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By Lisa M. Henkel
Staff Reporter
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Nebraska's Angle Miller grabs a rebound against Missouri
Saturday. The Cornhuskers defeated the Tigers 74-68.
'Bring on the NCAA'
The Nebraska womens basketball
team travels to Stillwater, Okla., Wed
nesday to take on the 10-6 Cowgirls.
Both have young teams, but Nebraska
coach Kelly Hill said the Cornhuskers'
consistent play should give them an
advantage. Oklahoma State had only
one starter returning from last year and
only two returning letterwinners.
"They play us really tough in Still
water. We're looking forward to it. It's a
chance to improve our record," Hill
said.
"They're quite a different team than
a year ago. They have some new players
so they have a young team," Hill said.
"We'll try and put on pressure on the
perimeter players. They're not as quick
or as big so we should match up fairly
well. They have some excellent scorers
so we'll have to play good defense and
be hot."
Hill said Oklahoma State has been
having some ups and downs while
Nebraska has had good balance, espe
cially with scoring and rebounding.
"Our rebounding has been tremend
ous. We lead the conference in re
bounding, which is amazing when you
consider our size," she said.
Hill said Nebraska's shooting has to
be effective from the outside, but hav
ing Maurtice Ivy back after an ankle
injury is "icing on the cake."
The Huskers are 8-7 overall with a 1-1
record in Big Eight play.
Dick Halterman, Oklahoma State
coach, said he felt early in the season
that this was his best team ever, but
the team has lost some players to injury
and scholastic ineligibility. The Cow
girls lost two 6'2" players.
"It hurt us a bunch," he said. "We
can't match up inside now. We're really
playing with four guards and a for
ward." The Cowgirls start two fresh
men, two sophomores and a junior.
"Nebraska has always created a
problem for us with their quickness.
We try and shut people off inside and
give up the outside shots, but they like
getting the outside so it's a big adjust
ment for us," Halterman said.
The Cowgirls plan on picking up the
tempo of the game, "which is probably
a mistake against Nebraska," he said.
Halterman said he has some good
players that have come on strong this
year, and that after adding some inside
people Oklahoma State should be a
team to contend with in the Big Eight
in the next two years.
The game is a double-header with
the Nebraska men's team and starts at
5:15 p.m.
Sports Trivia
finals are tonight
Finalists for the UNL Sports Trivia
were announced Monday by the Office
of Campus Recreation. The finals will
be held tonight in Coliseum Room 7 at
7 p.m.
Defending champion Bob Asmussen
will defend his honor and title against
Joe Schuele, Mike Kratville, Bruce
Sharp, Bob Hulse, Brent Skeeter, Kurt
Meyer, Scott Raymond and Charlie
Troxel in the single-elimination finals.
Asmussen had the top score of 41
points on the written test. Schuele fin
ished as runner-up with 36.
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Editor's note: Tito Horford is a
7-foot center from the Domini
can Republic. He should be a
dominating force on a major col
lege basketball team. Instead,
he's sidelined with no place to
go. His recruitment has been
surrounded by cont-oversy.
Houston couldn't have ...m, LSU
didn't want him, neither did Ken
tucky or UCLA. "Too much
trouble," they all say. It has been
said that bringing Tito to your
basketball team, means bring
ing in the NCAA for an investigation.
Bob
Asmussen
Dear Tito: Our motto here at Nebraska
is "Bring on the NCAA." It's a pretty
good bet that they won't find anything
wrong, so what the heck, we'd like to
have you here at Nebraska.
Before we tell you about all the neat
things here in the Cornhusker State,
we had better give you some guidelines
to follow.
Rule No. 1. Hate to say this Tito, but
you'll have to go to class. But not hard
classes Tito. Here's a schedule we've
set up for you: Philosophy of the "Bev
erly Hillbillies" 101. Learn the idiosyn
crasies of Jethro. What was Granny
really up to? Class is taught by Buddy
Ebsen (Jed); Intro to Sweeping 200.
Why did O'Cedar come out with the
Angler? Who invented the push broom?
Are vacuum cleaners friend or foe?;
History of the Big Eight 242. Why has
the Big Eight been such a basketball
powerhouse? (Hint to Tito it hasn't.)
Was Bud Stallworth a better guard than
Mike Evans? Why is Norm Stewart such
a fun guy?
See Tito, a schedule, but not a diffi
cult one. We've even set up a special
degree program for you. When you fin
ish your years as a Cornhusker you will
have a Bachelor of Remaining Eligible
from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Rule No. 2. You have to play Husker
style basketball Tito. No fast breaking,
dammit. No shots very far from the
hoop. No hot-dog slams, we do straight
slams here at Nebraska. Our basketball
is tough, rugged and manly, just like
our football. You think Tom Osborne
would do a 360? Not on your life. You'll
get your shots, Tito, and you'll get your
points about 25 a game sounds
right. As a junior and as a senior you'll
be an Ail-American candidate and peo
ple will write stories about how neat we
were to recruit you in the first place.
OK Tito, we've given you enough
about the rules, how about the good
stuff. The neat things you'll do and see
here in beautiful Lincoln in the great
state of Nebraska.
