Two Nebraska players head for Spain
By Todd Cooper
Staff Reporter
As members of a Big Eight select
basketball team headed for Spain on
Sunday, Nebraska junior forwards Carl
Hayes and Dapreis Owens will pay
close attention to players from more
successful programs.
Hayes said practicing against play
ers from other Big Eight schools will
be a welcome change, but that won’t
be the only advantage. He said one of
his goals is to pick up a few tips on
what it takes to win.
“I’m looking forward to practic
ing against guys like (Adonis) Jordan
and (Mike) Maddox from Kansas,
and seeing how they prepare for game
situations,” he said. “We’ll watch a
couple from Kansas and Missouri...
from some of the winning programs.
Hopefully, we can bring some of that
winning tradition back for next year.”
The team, coached by IowaStatc’s
Johnny Orr, consists of 15 players
from the Big Eight. The trip origi
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nally was set for the Soviet Union, but
because of a conflict with the esti
mated costs of transmitting the games,
it was rescheduled for Spain. And
Missouri Coach Norm Stewart was to
head the team, but backed out be
cause of scheduling difficulties.
The Big Eight team, which will
play teams that will represent their
countries at this month’s Goodwill
Games in Seattle, will compete in
two tournaments.
The first includes Spain, the So
viet Union, Argentina and the Big
Eight select team. The second fea
tures the Big Eight team, Argentina
and Yugoslavia.
Hayes said he and Owens look
forward to seeing a different culture
and a different style of basketball.
“Me and Daprcis always talk about
what a fun time it will be,” Hayes
said. “We’ll be playing with some of
the top players from different pro
grams.
“We’ll gain a lot more experience
playing against othcrcountries. We’ll
play seven or eight games, and during
the other time we’ll go shopping and
do some sightseeing. It’ll be a fun
experience for the both of us.”
This is not Hayes’ first time against
foreign basketball teams.
“When I was a senior in high
school, 1 played against a Russian
team,” he said. “So it’s not that much
different.”
Hayes, following the advice of
Nebraska Coach Danny Nee, said he
has been preparing for the competi
tion by running and lifting weights.
“Coach Nee just told us to basi
cally stay in shape and be prepared to
go against the best,” he said. “He’s
been bringing in players every day to
help us prepare.”
Other team members:
Asad Ali and Rodcll Guest, Colo
rado; Doug Collins and Mike Bergman,
Iowa Stale; Wylie Howard and Jeff
Wires, Kansas State; Jeff Warren and
Chris Heller, Missouri; Kermit Holmes,
Oklahoma; Corey Williams and Shawn
Davis, Oklahoma Slate.
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U.S. Olympic Festival
features NU players
By Todd Cooper
Suff Reporter
Last year’s U.S. Olympic Festival
was the starting point of a banner year
for Nebraska volleyball player Janet
Kruse, and Assistant Coach John Cook
hopes it has similar effects on two
other Comhuskcrs this year.
Kruse, who will be a junior this
season, was a member of a team that
won the bronze medal at last year’s
festival. Kruse, an outside hitler, fol
lowed that up by being named first
team All-America and helping lead
Nebraska to a runner-up finish at the
NCAA Tournament
At this year’s festival in Minnea
polis, three Huskers will be featured.
Kruse was a repeat selection, and
sophomores Stephanie Thatcr and
Eileen Shannon were picked for the
first time. The three will play on
different teams. Huskcr Valeric Vcr
muelcn will serve as an alternate.
The festival starts Friday and con
cludes July IS.
Cook, who coached Kruse’s team
at last year’s festival, said her experi
ence there led to her successful sopho
more season.
“She came in here with a lot of
confidence,” he said. “It was really a
key to her fall season, playing well
and making first team All-American.
“Janet is a classic example of a
player who struggled from pressure
and nerves. !t was something she had
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never been through- She played through
it the first iwo games and played
really well in the bronze medal match,”
Cook said Thaler and Shannon will
experience much the same feeling
that comes from competing against
some of the best collegiate players in
the nation. But that experience can
only help the them and the Huskcr
program in the long run, he said.
“I’m sure they’re going to struggle
a little bit,” he said. “It’s just some
thing that until you go through it, you
don’t know how to icact.
“Besides playing in our season,
it’s the second best thing that can
happen. There’s a tremendous amount
of pressure, and they may get the
experience of going through a gold
medal or bronze medal match. It’s
invaluable Wc feel it’s really critical
to the development of our players.”
He said Thatcr, who backed-up
senior middle blockers Carla Baker
and Virginia Stahr, could struggle
more than Shannon, who started most
of the season and earned first-team
All-Big Eight honors and was named
to the NCAA Final Four All-Touma
ment team.
“The pressure will probably af
fect Steph more than Eileen,” he
said. “Eileen will have a little more
confidence since she played a lot last
year.”
Kruse said her approach will be to
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