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Neirislca (17-11) tX Creiliton (17
13) Onr.ha Chic Auditorium, 8:03
p.m.
Pos,
G
G
C
F
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toilers:
Nebraska
Eric Wiiiiams
David Ponce
Dave Hoppen
Ronnie Smith
Yr.
Sr.
.Sr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Ht.
6-2
5- 10 8.0
6- 11 19.7
6-9 2.5
6-4 13.9
Pts. Heb.
7.7 2.4
1.5
6.8
2.5
6.7
Team Aversst 5.5 23.2
Pot. Crelghton Yr. HL
G Vernon Moore Jr. 6-2
G Gary Swain Fr. 6-3
C Benoit Benjamin So. 7-0
F Karlas Gripado Fr. 6-6
F Gregory Brandon Sr. 6-7
Team Averaj
Pts. Reb.
15.0 3.1
5.5 2.0
16.0 9.7
1.4 1.4
14.9 10.9
C3.1 37.1
The Media: The game will not be
televised in Lincoln, but will be shown
on Omaha's Cox Cable Channel 9.
KFOR is Lincoln's radio outlet for the
Nebraska Basketball Network.
The Game: Since losing to Nebraska
in December, Creighton's young Blue
jays have undergone flight training.
NIT
Tonight
Da5y Utbrtiktn
Dave Hoppen grabs a rebound froia tif o Tulsns pLtyers in the first round
of last year's Nations! Imitation Tourasnent
Tonight, the Bluejays will earn their
wings if they defeat 17-11 Nebraska in
the first round of the National Invita
tion Tournament in Omaha
Creighton's first post-season tour
nament berth in three years resulted
form the Bluejays' 17-13 record and
runner-up finish in the Miccouri Valley
Conference tournament
"I wanted to play in a post-season,
tournament," said forward Gregory
Brandon, Creighton's only senior play
er. "I really didnt care which one. This
was my last chance."
Ten of Creighton's 12 squad mem
bers are freshmen or sophomores, and
their late-season maturity has made
coaching easier for former New York
Knicks center Willis Reed, in his third
year at Creighton.
The Bluejays have improved in near
ly every statistical category, including
49.5-percent field-goal accuracy and
71.9 percent from the line.
Sophomore center Benoit Benjamin
is living up to his freshman billing,
blocking 155 shots while averaging 16
points and nearly 10 rebounds.
Brandon's 10.9 rebound average is
Creighton's best since George Morrow
averaged 11 caroms during the 1930
81 season.
Creighton's playmaker is junior Ver
non Moore, who averages 15 points.
"He's an excellent point guard," said
Nebraska Coach Moe Iba. "He pene
trates the middle well, then feeds off
the bail"
Freshmen Gary Swain and Karlas
Gripado won starting positions in mid
season from Reggie Morris and Kenny
Evans.
Iba said he expects Creighton to
open in a zone defense, which has
dealt the Huskers fits all season. "They
started out in a zone in the first game,"
Iba said. "I think they will change up
their defenses, however."
Nebraska "will have to go out and get
after Creighton," Iba said, although he
may resort to a zone if Husker center
Dave Hoppen gets in foul trouble.
Iba said he is not especially looking
forward to playing in Omaha, "but you
go where they (the NIT) tell you to go."
"It's like a conference game," he said.
"We beat them here and now we go to
their place."
The NIT will again use a red, white
and blue basketball, but a 45-second
shot clock replaces the 30-second
clock used last year.
"We practiced Monday with a ball we
had from last season," Iba said. "It's
slick. We may not even have it if Creight
on isnt supplied a balL"
Black athletes mi -untapped .source of aid.
Economically, the black community in America
ranks as one of the top ten "nations" in the world.
However, emphasis should be. on equalizing the
situation domestically. One key component of such
equalization would be the black athlete. The follow
ing paragraphs lay out a model for what could be.
Using Harry Edwards' 1979 data, we find that -there
were some 1 ,1 44 professional football players,
of which 454, or 40 percent were black. In profes
sional basketball during that same period, 79 per
cent of 286 players involved 228 were black.