First the weather. You know all
those horror stories, well, that's exactly
what they are, stories!!! It's no icebox
in Nebraska from November to March.
It can be 60 degrees in January. Heck,
you can't find weather like that unless
you go back to Santo Domingo. And
snow? Look at the picture we've
enclosed. There isn't a flake of the
white stuff to be found. If you check the
far right corner you might notice the
girls sunbathing. This picture was taken
in January. It's beautiful here. It's like
the Miami of the Platte, only without
Don Johnson.
People say it gets res! hot here in the
summer Tito, that the humidity gets to
be about 450 percent and the tempera
ture is 113 degrees in the shade. Once
again Tito, I say phooey. The tempera
ture does get pretty high on occasion
but we have good air conditioning. It
never gets so hot that it would keep an
insane person from golfing. Also, we've
got this neat place called Dairy Queen
where they have cold things to eat. If
you think it's too far to Dairy Queen, a
guy in a truck with bells on it brings
the cold food to your house. Not a bad
deal, hey Tito?
Other neat things in Nebraska, Tito,
are football, football and spring foot
ball. You might not understand foot
ball. It's kind of like soccer, only the
ball isn't round and people get tackled
and beat up. Sounds like fun, doesn't
it?
Now football isn't the only thing
that's neat in Lincoln. We have a state
capitol that some people have tagged
with a very appropriate nickname, which
I won't mention in this G rated letter.
Across from the capitol lives our gover
nor, Bob Kerrey. Bob's leaving office
soon and the governor's job will be
open. Gov. Horford has kind of a nice
ring to it.
Let me be frank with you Tito. The
fact that we want you means one thing
that we really need you. Our big guy in the
middle, Dave Hoppen, will graduate
soon. He's the all-time scoring leader
here at Nebraska and his shoes will be
hard to fill. But you, Tito, could be a big
help in filling Dave's shoes. With you
we could rule theJBig Eight. Go to the
NCAA tournament, go to the Final Four
and maybe even win it all. Our basket-
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REC ROOM BILLIARD LEAGUES AND CLASSES i
Sign up before January 24 for billiard leagues and classes, to beheld in the Nebraska Union Rec Room (Southwest corner,
lower level, City Campus). All leagues will be handicapped. Classes and leagues meet once a week for 8-10 weeks beginning
January 24th.
Monday All University Singles League.
7 games to be played weekly.
Tuesday All University Doubles League.
7 games, per team on a weekly basis.
Wednesday - Big Red Doubles League.
7 games, per team on a weekly basis.
Thursday- Rec Room Billiard Classes. Instructed
by Jim White, with video tapes and
instruction book and ail necessary
table time.
Friday International Student Singles League.
7 games to be played weekly.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
3:00-5:00 p.m.
6:00-8:00 p.m.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
6:30 8:30 p.m.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
Sign up sheet and specific league information available at the Nebraska Union
Rec. Room, City Campus. (Telephone 472-2458)
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ball program could really use a guy like
you Tito.
So what the heck, give Nebraska a
try. We can get that little brat Danny
Manning and show him a player. Der
rick Chievous? Ha. Darryl Kennedy?
Tim McCalister? We'll eat 'em alive.
Don't go to Miami, Tito! You don't
want to go to a place that named a
major street after Arthur Godfrey, a
town where Howard Schnellenberger
was worshiped, where the New Eng
land Patriots ended an 18-game losing
streak, where the Chicago Bears lost
their only game. It's not for you Tito.
Nebraska is for you. Say to yourself
"Tito Horford, Nebraskan," sounds nice,
doesn't it? Now try this one, "Tito Hor
ford of the Nebraska Cornhuskers."
Another beautiful sound. Jim Miller
will do you proud too, Tito. When you
score a basket, he'll say something cute
like "Basket by Mr. T, Tito Horford."
So what do you say, Tito? Nebraska is
sounding pretty nice, isn't it? The kind
of place where you could begin your
career and not be bothered all the
time. The media here, especially the
Daily Nebraskan, is cooperative and
courteous.
Think of the Bob Devaney Sports
Center crammed full with 14,000 fans
screaming "Tito, Tito, Tito." The crowd
will learn to love you, especially after a
couple of 50-point games.
Well, I've said my piece. I've made
my pitch. You know you're welcome as
far as I'm concerned. We're not stodgy
like UCLA and Kentucky. Can you
imagine Walt Hazzard saying no to a
center of your talents with the lack of
talent he has in the pivot? And who
made Kentucky so above everyone else?
Aren't they the school that had 30 or so
former players say they scalped their
complimentary tickets, and where
players said that handshakes after
games were expensive for the alumni?
They've got a lot of nerve, Tito. You
didn't want to play at Kentucky. That's
a state where they worship horses and
drink Mint Juleps. What fun. Maybe
next year the . whole state will get
together and watch some paint dry.
So, I've laid it on the line Tito. Come
here, play, lead us to our greatest
times, be a star, go to the NBA, maybe
even be governor. It's up to you Tito.
You can be a leader of men. All you have
to do is come on down to Lincoln. Sit a
spell, take your shoes off. You all come
back now, hear?
Sincerely
A fan
Asmussen Is a UNL senior In Journalism
and Dally Nebraskan sports editor.
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