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Nebraska's Chris Logan goes up for a shot on Oklahoma State's Alan Bannister and draws a foul during
first half action.
If the Nebraska basketball team wants to permanently break
the Wednesday night blues, maybe it should always schedule
Oklahoma State for that night.
Nebraska defeated Oklahoma State 68-52 Wednesday night at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The win gives Nebraska a 15-7
record overall and a 5-4 Big Eight mark. Nebraska is now in sole
possession of fourth place in the Big Eight.
Nebraska has played five conference games on Wednesday
night and is 2-3, with both wins against Oklahoma State. Nebraska
has lost to Oklahoma, Kansas and Kansas State on Wednesdays.
"I'm really happy it came out so well on a Wednesday night,"
might be in effect even against the Cowboys. Oklahoma State
jumped to a 19-14 lead with 9:26 left in the first half on a basket by
Anthony Andrews.
The Cowboys maintained the five-point lead until 5:03 left in
the half when a Bernard Day basket cut the Cowboy lead to one
point, 27-26. Darren Brown gave Nebraska the lead at 4:20 on an
18-foot jump shot.
Eric Young tied the game for Oklahoma State by hitting a free
throw and Jason Manuel gave the Cowboys a 30-28 lead. Day scored
a basket with 1:03 left to play to tie the score, 30-30,at
intermission.
"We just stood around on offense the first half," Nebraska
coach Moe Iba said. "We didn't move and didn't do the things we
were supposed to do.
"When you stand around, you have problems."
Nebraska outscored Oklahoma State 13-4 in the first 5:48 of the
second half to take a 43-34 lead. The closest Oklahoma State could
get after that was 46-43 with 9:15 left on a free throw by Andre Ivy.
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Following Ivy's free throw, Nebraska ran off six straight points
to up the lead back to nine, 52-43, with 6:49 remaining in the
game.
"They came to play in the second half, and we didn't," Okla
homa State coach Paul Hansen said. "Nebraska played with more
intensity in the second half."
Oklahoma State's 7-4 center Alan Bannister scored eight points
in the first half, but was held scoreless in the second half.
Bannister didn't play the final 15:32 of the game.
Oklahoma State's leading scorer on the season, Jerry Faggins,
was held to 13 points in the game. Faggins said Bannister's
absence in the second half hurt his game.
"I like having him (Bannister) in there," Faggins said. "When
he's in there it's hard for the opponent to guard everybody else."
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Here it is, the third week of this column and I
haven't yet received a single nomination for the
"Bad Ones." (Good name isn't it? Reminds you a
little bit of those old Clint Eastwood spaghetti
westerns doesn't it?) Come on now, everybody!
Send those nominees in! Chris Weisch and I have
a bet that whoever gets a letter first "Ask
Chris" or "Goodwin's Bad Ones" gets treated to a
lemon log at the State House Cafeteria. Please
folks don't make me eat a lemon log!!
Goodwin's
Bad Ones
The Colleges
1. Manhattan. 2-20. The Jaspers hold on to
first. I've already mentioned how silly their
nickname is. Let's talk about their conference,
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The
MAAC. Sounds like a truck doesn't it? You can't
really take this conference seriously until Play
boy comes out with "Girls of the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference." Don't make any bets on
that.
2. Oregon State. 9-10. Around Corvallis they
like to call the Beavers "the Orange Express." I
don't blame them for that why would you call
them the Beavers if you cold get around it. But
whatever you call them, the Beavers are not the
team they have been in recent years.
3. The Pac Nine. Oregon State is in a class by
themselves but, collectively, the Pac NineTen
is the worst basketball conference in America.
These guys are ba-a-a-ad. Not that they were ever
really very good. UCLA's dynasty made a lot of
people think they were better than they were.
The fact is, except for 1959, when Cal won the
NCAA and a couple of years in the early '70s
when USC had Paul Westphal, the conference
has always been weak. But this year, they are very
weak. At USC and Arizona State they're waiting
for the baseball season to start. At UCLA they're
into gymnastics. At Cal they're into anti-apartheid
protests. The rest of the conference should fol
low Cal's example.
4. Hawaii. 4-19. "Oh, Bruda," says Chin Ho,
"not these guys again."
5. Arkansas. 10-12. The Hogs have fallen on
hard times. For a lot of teams in the Southwest
Conference this year is payback time against the
Hogs. Momma's, don't let your babies grow up to
be Razorbacks.
6. Seton Hall. 11-13. There's not much to say
about a college that's named after the UNL Hous
ing Department. For head coach Doug Zatechka
it's a long season.
7. Brigham Young. 13-9. It's really hard to
believe that Jim McMahon went to school here,
isn't it? It's even harder to believe that, given the
great passers the Cougars have had over the
years, Marc Wilson went here. There I go again,
mixing metaphors.
8. Houston. 10-10. After some great years, Phi
Slamma Jamma is finding out what it's like to be
Phi Delta Theta this year. No wonder Guy Lewis
is retiring.
9. Northwestern. 7-14. The Wildcats would do
alright if they were anywhere besides the Big
Ten. Well, they wouldn't do very well in the Big
East or the ACC either.
10. Maryland. 12-10. The Terps would do
all right even playing in the ACC if they had a
little less courage or a little more brains and
changed their non-conference opponents to
teams like Wisconsin-Stevens Point or Southern
Illinois or Montana State.
THE PROS
1. Indiana Pacers. In Indianapolis they're
already looking forward to the 500. The race that
is, the Pacers get to draft a lot sooner than that.
2. Golden State. Rick Barry has been gone for a
few years but he could still probably play for this
team. So could his son.
3. New York Knicks. The Knicks aren't the
worst team in New York but that's only because
of the Jaspers. (See above, if you're not too tired.
If you are, just push on.)
4. Utah. Where are you Darrell Griffith? Please .
come back.
5. Seattle. The Sonics miss both David
Thompson and Mike Weygint.
6. Denver. The Nuggets miss David Thompson
and Dan Issel and Spencer Haywood.
7. Detroit. The Pistons probably wish that
Isiah Thomas had saved his 30 points in the
All-Star game for the regular season.
8. Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers made
the mistake of selecting Benoit Benjamin in the
draft. Without him, they'd be bad but he's young,
thus insuring they'll be bad for years to come.
9. Chicago. The Bulls haven't been good since,
since...come to think of it they've never been
good. (Those four years they won 50 games don't
count.)
10. Anaheim Amigos. A great name from the
past. These guys were so bad they no longer
exist.