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Wednesday, November 20, 1C33
Buck's Broncos
Huskero exiled'
Ey VrxJ V. Tr!; trtt III
AH thlr.-i considered, it uppesrs
that the Nebraska volleyball team
didnt ctt a f .;r tI when the NCAA
decided net to rive the HcsIiefs a home
match for tha first round cf the NCAA
playo-J Saturday.
"Last year, they set thb up en some
what of a zor.rJ format vihere ths top
teams in each (c-trcphicd) -rcisa
got a bye to the; ir";sr.aL?.f" Western
Michigan Ccach Rod DuckeidL Deck's
Brcnccs will meet Ncbra Zturdzy
in K&lirso, Mich. ' -
"This year, they have it set up so a
West Const team is in every regional,"
he said. "It's a lat-iainutc decision,
and I clout think IVa coin to do any
good for the frailty of vclicybdl" -
The Huskcrs Cniihcd the ccacon 20
3, and included Can B;;w'o State; Ariz-
ona State, Oregon Clots and Ccr
nia, all NCAA qiirdir.ers, amciti their
victims, cr.Iy Iczzzs were iivs-sst
losses to Kentucky, Purdue and Ariz
ona, all three of which '-were top-10
teams all c-eassn.
But Nebraska, ranked No. 7 this
week, was sent to play 30-0 Western
Michigan, while elsewhere in the Mid
east region, Fcr.n State, which finished
35-9, will be host to a first-round game
against 40-1 1 Providence, and Purdue,
25-5, will play 20-15 Illinois State.
Purdue failed to win its conference,
losing to Northwestern. .
Both Buck and Nebraska coach
Terry Pettit expected to find an easier
opponent In the first round than each
other, and both expected to be playing
at home.
"But we cant spend energy worrying
about it," Pettit said. TeVe got to play
a very good team at their place."
Buck said he thinks it is unfair to
both teams to have to play each other
in the first round.
"Both teams deserve to have a de
cent shot at getting to the regional,"
Buck said. Tut obviously, one of us
isnt going to it that fa.'ItVall
due to this screwed-up system they,
used this year."
The system divided the country into
four regional, the winner' of each
going to the final four in Lexington.
However, the, resnab are not geo
graphical 7h3 UCLA shows up in
Nebraska's reposal, Hawaii, the No. 1
team, is in ths South with Tennessee,
Florida State, Larr-ar, Texas, North
Carolina and Kexitsicl-y. Northwestern '
is in the North w;t!i PaciSe, CaHTomia,
Oregon 2,CcI-Cr.taEarbara,'Sn
Jose, State ar.d Cal . Pc!y-San . Louis
Obispo. The Vcct h raade up cf South
ern Cal, Ariicr,rt, Cclcr
Diego State, Eri'hr n Yoar'Arhcna .'
State '. and'. Ctar.rnrd. The top four '
teams, ecccrdlrjj to tha Iztzzt NCAA'
ratings, each est tycs. The rsmaining '
six teams in the re'lcnol'vere ar-
get home court;
to Kalamazoo
rancid by placing the team with the
best record at home r-air.st the team
with ths'wcrrt record, ar.d 0 forth.
But, that didnt happen in the Mideast,
where the two tcarr.3 with the best
records, Nebraska and Western Michi
gan, will face each other first
But the major deciding point, at
least unofficially, was how much
money a team could bring 'in ly being
host to a first-round game or a
regional, Nebraska a:;l:tant wciasift
athletic director Barb Klbncr said.
"We fou-ht to g:t it (the Cni-round
g0 here," lEbner said. "But the bot-
torn line was apparently money
' ILbner and June B. Davis, ac:I:tart
athletic director and director of
women's athletics, eaid they submitted
a description of UNL'a seamen ticket
sales and attendance to the NCAA
before the Big Eiht Championships.
"All I can say b it's appalling," Davb
said. "You Just Cgure that when you do
the job all reason, you should get some
benefit for that" -
Last year, Nebraska played Penn
State in a Erst-round game Li Lincoln
and won in three sets. Thb year, des
pite the fact that Penn State has a
poorer record, it will be host to a first
round game against Providence.
ILbner said that probably can be traced
to Lion Coach Buss Ros3 membership
on the championship committee.
"There are other people unhappy
with the site selections," Davb said,
adding that she b planning to file a
complaint with the NCAA.
LiSba Birmingham, athletic director
of Mississippi State University and the
chairman of the volleyball champion
ships, could not be reached for
comment
-Despite the home-court snub, Pettit
doesn't expect playing at Western
Michigan to affect hb team.
"Thb b a mentally touch team " he
said. "We're capable of playing really
well on the road." '
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2. Scum of the Earth ; .6-0
3. Acacia A 5-0
4. Awesome Cybers 4-1
! " 5. Selleck4000 5-1
6. Lambda Chi Alpha A 4-0
7. Acacia B 4-0
8. Alpha Tau Omega B 5-0 .
9. CatherThreeA .3-1
10. Phi Kappa Psi A 3-1 .
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Sewn A and Sigma Phi Epsilon B.
' Moving into the Top 10 for the-first.
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