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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, March 28, 1983
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By Barry Trevarrow
"New York! New York! New York!"
The chant echoed through the Bob
Devaney Sports Center Thursday night as
Nebraska cruised to a 67-57 victory over
Texas Christian University. The win landed
the Cornhuskers a berth in the Final Four
of the National Invitational Basketball
Tournament being held in the Big Apple's
Madison Square Garden.
Nebraska has drawn traditional power
DePaul in a semi-final game to be televised
tonight.
The win caps a three-game tourney
sweep wliich saw the Iluskers defeat
Tulane, 72-65; lona, 85-73; and TCU.
Loud sellout crowds, afflicted with a
sudden case of basketball fever, had as
much to do with the final two wins as
the players.
'The crowd was unbelievable," said Ken
Williamson, lona's associate head couch.
"The fans have been just super,"
fresliman center Dave Hoppen said. "1
wish we could take 'em all to New York
with us."
Stan Cloudy exploded for 24 points in
the win over lona. Nebraska started fast by
hitting its first five shots, while shooting
56 percent for the first half. lona, however,
refused to buckle and held a 34-28 lead
with four minutes left in the half. The
Gaels continuously took the Iluskers with
tough one-on-one plays, mostly by guard
Steve Burtt. Burtt scored 14 first-half
points and finished with 22.
The Iluskers cracked down defensively
and took a 40-39 halftime lead on Greg
Downing's outside jumper. Downing
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Nebraska center Dave Hoppen and forward Lenard Johnson engage in a rebounding battle
with TCU's Doug Arnold (33) and Nick Cucinella (34). Nebraska beat the Killer Frogs in the area. It'll be great just being on the
Rcnfro added eight and Ponce had six.
Nebraska led by as much as 24 points
in the second half. TCU just couldn't
handle the Husker momentum.
"1 thought it would be a lot tougher,"
Hoppen said. Indeed, TCU had defeated
1981 NIT champion Tulsa and Arizona
State on the road before crashing in
Lincoln.
Ponce explained the recent Husker
success.
"We've got a close team," Ponce said.
"At first, we didn't know each other too
well. Since then, we've jelled and we play
together. When we're smart, there's not too
many teams in the country who can beat
us. I think we've disproved those who say
we don't have much talent. We've got
talent plus hustle."
"We're going up there (New York)
with the idea of winning the thing,"
P6nce said. "I think of the Knicks-Lakers
championships when I see the Garden.
I've never been there but 1 have relatives
67-57 to advance to tonight's NIT semi-final against DePaul.
finished with 10 points.
Turnovers plagued lona the rest of the
game as they went on to commit a total
of 30 miscues. Nebraska outscored the
Gaels 45-34 in the second half. Senior
Claude Renfro turned in a career-high 16
points with a sparkling six for eight
shooting performance. Hoppen had 15
points wlule David Ponce added 1 1 .
Reserve Lenard Johnson provided backup
strength with seven points and three
rebounds in 1 1 minutes of play. Cloudy
led all Husker rebounders with eight.
Mara teEsei'toall star to plavf&' Nebraska
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Cloudy, who scored 20 points in the
first-round victory over Tulane, continued
to lead the Nebraska march to New York
by scoring 18 points and yanking down
nine rebounds against TCU. The "Killer
Frogs" shot only 38.2 percent. They fell
behind 36-19 at halftime.
"We just worked much harder and out
hustled them," Cloudy said. "All five of
us gave it all we had and it paid off."
Hoppen added 16 points and blocked
four shots.
Greg downing scored 10 points wlule
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floor."
Nebraska, now 22-9, will face Ray
Meyer's Blue Demons with the winner
taking on either Wake' Forest or Fresno
State. DePaul clawed their way to a 20-1 1
record this season after tipping Mississippi
at home Friday. In the first few years of
his coaching reign, Meyer coached against
Hank Iba, the father of Husker coach Moe
Iba.
"This team's got a chance if we play,"
Coach Moe Iba said. "I told 'em we're
just two games away from winning this
tiling."
Brian Carr is ready to leave Indiana.
The 6-1 guard has verbally committed to attend UNL
to share his basketball talents with the Cornhuskers.
Carr said after visiting Nebraska in October during
homecoming he decided Nebraska was the place to play
basketball.
"I really liked the coaches and the facilities," he said.
"I also liked the people and they made me feel that Ne
braska was the place for me."
After considering attending Miami of Ohio and Dodge
City Community College in Kansas, Carr said that
Nebraska's coaching staff was the deciding factor.
"I had more contact with Coach Baack," he said. "I
liked the way he pats you on the back if you do well but
gets on your face if you need it."
His high school coach, Steve Shondell at Muncie
Burris High School, also was a deciding factor in Carr's
decision to come to Nebraska.
"We talked it over, but we didn't tell him where to
go," Shondell said. "We influenced him, but the final
decision was his."
Shondell said that Carr should have no trouble getting
used to playing Nebraska's style of basketball, because
Muncie Burris also plays that style.
"He should fit in real well," he said. "We play a very
disciplined offense and our defense is mainly man-toman."
Carr finished his high school career by leading Muncie
Burris to a 15-6 season, but they were defeated by Muncie
Central in first round of district action.
In that game, Carr scored 23 points, after missing his
first six shots and being held scoreless in the first quarter.
"He played very well for three quarters," Shondell
said.
Despite the fact that he led his team in scoring, averag
ing over 23 points a game, Carr said that scoring wasn't
one of his strengths on the basketball court.
"I can handle the ball real well and pass well," Carr
said. "But I'm only a fair shooter. I like to dish the ball
off."
Passing is one of his strengths, Shondell said, which is
easily proved by the fact that he averaged over eight
assists a game.
If he does have one weakness, Shondell said, it would
be his lack of physical strength.
Carr said that he was looking forward to playing under
Nebraska Coach Moe Iba.
"I've heard a lot about him," Carr said. "Nebraska
always has had a good basketball program, but he's
really turned it around."
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