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Kansas State is team to beat' T , Wildcats have accomplished Nee s goal Probable Starters: Nebraska (12-9, 3-2) Eric Johnson G Henry T. Buchanan G Pete Manning C Jeff Rekeweg F Derrick Vick F Kansas State (13-4, 5-0) William Scott G Steve Henson G Fred McCoy C Charles Bledsoe F Mitch Richmond F By Tim Hartmann Senior Reporter Kansas State has already accom plished something in the Big Eight Conference that Nebraska coach ■Danny Nee would like to do in a whole season. The Wildcats are 5-0 in the Big Eight, including three wins on the road. “If you gave Richmond me three road wins, I could live with the season,” Nee said. Nebraska plays ai Kansas State’s Ahearn Field House Saturday at 1:08 p.m. The game will be televised by Raycom (local channel 10). Nee said Kansas Suite has become the team to beat in the Big Eight because of its three w ins on the road, plus home victories against Okla homa and Iowa Slate. “I think the reason K-Statc is in the driver’s scat is that they won three big road games,” Nee said. Wildcat coach Lon Kruger said the three road wins are important, but “four or five teams could still w in the conference title.” Kruger said winning games away from home is one of the keys to wan ning the conference. “You normally need three or four wins on the road (to w in the confer ence), and then do well at home and hope everyone else uikcs care of business,” he said. Kansas State has defeated Ne braska 30 of the 39 times the two teams have played at Ahearn Field House, including a 114-82 victory last season. The Wildcats set six school records in that game, includ ing the most three-point shots made and the most points scored in a game. But Nebraska got revenge by defeating the Wildcats 78-76 at the Bob Devancy Sports Center. Nee said the Wildcats arc a strong team because of the disciplined game they play. Four starters return from last year’s 20-11 team that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. “I think he (Kruger) is doing a great job,” Nee said. “Again they're not beating themselves. They’re playing their roles, and Mitch Richmond is playing extremely well. He’s carrying them.” Richmond, who finished sixth in scoring in the Big Eight last season while earning second-team all-con ference honors, has averaged 23.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game this season. A 6-foot-5 senior forward, Richmond has been projected as a highdraftpick in the National Baskct bal 1 Assoc iation draft by several NBA scouts and former players. “If he doesn’t make it in the pros, I’11 eat my shoes,” former NB A player Bob Lanier said. Oklahoma State coach Leonard Hamilton said he was also impressed with Richmond. “I'm not going to say I m going to cat Lanier’s shoes, but I agree with him,” Hamilton said. “He is not al ways the biggest player on the floor, but he has the biggest heart. He’s Superman in a Kansas State uni form.” Tm not going to say I’m going to eat Lanier’s shoes, but I agree with him.' —Hamilton Two other Kansas State players arc averaging double figures this season. Junior-college transfer Fred McCoy, a 6-foot-7 center, has scored 11.9 points per game, and 6-foot-2 guard William Scott has added 10.9. Charles Bledsoe, a 6-foot-7 senior forward, leads the team in rebound ing, with an average of 7.8 per game. The Wildcats’ other starter is 6-foot 1 sophomore guard Steve Henson. Kruger said he has been impressed with the play of Nebraska this season. The Huskers have compiled a 13 8 record overall and a 4 -1 mark in the conference by defeating perennial powers Kansas and Missouri at home, a feat which Nebraska guard Eric Johnson said is no fluke. “The Missouri game gave up the headlines of a big upset,” Johnson said. “Maybe this will give us the reputation that our winning at home isn’t such a fluke.” Kruger agreed. “They’re really playing well right now,” Kruger said. “They’re playing with a lot of confidence, Danny is doing a great job, and they believe in themselves, which is one of the keys to winning.” Kruger said teams like the Wild cats and Huskers, who are not consid ered national powers, show how strong the Big Eight is this season when they upset conference favorites like Oklahoma and Missouri. “Six or seven of the teams in the conference could go to post-season play,” he said. Huskers to compete