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Meyers, a highly touted
outfielder from Omaha
Westside, is expected to'
' fill one of the starting
spots.
Junior Mark Davis start
ed for Nebraska early last
year, but was sidelined
with an arm injury. Da-vis
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gcry and will compete
with sophomore Rich
King and junior college
transfer David Turney
for the other starting
role.
Sophomore Bill Mc-
Guire and Craig Badcliffe
will handle the catching
duties for the Huskers
this year.
McGuire will catch the
majority of the time, Sand
ers said. The 6-3, 210
pound sophomore from
Omaha hit .322 last year
and was named to the
Baseball News freshman
All-American team. Rad
tCTe will assume the catch
ing duties when McGuire
pitches for Nebraska.
The Huskcr's pitching
staff is anchored by sen
ior tri-captain Jeff And
erson. Right-handers And
erson and sophomore
Mike Dobl-3 look to be
early candidates for start
ing roles. Lefties JcffKoen
ingsman and Mark Hon
nor also appear to be like
ly possibilities.
Nebraska's bullpen will
consist of McGuire from
the riht side and fresh
man Phil Harrison from
the left.
The Huskers start their
non-conference season
March 1, against Wayne
State. Nebraska's non-
conference schedule in
cludes perennial powers
USC, California State-Ful-lerton,
Hawaii, and Pep
perdine. Sanders said the
toughness of the sche
dule should prepare Neb
raska for the competitive
ness of the Big Eight.
MVe try to have a tough
schedule every year. We
think it puts Nebraska
and the Big Eight Con
ference in a position to
get some recogrjtion,'Sand
ers said. "We think that
well be ready for the Big
Eight when the confer
ence schedule rolls
around. We could be a
very good team."
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He calls himself "coach" yet he hasn't
been one in more than five years. He
has, in my opinion, overtaken Al
McGuire to become the premier color
commentator of college basketball. At
times he is loud and overbearing but
most times he is insightful and enter
taining. He is the man who tells us all
about the exploits of No. 23 Michael
Jordan of North Carolina, His name is
Dick Vitale.
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Bob
AomuDcen
Vitale is a former coach of the Detroit
Pistons and the University of Detroit
who describes himself as a "basketball
junkie" who "eats, drinks and sleeps"
the game. He is analytical but not to a
point where he out-thinks his audi
ence. He is to basketball what John
Madden is to football, a man who des
cribes "why" rather than "what."
"When you're talking color com
mentating you're talking pilot and co
pilot," Vitale said. "The pilot is the play-by-play
man, the pro. I'm the co-pilot,
I'm along for the ride."
Vitale is currently the No. 1 color
commentator for ESPN's .basketball
coverage. He works both pro and col
lege games as well as the weekly Pru
dential College Basketball Report
While Vitale may not know as much
about the game as some of his peers,
he has used his own knowledge of the
game and his own special way of relat
ing that knowledge to become the best
in the business. 'Some recent Vitale
gems include: '
His comments after North Carolina
lost guard Kenny Smith for four weeks
because of a broken wrist: "I'm very
disappointed, Dean Smith didnt even
give me a call to play the point."
Vitale's thoughts on the art of re
bounding: "You really rebound a ball
with timing and positioning- because
80 percent of your rebounds are below
the rim."
Vitale after Detroit Piston Coach
Chuck Daley was given a technical in
the Boston game Feb. 5: "Hey Chuck,
you keep spending money like that
you're not going to be able to buy those
kind of suits anymore."
Vitale said that despite the amount
of time he is working as a commenta
tor, he is still able to spend more time
with his family than he was when he
was a coach. The constant pressures of
recruiting were one of the reasons
Vitale said he left the game.
"You don't become a great coach
when they tip up the ball in December,"
Vitale said. "You become a great coach
in June, July and August when you're
out recruiting. You feel like you're low
ering yourself "when you have to beg
those 17- and 18-year-old kids to come
play for your school"
The pressure not only to recruit, but
' - to win all the time, was another reason
he left the bench for the broadcast
booth, he said.
"Today if you win 20 games the next
year you have to win 21 or they're
v ready to hang you," Vitale said. "It's
what you're doing now, not what you
did yesterday."
He has a quick answer to any criti
cism leveled at Nebraska basketball
Coach Moe Iba.
"I can't see how the fans at Nebraska
could be disappointed because they
have one helluva basketball coach in
Moe Iba," Vitale said. "Moe Iba has for
gotten more basketball than he learn
ed sitting at the dinner table with his
dad Hank than I've learned in my
whole life.
"I loved coaching but it would have
to be an unbelievable Rolls Royce ofTer
for me to come back," Vitale said. "I'm.
in a great situation right now. I coach a
game every night and I go back to the
hotel with a W (win) every night. I
don't have to look at 12 angry players
after the game. As long as they want
me on TV, 111 want to stay."
Vitale has been a big critic of the
basketball played in Big Eight Confer
ence. Two seasons ago when Missouri
was ranked No. 1, Vitale said they
wouldn't even make it to the Final
Four, which turned out to be pro
phetic. But Vitale's opinion of the con
ference has improved, thanks to Okla
homa's Wayman Tisdale.
"The Big Eight is coming on like
gangbusters " Vitale said. "The Big Eight
champ is no longer an automatic. Every
team in the Big Eight is getting better.
They have better facilities, better
coaches and most importantly, better
recruiting. People with household
names are starting to sign with the Big
Eight."
Vitale has his own personal Ail
American team. Sure enough, one of
the players on the team is Tisdale. The
other four players on the team are
Jordan, Georgetown's Pat Ewing, North
Carolina's Sam Perkins and CaL State
Fullerton's Leon Wood.
"Jordan, he's the best, the player of
the year," Vitale said. "But I'll tell you
what, Michael better look out because
Wayman Tisdale is breathing down his
neck for player of the year honors."
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Nebraska's women's track and field
team will shoot for its fifth consecutive
Big Eight indoor championship this
weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center
Nebraska is a heavy favorite to win
the meet.
Tb meet-will be the final appear
ance in a Nebraska uniform by senior
Merlene Ottey. Ottey, an All-Ainerican
from' Jamaica, sat out last ycar'3 in
door meet. She competed in the out
door meet last year to usa up her eUgi-:
bility in that sport.
Mark Ebel of the Office of Campus
recreation extended the deadline for
the office's trip to Mayan Mexico over
spring break. The deadline has been
moved back to Feb. 29. A $250 deposit
is required at the time of registration.
The trip costs $500.
- Season tickets for Nebraska's base
ball team are on sale at the ticket
office. The cost u $3.