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By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
Nee says team
must play hurt
down the stretch
Nebraska basketball coach Danny Nee
said at his weekly press luncheon Monday he
was happy with the 68-65 victory Nebraska
posted at Colorado on Saturday, but he
thought his team could have played better.
"I think we could have played a lot better
Saturday," Nee said. "On Saturday's game,
the pleasing thing was when the game was on
the line certain players performed well."
Nee said he was especially pleased with
the play of seniors Brian Carr and Bernard
Day, as well as junior Henry Buchanan.
"I thought Bernard Day really wanted the
ball in a pressure situation and scored some
key baskets," Nee said. "I thought Buchanan
made the free throws with the leadership and
that Brian Carr had a sense of control, a
smartness about him.
"With 30 seconds left to go in the game,
sometimes a lot of people go blank," Nee
said. "I really thought that a lot of our guys
did the things the right way at the end of the
game to win it."
The game was Colorado's 25th consecutive
loss in Big Eight Conference play. Nee said
that Colorado has a good team and should
break the streak soon.
"I think we dodged a bullet out there. I
really thought that they played well enough
to win," Nee said. "We were lucky enough to
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Nebraska coach Danny Nee
ponders a question during his
weekly press luncheon Monday
win. I really feel that their day is coming. I
think they'll get someone soon."
A number of Cornhusker players have some
small injuries right now, Nee said, which is
affecting the way they practice and play.
"Wre've got a lot of nagging injuries a
sprained ankle on Anthony Bailous, a sprained
ankle on Keith Neubert," he said. "Derrick
Vick is not recovered yet; he's still limping
around. He's not going to practice today."
"The three sprained ankles really affect us
because they're front line (players)," Nee
said. "When they (are) at 100 percent they've
got to work extra hard. When they have nag
ging injuries that affect their mobility, it
hurts us more."
Nee said that forward Bernard Day has a
jammed thumb. Of the injured players, Vick is
the most questionable for this Wednesday's
game with Iowa State, Nee said.
Since the Huskers are now in Big Eight
play and post-season play is drawing near,
Nee said he expects his players to play with
small injuries.
"This time of year you have to play with
little injuries, you have to practice with little
injuries," Nee said. "As long as they're not
detrimental to your health, 1 think you have
to find a way of playing."
Nee said he feels that both of Nebraska's
games this week Iowa State Wednesday
and Kansas State on Saturday will be
difficult. Earlier this season, both teams
defeated Nebraska on the road.
Iowa State broke Nebraska's press, out
rebounded the Huskers and "scored at will
inside or outside," Nee said.
"They manhandled us in Ames," Nee said.
Kansas State, who defeated Nebraska 114
82 to open the Huskers' Big Eight season, is
one of the most improved teams in the con
ference, Nee said.
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pleased at
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By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
Jeff Rekeweg's road to Nebraska has
had a number of detours, but he's glad
to be here.
Rekeweg, a 6-6 junior forward, went
to DeKalb High School in Waterloo,
Ind. As a senior he was an all-state
selection and , was named the area
player of the year. Rekeweg accepted a
scholarship offer from Valparaiso, and
went to that school with hopes of com
ing in and playing right away.
"I signed with Valpo early in my
senior year," Rekeweg said. "I thought
it would be the ideal situation go to
a small school and dominate, start as a
freshman."
During his freshman year at Valpa
raiso he saw playing time, averaging 1 6
minutes a game. He started one game
that season and finished with averages
of 6.7 points and 2.5 rebounds a game.
However, Rekeweg wasn't happy at
Valparaiso because he felt the coach
wasn't truly irvto the team, and had no
real ambition to turn Valparaiso's pro
gram around.
"The coach was happy where he was
at," Rekeweg said. "After playing all
out all my life I couldn't just sit there. I
couldn't just vegetate for four years."
And so Rekeweg transferred to
Southern Idaho Junior College, in Twin
Falls, Idaho where he played his
sophomore season. Rekeweg said he
was much happier with the coaching
staff at Southern Idaho. It showed on
the court, where he averaged 10 points
and six rebounds a game.
Then Rekeweg transferred to Ne
braska. Rekeweg said that Nebraska's
facilities and coaching staff, especially
Coach Danny Nee, attracted him to
Nebraska.
"I had heard a lot about the facili
ties and I had heard a lot about Coach
Nee," he said. "I came here on a
(recruiting) trip and I was really
impressed with the facilities."
This fall Rekeweg came to Nebraska
and planned to participate in the
Cornhuskers' pre-season workouts. He
was shocked when team doctors disco
vered he had a hernia.
"I had no idea," Rekeweg said. "We
had our team physicals and they found
it then."
Rekeweg underwent surgery to cor
rect the injury, and he said that right
now it doesn't affect his playing. It
slowed his progress, though, because it
forced him to miss several pre-season
practices.
"I'm 100 percent right now," Rekeweg
said. "It was just getting back (into
playing form that was difficult). Once
that happened, I couldn't lift or play for
six weeks."
After falling behind the team, Rek
eweg is finally back in playing form. He
has seen action in only nine of the
Huskers 21 games, and the lack of play
may be why he is only shooting 30 per
cent from the field this season, he said.
"My shooting percentage is as low as
it's ever been in my career," he said.
"But it's kind of hard when you're not
playing to get into the flow of the
game."
Rekeweg said he is pleased with the
low number of turnovers he has com
mitted this season and he thought that
he's played "fairly well," overall. His
best game of the season probably came
against Northwest Missouri State, when
he came off the bench to lead the
Huskers in steals with three and tie
Bernard Day for a team-high seven
rebounds.
Even though Rekeweg nas not seen a
great deal of playing time he said he's
happy to be at Nebraska. He feels the
program is improving, he said.
"I liire it. I'm really impressed," he
said. "It's on an upswing, I feel."
Rekeweg, a finance major, said he
also likes Nebraskans and the university.
"The people are nice, the school is
challenging I really like it." ,
Depth supports tennis team
in Las Vegas dual victories
By Steve Sipple
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska men's tennis team
traveled to Las Vegas last weekend and
won all three of their duals.
Coach Kerry McDermott's Cornhusk
ers defeated the University of Nevada
Las Vegas 5-4, Murray State 6-3 and the
University of Nevada-Reno 8-1.
The matches were at the UNLV
courts.
McDermott attributed the Huskers'
success to their depth, particularly at
the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles positions and
the No. 2 doubles position. Ken Feuer,
Brad Scheidegger and Pat Carson
rotated at the No. 5 and 6 position and
each won two matches and lost none.
Mike Marsh, Nebraska's No. 4 player
was 2-1.
The No. 2 doubles team of Stuart
Jung and Robert Sjoholm went 3-0. At
No. 1 doubles, Marsh and Steven Jung
posted a 2-1 record.
"Our doubles play was really good,"
McDermott said.
McDermott said he wasn't as pleased
with the play at the Nos. 1, 2 and 3
singles positions. Steven Jung, Sjoholm
and Stuart Jung occupied the three
positons, respectively, and each were
1-2.
McDermott said he'd like to see
some improvement at his top positions.
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Heads or tails?
Nebraska's Crystal Savage dismounts from the balance beam
during the Heartland Invitational Saturday night at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. The Cornhusker women finished
second in the meet to Arizona State, and the men tied Okla
homa for first place.
