Teamwork key to win, NU coach says
NU vs. Kansas State Sat. Feb. 8,1:00 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum,
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By Jeff Singer
Staff Reporter
After using a David-like perform
ance to beat Big Eight leader Okla
homa State on Wednesday, the Ne
braska men’s basketball team will try
to avoid looking like Goliath when it
battles last-place Kansas State Satur
day.
The game will be televised live by
Ray com at 1 p.m. from Bramlage
Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.
The Comhuskers are coming off
an 85-69 pounding of previously
undcfcatcd Oklahoma State, and are
hoping that the Wildcats don’t turn
the tables on 15-4 Nebraska, Husker
assistant coach Gary Bargcn said.
“K-State’sa team that really wants
to win a game,” Bargcn said. ‘‘They’re
the kind of team that can go off and
hit the threes and play hard pressure.
These arc the areas that have hurt us,
and we’ll need to combat these to win
the game.”
Kansas State is 1-4 in Big Eight
play and 11-7 overall, including last
Monday’s loss to conference leader
Kansas.
The Wildcats are led by sopho
more forward Askia Jones, who is
leading the Kansas State team with a
14.9 points-per-game average. Guard
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Gaylon Nickerson and center Wylie
Howard also average in double fig
ures.
But, according to Bargen, the main
player to focus on will be point guard
Marcus Zeigler, who leads the Wild
cats with 64 assists.
“Zeigler is the glue that holds them
together,” Bargen.said. “He’s got such
a low tumover-to-assisl ratio, that when
he’s out there, they’re going to be a
factor.”
As for Nebraska, a Husker win
would allow the team to end the first
half of conference play with a 4-3
record.
Bargen said if the Huskers were to
win this weekend, they would need to
continue their team-oriented play.
The Huskers divided the wealth in
Wednesday night’s win with four
starters scoring in double figures, and
will need a similar type of distribu
tion against the Wildcats, the assis
tant coach said.
“It’s got to continue to be a team
effort out there,” Bargen said. “Our
team has to play hard together on both
sides of the court.”
After Saturday’s game, the Husk
ers will take an eight-day break from
conference play before traveling to
Missouri to play the Tigers on Feb. 17
on ESPN’s “Big Monday.”
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Nebraska’s Carl Hayes goes for a steal against Iowa State’s Howard Eaton in last Saturday’s
Comhusker win. The Huskers will try to maintain the momentum from Wednesday’s upset
of Oklahoma State when they play Kansas State Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.
Osborne pleased with recruits
New NCAA rules
cause no problems
By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
When this year’s football recruit
ing season began, Nebraska coach
Tom Osborne was apprehensive about
his chances to net what he considered
somex>f the country’s top high school
seniors.
Now, after the results are in from
Wednesday’s national Icttcr-of-inicnt
signing day, Osborne is breathing a
lot easier.
“With the new (NCAA) rules and
everything involved, I’d say this year
ranks as a nine on a scale of 10,”
Osborne said Thursday. ‘‘When you
look at our geographical situation,
weather, distance factor and the new
rules, our success far exceeds what I
thought would happen.”
Changes in NCAA rules govern
ing Division 1 football recruiting in
clude the following:
•Coaches can only see prospec
tive recruits a total of three times off
campus.
•Recruiters arc restricted to con
tacting the recruits one time per week
on the telephone.
•Only seven coaches are allowed
on the road at one lime, down from 10
last year.
The rules were implemented to
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Larry Arnold OLB 6-5 215 Copley, Ohio
Damon Banning RB 5-10 175 Omaha, Nab. (Northwest)
WHIN Brown WB 5-8 165 Edmond, Okla.
CttntonCbHds RB W 200 Omaha,Neb.(North)
Chris Dlshman OL 6-4 275 Cozad, Neb.
Tommie Frailer 06 8-1 190 Brandenton, Fla. (Manatee)
Jon Hesse LB 6-4 210 Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast)
MikeMinter DB-RB 5-11 175 Lawon.Okla.
Ed Morrow LB 6-5 225 St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer)
Kareem Moss 5-10 182 Spartanburg, S.C.
JeffOgard 6-6 275 St.Paul,Neb.
Ben Ruti 6-1 180 Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City)
Scott Saltsman 6-2 255 Wichita Falls, Texas (Rider)
U Scribner 6-3 220 Omaha, Neb. (Browneil-Talbot)
Marvin Sims 5-9 1175 Apple Valley, Minn.
JimStlebel 6-4 255 BeSevttle, HI (Afthoff)
Eric Stokes 5-10 175 Lincoln, Neb. (East)
Ryan Terwllllger 6-5 205 Grant, Neb. (Per*jns County)
Larry Townsend 6-5 265 San Jose, Calif. (Yerba Vuena)
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save schools money while they were
recruiting. Osborne said he didn’t know
how much Nebraska saved by follow
ing the new guidelines.
Osborne said Nebraska signed every'
one of the in-state players it recruited,
and got most of the players Huskcr
coaches considered as top recruiting
targets.
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The 22 recruits and junior college
transfers who signed with the Husk
ers will likely be underrated by re
cruiting analysts, Osborne said, but
that shouldn’t detract from the suc
cess the Huskcrs have had this sea
son.
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Husker track invitational
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to test individual athletes
By John Gardner
Staff Reporter
In a track and field meet de
signed to bring out the best in indi
vidual talent, the Frank Sevigne
Husker Invitational is annually one
of the top ones in the country.
This season is no exception.
The meet, consisting of more
than 500 athletes from all over the
country, will take place Friday and
Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
Preliminary races are set to begin
at 6 tonight, with field events be
ginning at 5 p.m. The meet will
resume Saturday morning at 11,
with a two-hour break in the after
noon. Finals will begin at 5 p.m.
Assistant coach Jay Dirksen, who
also is the meet co-director, said
the Husker Invite is a big, high
quality meet for individuals.
“This type of meet brings out
the best in these athletes," Dirksen
said. “Everyone will really go for
it, giving them a good chance to
qualify for nationals.”
In 1991, there were 23 auto
matic qualifying marks, 78 provi
sional qualifying marks, while five
meet records and four Devaney
Sports Center records fell.
This season, Dirksen said, the
qualifying marks have gotten
tougher, so there may not be as
many qualifiers. But, he looks fora
lot of fine performances and per
sonal-bests from many Huskers.
“We have a few people right
now who are capable of qualifying
who haven’t yet,” Dirkscn said.
“This is a good time for them get in
there and qualify.”
Since the first Huskcr Invite in
1975, 43 Olympians have com
peted in this meet. Since this is an
Olympic year, several Olympic
caliber performers may be com
peting this weekend. However,
Dirksen said, this has been blown
out ol proportion.
“Typically, very few collegians
make the Olympics,” he said. “Also,
out of the thousands of athletes
who compete, only three Ameri
cans go in each event. I think the
foreign athletes at this meet have
more of a shot of going to the
Olympics.”
But, this doesn’t mean the level
of competition won’t be high,
Dirksen said. \
For instance, in the women’s
3,()(X)-meter run, Nebraska’s Fran
ten Bcnsel will be battling it out
with three other All-Americans.
“That will probably be the best
race of the meet,” Dirksen said.
Other events worth watching,
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