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By Bob Asmussen
Night News Editor
At the Nebraska women's basketball
team's media day Tuesday, the players
wore shirts with the Initials 1THWTBAC.
That acronym might best describe new
coach Angela Beck's basketball philo
sophy. ITHWTBAC Is an acronym for It
Takes Hard Work To Be A Champion.
Hard work is what Beck said it will take
for the team to be successful.
"If we can work hard, we can be in
the ball game," Beck said.
Beck said she has been "pleasantly
surprised" by the team's practices so
far this season.
"I'm pretty pleased at this point,"
Beck said. "The chemistry has been
very good. There's enthusiasm. There's
pride.
"After the first six days, if this is any
indication of how things are going to
be, I'm going to unpack my bags."
Beck said she is realistic about her
first year as Nebraska's coach.
"This is the third program I've built,"
Beck said. "I would like to see this
team move up a few notches in the Big
Eight standings."
Attitude is one thing Beck said will
determine how well the team plays this
season.
"The basics of it all they're grasping,"
Beck said.
Beck said she won't determine a
starting lineup until a week before the
season begins.
"Even my best players still have to
abide by the discipline of the team,"
Beck said. "The discipline is the
foundation of what we work by."
Beck said the team's strength will be
its quickness. She said she is concerned
about the team's lack of height and the
team's shooting.
"I don't think we have great shooting
form," Beck said. "Shot selection is
bad. Our conditioning level Is not really
where it ought to be, either."
Before coming to Nebraska, Beck
was the coach at Bradley University in
Peoria, 111. Beck said she worked closely
at Bradley with former men's coach
Dick Versace. Versace resigned recently
to take an assistant coaching job with
the NBA's Detroit Pistons.
"I went to the Pistons' camp for a
couple of days," Beck said. "Dick and
Tony (Creighton coach Tony Barone)
were good friends of mine. I would sit
in their meetings and learn from them."
Besides Versace and Barone, Beck
said she had several other influences
from men's basketball.
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"I got my enthusiasm from Jim
Valvano," Beck said. "I get my philo
sophy on discipline from Dean Smith, I
buy every book and read all those
books."
Beck said she also is picking up
some coaching ideas from new Nebraska
men's coach Danny Nee. She said
because Nee is also new, it's difficult to
spend much time looking at the other
programs.
"I look at the men and I try and learn
from them," Beck said. "We teach a lot
the same way already. I think we've
learned from the same people in a lot of
instances."
Beck said she hasn't been able to
spend much time learning about Lin
coln but said she's happy with her new
home.
"I like my job, so I like my city,"
Beck said. "Lincoln's a nice city. It's
very recruitable."
Recruiting is something that Beck
said she thinks she does well. She said
she expects to sign a couple of players
during the early signing period in
November. Nebraska will have seven
spots open on the roster next season.
"Unfortunately, none of the big kids
will sign early," Beck said. "We need a
good point guard. My point guards have
always been the strength of my attack."
Nebraska returns leading scorer
Maurtice Ivy for her junior season.
"I think she's got great talent," Beck
said.
Beck said the team won't focus on
getting the ball to Ivy. She said she
doesn't believe in having one player
cany the scoring burden.
"I've never coached any superstars,"
Beck said. "We like to produce four
kids in double figures. We're going to
set Ivy up a lot, but she won't be the top
scorer in the country."
Beck said the team will try to fast
break when the opportunity is there.
On defense, she said the team will use
pressure man-to-man defense after
missing a shot and use combination
defenses after making a basket.
"We're running a guard-executed
attack, and it looks pretty good," Beck
said.
Like Nee, Beck won't make a predic
tion on the number of wins the team
will have this season.
"You don't win just by taking over a
program," Beck said.
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