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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, October 26,1934
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omen's basketball teams to use smaller ball
By Mike Reiilcy
Dally Nebraskan Staff Reporter
It's smaller, lighter, and with
some time, it could be better.
Women's basketball teams on
the college and high school levels
will play with a smaller ball this
season.
The ball Nebraska uses the
official game ball of the Big Eight
Conference is manufactured
by Baden Sports, Inc.
Baden, a sporting goods firm in
Seattle, Wash., distributes in
flatable athletic balls. The com
pany supplies balls to U.S. col
leges and high schools.
An NCAA rule for the 1084-85
season made the smaller ball
mandatory at the college level.
Since the change, Baden's sales
have skyrocketed.
"We've supplied about 20,000
balls since the change," Michael
Schindler, vice president of sales,
said. "The demand is just un
believable." The women's ball and the regu
lation ball differ in both size and
weight. The women's ball is one
centimeter smaller in diameter
and two ounces lighter than the
standard basketball.
Nebraska women's basketball
coach Kelly Hill said the smaller
ball can be gripped more easily by
the players.
However, Hill said, the ball has
one drawback that may be cor
rected as players adjust to the
new ball.
It could create some turnovers
early in the season because the
players will try to do more with
it," Hill said.
The lightness of the new ball
also increases shooting range.
Husker eager Shelly Block said
she has noticed a big increase in
her perimeter shooting.
"I had to learn how to address
my shot," Block said. "I don't use
as much leg power as I did with
the heavier ball."
Although the Baden ball is one
the open market, many players
still use the regulation ball in pri
vate practice and pickup games.
"Whenever we want to play a
pickup game with the guys, we
have to use the heavy ball," Block
said.
"As long as women keep play
ing pickup games with the men,
they'll have to learn to adjust
from the lighter ball to the heav
ier ball," Schindler said.
The now-defunct Womens
Basketball League was the first
league to use the smaller ball.
Schindler was part of a group
that planned to bring a franchise
to t he Seattle area.
"I think the reason the WBL
had such an exciting style of play
and high scoring games can be
attributed to the use of the
smaller ball," he said.
When the professional league
folded, the ball was deflated.
Schindler said there had been
rumblings among the college and
high school women's coaches to
switch to a smaller ball. The rum
blings, combined with the suc
cess in the pro ranks, motivated
Schindler to convince Baden to
start manufacturing the ball.
"We decided to go ahead and
make the ball one year before the
rule was passed," Schindler said.
It was the best move ever made
in women's collegiate basketball,"
Schindler said.
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The new women's basketball, on the right, compared to a regulation men's ball.
Close calls for Muskers, Sooners
prove no team's safe from upsets
Analysis by Jim Rasmussen
Daily Nebraskan Senior Reporter
For the second week in a row,
it's the Big Four vs. the Little Four
in Big Eight football.
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Oklahoma
State and Missouri are heavily
favored to beat Kansas, Kansas
Around the
Big 8
State, Colorado and Iowa State,
respectively. Last week, I said it
would be a week of slaughters in
the Big Eight. Nebraska and Okla
homa failed to wipe out their
opponents, however. The Hus
kers barely escaped at Colorado,
and Oklahoma pulled out a two
point win at Iowa State. Okla
homa State Coach Pat Jones took
note of the near-upsets:
"The close games in the league
last week reaffirm our belief
nobody is safe or immune to up
set, OSU included."
The Cowboys will host Colo
rado Saturday. The buffaloes near
upset of Nebraska had CU coach
Bill McCartney talking about
pride.
"I told them (CU players) they
did their black jerseys proud,"
McCartney said. "They did a good
job and just played their hearts
out."
The Buffs will have to play their
hearts out again if they're to stay
in the game with Oklahoma State.
The cowboys, ranked 1 1th in UPI,
blitzed Kansas 47-10 last week.
Things don't get any easier for
the Jayhawks, who will face Okla
homa this Saturday at Lawrence,
Kan. Kansas coach Mike Gott
fried said he thinks Iowa State
coach Jim Criner underrated the
Sooners when he said OU could
win half its games in the NFL
"I think they could go unde
feated," Gottfried said.
Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer
said he's not looking past the
Jayhawks, especially after last
week's close call against Iowa
State.
"I hope we learned a valuable
lesson," Switzer said. "We had
better be ready to play every
week regardless of the opponent
or we could lose."
Halfback Spencer Tillman said
the Sooners did learn a lesson
against the Cyclones.
"We gained confidence from the
fact that although we were flat
and didn't play exceptionally
well, we still managed to win the
game," Tillman said.
Iowa State will need another
big performance to upset Missouri
Saturday. The kickoff is set for
1:30 p.m. in Columbia, Mo. Tiger
coach Warren Powers said he
was impressed with the Cyclones'
effort against OU.
"Iowa State played a great game
against Oklahoma, and really was
in a position to win," Powers said.
"I was very impressed with Iowa
State's quickness and speed of
defense."
Tiger fullback Eric Drain, who
had been tearing through defenses
this season, may miss the game.
University of Missouri police ar
rested Drain over the weekend
for trespassing in the school's gym
nasium. Drain had been fighting
with teammate David Peyton
before he was arrested, police
said. Powers has not said whether
Drain will play Saturday.
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