with small schools at meet By Kyle Schurman Staff Reporter Coach Gary Pepin’s men’s and women’s track teams will battle the little schools Saturday at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center in the Ne braska Open track meet, sponsored by Nebraska Wesleyan University. Nebraska w ill be the lone Division I school among the 11 teams at the meet, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Wesleyan, Kearney State, Doane, Hastings and Concordia are the Nebraska colleges that will join the Cornhuskers for the meet. Barton (Kan.) Community Col lege is the only school at the meet Nebraska has competed against this season. Nebraska defeated the Cou gars in its season-opening quadran gular Jan. 23. Wesleyan track coach Ted Bull ing said this is the third year the Plainsmen have sponsored the Ne braska Open. He said team scores will not be kept at the meet. “Usually we want to concentrate on getting some good, quality times,” Bulling said. Bulling said the meet is good for the Huskers because they are not in charge of running the meet. “They let us use their facilities,” Bulling said, “but we do all the administration.” Nebraska assistant track coach Mark Kostek said the meet will be “pretty low-key” for the Huskers. “We’ll be giving some people w ho are a little sore a chance to heal arid get ready for the Husker Invite,” Kostek said. “We’regiving ourselves a c hance to see who is going to make our conference team.” Kostek said several Huskers will compete in events they do not nor mally compete in. Koslek said Lesion Blackburn will run in his first 800-meter race of the season. He said James Black ledgc and Grant Rathman will high jump. Kostck said freshman Prima Govindan will be competing in her first 300, and senior Michelle Mill ing, who qualified for the NCAA championships in the 400 last Satur day, will run in her first 800 of the season. He said NCAA-qualifier Tammy Thurman will high jump. Bulling said Wesleyan’s Dave Detlcffcn will be “able to run with anyone” in the hurdles. He said Darin Bent/inge has high-jumped 6-fcct 10 this season and could win that event for Wesleyan. Kostek said many of Nebraska’s top athletes will rest instead of com peting. “We’ll be running people in areas where they haven’t competed be fore,” Kostek said. “We anticipate having a good meet. We’re trying to give some of our lop people some rest to get prepared for the conference meet, though.” I— -1 i Grandpa's Ribs and j Secret Sauce ! $5 OFF ! Slab of Pork Ribs Reg. $10.99 , ; * 2297 Holdrege 476-6076 j i ^ Expires February 8th. 1988 j ‘ OPEN Mon -Thur* 5 pm-10 pm. Closed Wed . Fri. j " NAVt ' 5 pm-2 am. Sat. 2 pm-2 am; Sun. 2 pm-10 pm ^ Reader calls indoor practice field useless Nebraska ltxnball coach Tom Osborne began a campaign last year at this lime to have a new indoor practice field built so that the Corn huskers could be competitive in their latc-season and post-season games. The fac i lily was also to be used by the general student body when the team was not using it. Another football season has come and gone. Even with the new field in use, the Huskcrs weren’t able to win two of their last three games, includ ing the Fiesta Bowl loss to Florida State. So what good has Cook Pavil ion done? As far as I can see, none. As I mentioned earlier, the indoor ' field is to be used by the general I GET YOUR VALENTINE SOMETHING FROM THE STORE WITH A HEART I V Cards V Mugs \ \ V Heart Boxed Candies I W Balloon Bouquet V Jewelry] V Stuff Animals M ^S^FREE GIFT WRAP / Wagey Drug 55th & South 17th & Washington 27th & Vine student body when not in use by the team. The times students can use it. if you don't know, are Dec. 27-31 and the fourth Tuesday of the sixth week of every month. The Huskers did prove that the training table did some good in Ari zona, since they won the steak-eating contest. As for the future of the Cook Pavilion, 1 think the people of Ne braska could get belter use out of it if it were used to store surplus grain that is produced in the stale. Then more people could benefit from it. Michael S. Roeber senior animal scicncc/agricullural educa tion ,- - -- 1 a-n /■V%iS WALL STREET^71 L^ifajHECOUCMRirJ / .■&&. FOR KEEPS ipg ..I 1 .Vn»!ii THREE WEN wtBABY .-o. ,l?if» HOUSE OF GAMES,». iirtiS* THE HIDDEN^ A^tWKEEPS,.3, 2 HEAVY METM.[»i 3 THE HIDDEN ci ^ROCKYHORROTj, TKMWir»«MIMWU1
