NU overcomes to emerge in NIT, faces Arkansas State
Senior Editor
A strong tradition overcame a
shaky record when the National Invi
tation Tournament announced Sun
day that Nebraska will face Arkansas
State Thursday at the Bob Dcvaney
Sports Center.
Chris Fallon, the tournament’s
public relations director, said the NIT
selected Nebraska because it looked
past the Comhuskcrs’ record and
focused on its strong post-season tra
dition. Nebraska, which will enter the
puniest v/irn a 16-15 record, has
compiled a 10-7 mark in previous
NIT competition.
Fallon said Nebraska was also
aided by the presence of Husker
coach Danny Nee. She said Nee left a
favorable impression when his first
Nebraska team advanced to the tour
nament’s semifinal round two sea
sons ago. The Huskers finished third
in the 1988 NIT by defeating Mar-'
queue, Arkansas and Washington
prior to losing to LaSalle.
‘‘Nebraska has got a great NIT
tradition,” Fallon said. “We’re real
happy to have them back.”
Fallon said the NIT did not have
any second thoughts about Nebraska
even though it finished its season by
losing its last two games by 55 points.
The Huskers closed out their regular
season by dropping a 103-76decision
to Oklahoma, then suffered a 98-70
setback to Missouri in the opening
round of the Big Eight Tournament
Friday in Kansas City, Mo.
“There was other teams with
showier records,” Fallon said, “but
when you look at the competition
Nebraska plays, there’s really no
comparison.”
Nebraska guard Clifford Seales
said he was relieved when he learned
about the bid. He said he had been
anxiously awaiting the announce
ment because he did not want to close
the season with the Missouri loss.
Seales said the Missouri setback
dampened his hopes for a birth in the
32-team competition.
“I thought we had a 90 percent
chance going into the M issouri game,
but after that I wasn’t sure,” he said.
“I really didn’t know what they
would decide.”
Scales said the Huskers need lo pul
their Big Eight woes behind them if
they arc going to be successful
against Arkansas State. Nebraska
compiled a 4-10 mark in conference
competition this season.
“All of that is out the window
now,” Seales said. “Like I said - it’s
a new season.”
Arkansas State coach Nelson Cat
alina said the Indians are also ap
proaching the game as a chance for
redemption. He said Arkansas Stale,
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Missouri tosses big loss to Nebraska’s basketball team
By Nick Hooge
Senior Reporter
The absence of an early, close
score hurl the Nebraska men’s bas
ketball team during its 98-70 loss to
Missouri Friday in the first round of
the Big Eight Tournament.
Prior to the start of the contest at
Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.,
Nebraska’s coaches said the Huskers
needed to stay with the Tigers in the
first half to win. That prediction
proved to be true, as Missouri dashed
any hopes of a Nebraska victory by
breaking the contest open early by
defeating the Huskers.
Nebraska assistant coach Gary
Bargen said the Huskers had their
chances early, but didn’t capitalize
on them.
“We came out, we got some good
shots,” Bargen said on the post-game
radio broadcast. “We had some re
ally good shots inside early. We
missed probably three or four within
four feet of the basket. We had a
couple of turnovers and they jumped
out 10 with 12 minutes to go in the
first half at 17-7. From there, it got
worse.”
With the score lied 7-7, the 10th
ranked Tigers scored 12-straight
points to open a 19-7 lead. The scor
ing charge was led by Missouri center
Gary Leonard, who finished with 17
points and seven rebounds.
Bargen said Nebraska’s lack of
execution contributed to Missouri’s
scoring streak.
“At the same time, we missed
some easy shots,’’ Bargen said.
“Some shots we worked hard to get
inside posting up. We just didn’t get it
in the basket.’’
Bargen said Leonard’s perform
ance was significant.
“Gary Leonard had a great
game,” Bargen said. ‘‘It seems like
he always does well against us. They
were tough on the offensive boards.
We just didn’t play as well as we had
to.”
Bargen said the Tigers were the
tournament’s No. 2 seed for a reason.
“They played very well,” Bargen
said. ‘‘They probably played even
better than they played in the first two
times we played them.”
Bargen said the Huskers would of
had to play their best game of the
season to win.
‘‘Overall, Missouri is just a very
fine club,” Bargen said. ‘‘They just
beat us. I mean they just really beat us
well.”
Missouri guard Byron Irvin, who
did not start the contest because of a
pulled groin muscle, came off the
bench to score eight unanswered
points that propelled the Tigers to a
30-12 lead with 8:01 remaining in the
first half.
Nebraska managed to pull within
12 points when Husker guard Eric
Johnson scored eight points to cut the
Tiger lead to 38-26 with 3:47 left in
the first half, but trailed 47-31 at
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Geor
gctown, Arizona, Oklahoma and Big
Ten runnerup Illinois were made No.
1 seeds Sunday in an NCAA basket
ball tournament draw that reflected
competitive balance and fewer
home-area advantages.
Big Ten champion Indiana, which
lost two of its last three games and
dropped a pair of decisions to Illinois,
lost out on a chance to play the first
two rounds of the 64-team tourna
ment at the Hoosicr Dome in Indian
apolis and was banished to the West
ern regional as the second seed.
Ccdrick Dempsey, chairman of
the nine-man selection committee,
said Indiana fell back because the
first responsibility was * ‘to nationally
seed them on the basis of competition
all year.” He added that Illinois’ late
surge, which was prompted when
guard Kendall Gill recovered from a
broken foot, plus two wins over the
Hoosicrs, were also a factor.
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getown was made the top seed in the
East, Oklahoma in the Southeast and
Arizona in the West.
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some conference championship
games were still being played and did
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