
Oklahoma downed Nebraska 78-60
Saturday afternoon, and in breaking their
five-game losing streak, stole a bit of
Husker pride and promise.
The young but surprising Nebraska
squad, had it beaten: OU, could have
clinched second place in the Big Eight con
ference behind Missouri after the Tigers
beat Kansas State 67-65 earlier Saturday
afternoon. . .
With second place secure, the Huskers
would have been in line for a National
Invitational tournament bid even if they
lost their .first game in post-season play.
However, life is full of ifs, and the ones
Nebraska had hoped it would make realit- .
ies, faded because of the grueling loss in
Norman.
Intensity lacking
It was a lack of intensity that, shoved
the Huskers down to a third place Big
Eight finish, according to Acting Head .
Coach Moe Iba.
rv Nebraska was outrebounded by more
than 2-1, and their usually sharp man-toman
defense was dulled by the Sooners'
easy inside shots. , ,
"Defensively we were awful. We execut
ed our offense well, but were a little lack'
adaisical,"hesaid. '
Huskei; center Andre Smith finished'
with the game high 20 points, and guard
Jack Moore finished with 17 points-each
had the same point total in the Huskers
upset victory over Kansas State the week
earlier.
Iba tried about every player combina
tion in the book, substituting in seven re
serves, to spark "anything" in his team,
which never led during the game.
"We were trying to get somebody who
would just give a little bit more effort, who
would do the things we worked on in
practice. We tried to get our team tQ pene
trate, but they wouldn't," Iba said.
Half-hearted
The Huskers went to the lockerroom at
halftime trailing 41-28, and could only
challenge the Sooners half-heartedly once
in the second half. ' ( )
Down by as many as 25 points, the
Huskers battled their way back to within
15, outscoring the Sooners 9-1. But Ne
braska could get no closer.
"We didn't get the whole total effort
like we did against K-State," Husker guard
Mike Naderer said.
"We were just really never in it," he
added.
Not being "in it" could have resulted
from an unexpected day off for the Husk
ers, Iba said. After beating Kansas State
Wednesday, the Huskers got Thursday off.
"I'm not going to make any excuses for
them. We practiced one day, we should
have practiced two. It was my decision to
give them the day off-maybe it was
wrong," he said.
Naderer said he wasn't sure Nebraska, as
a team, was mature enough to handle the
day off, and then play with the needed
intensity against Oklahoma, which is the
Big Eight defending champion. s
One thing he did know, however, is that
the Huskers will be ready to face the
Sooners Tuesday night.
"You know.'this could, wake us up. We ;
just, have, to be ready mentally and
physically Tuesday night," he said.
But senior ' forward Mark McVicker
might have caught the gist of what many
Huskers felt after losing to OU.
"It's better to lose it now."
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Photo by Mitch Hrdlicka
Husker Jerry Shoecraft (13) puts the ball up while Oklahoma's Al Beal (24) and
Steve Bajema (35) look on.
Vaulter Raymond (ineorrectly) set two records
By Pat Beecham
Nebraska's Randy Raymond has set both the Nebraska
indoor and outdoor pole vault records in his first two
years on the Husker track team. And he wasn't even doing
it right.
"Mechanically he was doing some things incorrectly,
said Husker field events coach Dick Railsback. "But we've
changed his technique and his workouts and he's made
some good breakthroughs."
Railsback is a former world record holder in the pole
vault and is in his second year as field events coach at Ne
braska after coaching in Saudi Arabia. According to Ray
mond, Railsback deserves a lot of the credit for his
improvement. . t
"Coach Railsback is an excellent coach. 1 owe all my
Husker women take
second in Boulder
The Nebraska women's gymnastics team finished
second behind Colorado at the Colorado gymnastics
invitational in Boulder Saturday.
Nebraska-which won the Big Eight champion
ship last week, defeating Colorado by eight points
scored 132.60 to Colorado's 134.60.
"We went with a partial team, leaving several
competitors (Patty Carmichael-Gerard and Debbie
Harrison) home with injuries," Husker Head Coach
Judy Schalk said. "It hurt."
Husker Renee Rcisdorffwon the vaulting, placed
second in the balance beam and floor exercise, and
finished third in the all-around competition to pace
the Husker learn.
Carol Chmelka placed second in vaulting and
fourth in the all-around, and Crissy Robertson was
third in vaulting and sixth in the all-around.
success to his knowledge," Raymond said.
Railsback said Raymond "has all the tools to jump
well. He is also a hard worker and does everything he has
to do. He is a very coachable kid and is a student of the
event."
Almost a non-Husker
Two years ago Raymond almost didn't come to Ne
braska. Kansas and most other Big Eight schools offered
him scholarships and Raymond said he was ready to go to
KU, but at the last minute changed his mind and came to
Nebraska.
"Nebraska had the best vaulting coach around and
there was a lot of pressure from my parents, my friends,
and my high school coach to come to Nebraska."
Raymond, a Fremont High School graduate, said one of
his goals this year was to make the Olympic trials, which
UNL baseball team
fourth in tournament
The Nebraska baseball team opened its season in Las
Vegas, Nev. this weekend, placing fourth in the University
of Nevada-Las Vegas round robin tournament 3-2.
The Huskers split two games Saturday, losing 11 J to
California State-Northridge and beating the University of
New Mexico 8-5.
The Huskers beat San Diego University, 16-9 Thursday,
and downed Cal-lrvine 5 J, but then tell to host UNLV
4-2 Saturday. .
In Nebraska's first game, Cal-North ridge jumped to a
five-run lead in the first inning off NU starting pitcher
Steve Gchrkc, and scored five more in the II fin inning.
Nebraska scored three runs in the first inning.
Randal Rollin had a triple and home run for Cal-North-ridge
and Conrad Negron added a double and home run.
Slan Haas had the Huskers' only extra base hit, a triple.
would require a jump of 17 feet 2 inches. But he said he
probably cannot make the Olympic team, though he
would still like to make the trials and go on the European
tour the United States is to make later this year. He al
ready has vaulted 16 feet 8 inches this year, and Track
Coach Frank Sevigne said Raymond still has not reached
his potential.
"Randy has lived up to all our expectations and more
since coming here," Sevigne said, ,4but he can still do a lot
more."
Track is not a four- or five-month affair for Raymond,
he said. Raymond works all year and did in high school
too. Besides playing slow-pitch Softball in Fremont dur
ing the summer and working construction nine or 10
hours a day, he finds time to lift weights and run to keep
in shape.
Specialize
"In high school I figured that I had to choose between
going out for all sports and being average or specializing in
one sport and trying for a scholarship to make it at
college."
Along with his year-around track schedule, Raymond
says he likes to hunt in the winter and ski in the summer.
"I love the outdoors," Raymond said. "1 like to go
hunting in the winter. Just leave the city behind and cet
out in the wild. It's really relaxing."
Along with the help he gets from the Husker coaching
staff, Raymond says he gets help from Jeff Finn, a Husker
football player with whom he shares an apartment.
Jcir tries to help me out during track season and I try
to help him out some during football season." Raymond
Ha.ln8r?hue n 10 the ?ig Eiht "t, which begins Fri
!L 1 ..ft SPrts Center Raymond says he
i competition from Kansas and Colorado
vaul tcrs who have cleared marks over 17 feet this year.
II, IvTiTr 1? ?,rilnecr 10 ,he falt either.
Lr i . u rCl. A W lo & ,he Ncb'3sk: outdoor
record and 16 feet and 8 inches for the indoor record.
And thai was when he wasn't doing it right.