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slam dunks, but a potential economic base on which
we, as a people, could build.
In professional basketball, the average annual
salary is $226,000. Although, undoubtedly, more
blacks have joined the pro ranks by now, let us use
the figure cited in Edwards' data. This adds up to a
whopping $5 1 ,528,000. While it is rumored that pro
fessional football players made more on an annual
basis, let us use the same average salary as a bare
minimum. Based on a yearly salary, the NFL's black
performers coHertivelywouldrepresent$103,282,000
among them. We are not even taking into considera
tion the earnings of black performers in the Cana
dian Football League or the United States Football
League, nor are we counting those involved in the
Continental Basketball League. But, even omitting
these groups of athletes, the total for one year's time
between the two main groups is a staggering
$154,810,000.
Now, suppose that the athletes, out of a sense of
commitment to the respective contexts to which
they owe their existence, decided to pool their
monies. This pool, referred to as the Black Commun
ity Marshall Plan, would consist of only one percent
of the total sum cited above. The money actually
going into the fund, then, would be $1,548,100. This
may not sound like very much, but to demonstrate
how much it really is, let us use north Omaha as a
focal point and see just, how far the $1.5 million
would go.
The average median income in the Omaha area is
$15,000, but for black Omahans it is but half that
($7,500). If this money were used for job develop
ment, it c6uld provide 100 jobs at the citywide
income average of 200 jobs based on the black
median income. In either case, possibly 100 or 200
fewer black families would be divided because of
lack of funds andor the forced dependence upon
federal assistance.
The average value of a house in Omaha is $28,000,
but in the North Omaha ghetto it is a scant $7,000.
The $1.5 million could be spent to upgrade existing
housing in an area where, at one timethe demoli
tion to construction ratio was 5 to 1.
Black organizations are more dependent now
than ever on funding from corporations and "char
itable funds" (meaning that by extension, the direc
tion and intensity of black groups is also controlled).
The Black Community Marshall Flan could provide
funds that would give these agencies some semb
lance of self-determination, enable these groups to
provide scholarships and technical assistance to
area youth, and do more for future generations than
promote recreation or leisure activity.
If there is a drug or alcohol problem in a poor
area, might not these funds be used for rehabilita
tion? And how far would this $1.5 million go if used
to help in research on sickle cell anemia, hih blood
pressure, cancer and ether diseases that are killing
black people by the thousands?
How would the communities be chosen? Black
athletes, as well as any sociologist, know which ghet
tos need priority assistance and well they should.
After all, not only do most of these gladiators come
from ghetto zrezs, but the auditoriums and gyms in
which they play are, in most instances adjacent to or
within an urban area. With the possible exception of
Phoenix and Boston, black athletes directly or indi
rectly come into contact with ghetto life as soon as
they get off the plane or before they enter tHe hotel
Therefore, there is such a wide selection of urban
centers and smaller black communities to choose
from that this fund would have plenty of areas from
which to select.
However, this money should be used on a match
ing fund basis. After all, the cities that these com
munities are in do have some obligation to those
areas, and black athletes should not have to bear
the brunt of this obligation. But matching funds to
supplement the $1.5 million in the proposed plan
would go farther: The money would promote a col
lective vocation between the predominately white
power structures and the black community, and it
would be one of the few programs aimed at the
ghetto that did not intentionally seek to foster
dependence.
Continued ca Pans 17
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Phi Gamma De!ia A dsf. Theta Xi by forfeit
Delta Teu De'ta B dsf. Chi Phi B by forfeit
Delta Tau Delta C (4.0) 1, Phi Delia Theta A (3.7) 0
Abel Ten d:f. Beta Theta Pi B by forfeit
Gunners (4.5) 3, Beta Theta Pi C (4 5) 2
Co-r.ec v;nneL-ail
Pi PhiHashers 5. Gather Three A 2
Quotation Marks def. Pound ThirteenGather Two by
forfett '
Cather EightPound Twelve 18. Wacky Waffle Wifflers 7
Bases Loaded def. Seileck 82007300 by forfait
