Thursday, December 4, 1988
Daily Nebraskan
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By Tim Hartman
Staff Reporter
Wayman Tisdale, Ralph Sampson,
Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan
and Thurl Bailey are some of the big
gest stars in professional basketball
right now. Besides the fact that all of
them play in the NBA, they share
another characteristic all have played
against Nebraska senior forward Bill
Jackman. Jackman has squared off
against these and many other well
known players either at basketball
summer camps during his year at Duke
University or during his years at Ne
braska. With all that talent, who is the best
player he has ever gone up against?
"There's no doubt Michael Jor
dan," Jackman said.
Jackman played against Jordan as a
freshman at Duke, where he played
before transferring to Nebraska. Jordan
played for North Carolina. Guarding
the future NBA all-star proved difficult,
Jackman said.
"I guess someone had watched us on
TV and said, 'What do Bill Jackman,
Larry Bird and Dr. J. have in common?'"
The answer "We've all been dunked
on by Michael Jordan."
Jordan wasn't the only player to
amaze Jackman.
"I played against Dominique (Wil
kins) in a summer camp and he was
just phenomenal," he said.
The camp was the All-Star Camp and
Jackman attended it after his senior
year at Grant High School. The 250 best
high-school players in the country were
invited to the camp. At the conclusion
of the camp the top 20 players were
chosen. Jackman was among the 20
chosen and played the camp counse
lors in a game.
"We played the counselors, and Dom
inique was one of the counselors,"
Jackman said. "It was 12-0, the counse
lors were up, and he had six dunks. He
had all their points."
One dunk particularly impressed
Jackman. Wilkins took a half-court
pass that was drifting away from the
basket, caught it in mid-air, and, was
still able to slam it.
"It was incredible," he said. "Com
ing from a small high school, I had
never seen that."
While Jackman was at Dul'e, the
Atlantic Coast Conference was exper
imenting with the three-point goal,
something that all conferences are
using this year. Jackman said the
three-point goal was a big factor in the
ACC games.
"It really made a big difference in
the games," he said. "Case in-point: We
were playing at Duke against Wake
Forest. We were playing them and we
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won. They came down and hit a three
pointer and they would foul us. Since
we would get two points each time and
they would get three, they gained a
point each time. They keep hitting
those three-pointers, we missed and
they ended up beating us " :
Jackman said the three-point shot
will benefit both him and the team.
"Personally, it's something I can
hit," Jackman said. "We've got a lot of
guys like Brian (Carr) and Joel
(Sealer) and Anthony Bailious who
can hit it."
While at Duke, Jackman played in
front of the Duke crowd, a group known
for their antics. During one game against
North Carolina State, Jackman remem
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State forward Lorenzo Charles with
pizza boxes because he had stolen
some pizzas earlier in the year.
The crowd gets so wild because of
the obsession with basketball, Jack
man said.
"People out there dream of playing in
the ACC tournament; there's nothing
bigger than the ACC tournament,"
Jackman said. "It would be like playing
in the Nebraska-Oklahoma (football)
game here."
Jackman said he hopes the Nebraska
crowd can show the same enthusiasm
that the Duke crowd does.
"It would be awesome if Nebraska
could get that kind of crowd," he said.
"I think eventually with Coach Nee
Andrea HoyDaily Nebraskan
they will."
Jackman said hie transferred to Ne
braska because he was homesick not
just for his family and friends, but for
the Nebraska people as well. He said
Nebraskans were easier to get along
with.
"Nebraska people are so friendly.
Out there you would say 'hi' to people
on campus and it was just a different
mentality," Jackman said.
After Jackman returned to Nebraska,
his recruiting class at Duke, which
included all-American Johnny Dawkins,
finished second in the NCAA tourna
ment. Jackman said it was difficult to
watch them do so well after leaving the
school.
"It was tough," he said. "I think
there was probably a period of two
months in there and the fact that I
wasn't playing at all here, where they
were on TV just about every week. Just
watching them, seeing these guys and
watching the team progress it was a
tough situation."
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him about Duke.
"I'd get it 1 5-20 times a day 'What
about Duke?' 'Do you wish you were
still there?' 'I've got a ring, do you have
a Final Four ring?'" Jackman said.
"It was a tough thing, but I'm glad
they did what they did, and this is
where I've been the last four years, so
we'll just make the best of it," Jackman
said.
During his first year at Nebraska
Jackman had to redshirt and in the last
two years he has seen limited playing
time. He averaged 6.3 points a game in
1984-85 and 1.1 in 1985-86.
Jackman opened the regular season
with 15 points against Cal-Irvine. Al
though he only scored three points
against Oregon in the second game, he
said he was pleased with his defense
and rebounding.
"Our team is improving all the time,"
he said. "That's the biggest thing
because the competition is going to get
a lot better."
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