Tuesday, November 11, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
Final Bi
By Rich Cooper
Staff Reporter
Nebraska volleyball fans have one
last opportunity to catch seniors Tisha
Delaney, Enid Schonewise and Karen
Dahlgren in Big Eight conference action
tonight against Iowa State at 7:30 p.m.
at the Coliseum.
"If I were a Nebraska fan I would
want to see these athletes play,"
Nebraska coach Terry Pettit said. "They
are superior athletes. I would say that
the three athletes compare favorably
with some of Nebraska's greatest ath
letes, Jim Hartung, Phil Cahoy and
Johnny Rodgers. It would really be a
shame if Nebraska fans missed their
last Big Eight game."
The Cornhuskers, ranked No. 9 in
the NCAA coaches' rankings, are 20-4
for the season and 9-0 in the Big Eight.
They lead the nation in hitting with a
.367 average.
Against Iowa State the Huskers own a
23-0 series record. On Oct. 8 in Ames,
the Huskers defeated the Cyclones in
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three games, 15-3, 15-7, 15-12. Dahlgren
had 13 kills and Schonewise had 10
kills.
Pettit said he will want the team to
play with more intensity this time
because of the upcoming post-season
play.
"I think the team will play well. This
is the last conference match for them,
and for the seniors it will mean some
thing special."
The Cyclones are coming off a five
game victory over Kansas to put them
in postion for the second seed in the
Big Eight Tournament. They are led by
junior middle blocker Linda Evan; she
is averaging 3.27 kills per game and is
second in the conference in service
aces with a .575 percentage.
The Huskers will have to control the
tempo if they are to have an easy time
with the Cyclones, Pettit said. Against
Big Eight opponents the Huskers are
hitting .393 while allowing their oppo
nents to hit only 1.20.
After Iowa State, Pettit said, the
team will prepare for the most impor
tant part of its season, the Big Eight
Conference Championships on Nov. 21
through 23 and the first round of the
NCAA tournament on Dec. 5 through 6.
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Houston dominates MBA Midwest
Analysis by Rob White
Staff Reporter
The Los Angeles Lakers were head
and shoulders above the National Bas
ketball Association's Western Confer
ence for the first half of the 1980s. Now,
the head-and-shoulders-above tag goes
to the Midwest Division's Houston
Rockets literally.
Center Akeem Olajuwon, forward
center Ralph Sampson, and backup
forward-center Jim Peterson form a
tough inside game that the Rockets
wide-open Western opponents can't
handle. Olajuwon is clearly the best
post man in the NBA, and Sampson
probably would be the second best if he
didn't enjoy playing on the corner so
much. Now Dave Feitl has joined the
Rockets' front line, and the 6-10 rookie
from Texas-El Paso is expected to turn
into another Peterson-type player.
Rodney McCray is one of the most
versatile small forwards you can find,
and he will be backed up by first-round
draft choice Buck Johnson. Many ex
pected the Rockets to grab a point
guard like Scott Skiles, Mark Price or
Steve Mitchell on draft day to fill what
seemed like the team's only hole.
Instead they took Johnson, who could
really develop into a solid player.
The point-guard position is in the
incapable hands of Allan Leavell, a guy
who couldn't buy an open jump-shot to
save his life and whose deficit ball
handling is incredible. He plays pretty
decent defense, but he just gets out of
control on the offensive end. The
Rockets are blessed with a number of
slashing, driving point guards that can,
at times, be unreal. Robert Reid, Mit
chell Wiggins, Lewis Lloyd and Steve
Harris rotate in and out of Coach Bill
Fitch's doghouse, and their playing
time varies accordingly. Wiggins will
probably start, based on his offensive
skills. Reid is the Rockets' only con
sistent outside shooter, Lloyd is too hot
or cold for Fitch's liking, and Harris
was brought along too slowly as a roo
kie last year. Long-range shooting roo
kie Conner Henry may stick with the
club.
Dallas has seemed to be on the brink
of challenging for the Midwest title for
the past few years, but now, even
though they have improved, they just
aren't as close as they were a year ago
before Houston took the West by the
throat.
If first-round draft choice Roy Tar
pley develops at center, the Mavericks
could really be on to something, but
right now Tarpley is more suited to
power forward. That leaves the post to
veteran James Donaldson and second
year men Uwe Blab and Bill Wenning
ton. Mark Aguirre and Sam Perkins are
solid at the starting forward spots and
depth is provided by Detlef Schrempf.
Jay Vincent and Dale Ellis are gone
from the Mavs' forward rotation, but it
may be a case of addition by subtrac
tion after the struggle for shots that
took place among the small forward
trio which included Aguirre.
Al Wood is the off guard who came
over from Seattle in the Dale Ellis
trade, and although he has never be
come the star he was expected to be,
he does provide solid depth behind
Rolando Blackman, the conference's
best at his position. Derek Harper has
taken over for Brad Davis at the point,
and both are quality players.
Denver is the preseason choice for
third, but if power forward Calvin Natt
doesn't return from injury by January,
the Nuggets could plummet all the way
to the Midwest basement.
With Natt gone, rookie Mark Alarie
moves into the starting lineup along-
The Sweet 16
Rank Team P8,
1. Miami..... 95
2. Oklahoma .90
3. Arizona State 82
4. Nebraska 75
5. Michigan . . . . 69
6. Auburn 66
7. Penn State 65
8. Texas AMI 56
9. Florida State 42
10. Arizona 41
11. LSU 38
12. Ohio State 28
13. Washington 26
14. Stanford 18
15. Alabama
16. UCLA 7
side high-scoring Alex English as the
Nuggets try to once again overachieve
and stay afloat in the race. Centers
Wayne Cooper and Danny Schayes just
aren't that formidable, and second-year
man Blair Rasmussen will probably see
even more time at the forward spot now
that Natt is out, so the middle could be
a problem.
Rookie Maurice Martin gives them
what T.R. Dunn has never been able to
an offensive game almost as good as
his defense. Fat Lever is the point man,
with ex-New York Knick Darrell Walker
backing things up at either guard slot.
Bill Hanzlik, at 6-7, can and probably
will play all five positions.
Utah unloaded Adrian Dantley on
the Detroit Pistons and actually wound
end up with two players who can help
them in exchange. Gunner Kelly Tri
pucka can score and veteran frontcourt
player Kent Benson can contribute to
this team. The guard corps is solid with
Darrell Griffith, Rickey Green, John
Stockton and rookie Dell Curry they
could be the best in the league. Karl
Malone and Thurl Bailey are quality
frontline men.
Sacramento should have a decent
season, no doubt inspired by the rau
cous home crowd at the Arco Arena.
The Kings' frontline boasts the mat
uring Otis Thorpe, defensive ironman
Terry Tyler and high-scoring Eddie
Johnson. LaSalle Thompson and Joe
Kleine are a better-than-average com
bination at center.
San Antonio is a team that, if it plays
up to its potential, could be a surprise
in the Midwest. Rookie Johnny Daw
kins, Alvin Robertson and Johnny Moore
form a guard trio that can play pressure
defense the entire length of the floor
and can make things happen offen
sively as well. Robertson may be the
most underrated player in the league.
The frontcourt is where the Spurs
run into trouble, however. David Green
wood and Mike Mitchell are guys who
are world-beaters one night and no
shows the next. Mychal Thompson was
acquired from Portland and can play
both power forward and center. The
aging Artis Gilmore still brings his
immobile presence to the middle, but j
the Spurs would be better off with '
Thompson there. Hard-working forward
Tyrone Corbin is the only man that can
be relied upon for a full effort every
night up front.
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