Coaches say tourney outdated
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—The
Big Eight tournament has outlived its
usefulness, regardless of how much
money it pours into conference cof
fers, two conference coaches said
Monday.
Iowa State coach Johnny Orr said
he believes that playing in the Big
Eight tournament this week in Kan
sas City could actually lessen his team’s
chances of gaining a NCAA bid. The
Cyclones finished 19-11 overall but
have a 5-9 record in the Big Eight.
“I’d just as soon do away with the
tournament,” Orr said Monday. “I
don’t think it serves any purpose get
ting more teams into the NCAA. At
first it did. But it’s outlived that pur
pose.”
The league, which had a 97-13
record against non-conference foes,
hopes to get six teams into the NCAA
field, but Orr said a loss in the tourna
ment won’t help a team’s chances of
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the two teams have met in the touma
mentopcncr. Huskcr fans can’t possi
bly forget last season’s 117-113 over
time thriller, but they would probably
like to forget the 78-65 loss the year
before.
These frequent meetings in post
season play have helped spawn a ri
valry between the two teams which
has provided fans with some exciting
games the past two seasons.
Along the same lines, the Huskcrs
could follow the same path last year’s
team took through the tournament.
Should Nebraska beat Oklahoma,
it will most likely play Kansas in the
second round — the same team the
Huskers played in the second round
last year.
A win over Kansas could mean a
meeting with M issouri in the champi
onship game. Is this starling to sound
at all familiar?
— Oklahoma players arc still cocky.
Sooner cockiness, thought to be on
a decline from the days when Okla
homa was a mainstay in the Top 10,
resurfaced in Saturday’s 106-97 win
over Nebraska.
In the closing seconds, Sooner
players stood at half-court and mugged
for the crowd — the same type of
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“Creighton will be pivotal. They
have a fabulous ball club,” he said.
“But we’re not going to change our
mode of operation one bit.”
The season will not get any easier,
Wolforth said.
getting selected.
Roy Kramer, the chairman of the
NCAA committee, recently indicated
that a losing conference record could
be a major impediment to a team’s
getting taken, he said.
“I have no idea what the (selec
tion) committee is thinking,” Orr said.
“We’ve beaten (nationally ranked)
Kansas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma,
and wc beat Iowa and Minnesota.
“My feeling is wc should be in the
tournament,” he said, “but that puts a
lot of pressure to win on the first
round (Big Eight) game.
“I think we’d be in (the NCAA
tournament) if wc didn’t have to go
there,” Orr said.
Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said
he feels the same as Orr. Tubbs said
the 24th-rankcd Sooncrs’ opening
round match against Nebraska on
Friday “will be the toughest first
round game in the tournament.”
behavior which made Oklahoma the
team most Big Eight fans loved to
hate in the latter part of the 1980s.
— Big Eight referees still don’t
have a clue.
Officiating last season might have
been bad, but this season Big Eight
officials have given new meaning to
the word pathetic.
Almost every game has been a
display of ineptitude filled with missed
calls, no-calls and other peculiarities
that make one wonder just where Big
Eight referees come from. There’s a
rumor circulating that YMCA leagues
across Big Eight country arc losing
officials to some other league — but
it’s not exactly known for sure where
they’ve gone.
Just watch the Big Eight Tourna
ment and you’ll most likely find them.
— Along the same lines, Anthony
Peeler still doesn’t get called for fouls.
Probably the best player of the
conference, but also the most guilty
of offensive fouls. Just watch him
during the Big Eight Tournament and
you will sec him pushing off on de
fenders while driving to the basket.
The same was true of Tiger star
Doug Smith last season. Maybe refe
rees arc afraid of Missouri coach Norm
Stewart.
— No matter how many times
Kansas appears on television, the
cameras will eventually swing to the
rafters and show viewers a shot of the
“The very most important ball game
is the one you play next,” he said.
“The way to win five games is to win
one in a row five limes.”
Now that the Huskers have been
tested, Wolforth said he was confi
dent in his team’s chances down the
road.
“I really do believe this team has
what it takes to go play in the World
“You feel like you’ve proved
yourself as champion, and Kansas
rightfully has," Tubbs said. “Over 14
games they ’ ve proved they ’re the best
in our league.
“Now all of a sudden, they have to
go out and prove they ’ re the best team
to get the No. 1 seed,” he said.
“It’s kind of ridiculous. I would
say that I think our league has to take
a look at our Big Eight tournament as
far as serving the purpose of putting
teams in the NCAA tournament,”
Tubbs said.
The tournament has worn out its
welcome, he said.
“I don’t know that it’s going to
help any longer,” Tubbs said. “It could
hurt in the future.
“From a fan standpoint, it’s terri
fic,” he said. “It will be the best
conference tournament in the nation,
beyond a shadow of a doubt.”
sign hanging there.
You know the one: “Pay heed, all
who enter. Beware of the Phog.” This
is a reference to Dr. ForrestC. “Phog”
Allen, for whom Kansas’ basketball
facility is named. The sign is just a
cute way of saying it’s tough to win at
Kansas — which is true for the most
part, but not because of a sheet hang
ing on the wall.
If that’s the case, maybe Nebraska
should put a sign up in the Bob Deva
ncy Sports Center. Something like
“Bring feed, all who enter. We have a
hungry hog.”
We’ll work on that one.
— Nebraska basketball will take a
back seal to Nebraska football.
Even though Danny Ncc has brought
excitement and renewed fan interest
to the Nebraska basketball program,
many Nebraskans will continue to
refer to Husker basketball as “the
sport played in that big building named
after our legendary football coach.”
As hopeless as the above condi
tions may seem, one shouldn’t give
up hope. Change is on the horizon.
With the incoming recruits Nee
has, it’s possible that Nebraska will
be respected a little more next season.
The odds arc good that we won’t
see another Ncbraska-Oklahoma
matchup in the first round of next
year’s conference tournament.
Peeler will be gone.
And the referees . . . well, some
things never change.
Hytrck is a senior news-editorial major
and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor.
Series,” he said. “1 have taken teams
down to (Texas A&M) and come
back more successful and still not
have been as satisfied as I am with
this team.
“These kids seem to be more hun
gry. They now understand that every
game is going to be a battle,” Wolforth
said. “If we learned that, then going
2-7 was worth it.”
Last Monday’s Results
Basketball
Sandoz 6 40, Your Loss 39;
Delta Tau Delta A1 58, Beta Theta
Pi 53; Beer Nuts wbf over Un
touchables; Alpha Tau Omega 41,
St. Andrews Slicers 38; Hot Shots
31, TFD 27; Blaze 29, HSS Bad
Girls 24; Schramm 6 36, Burr II
West 25; Abel 6 61, Schramm 8
47; Beavers 65, Strange Brew 55.
Indoor Soccer
Piper 2 8, China 1; Army Pele’s
5, Galera4; W LaTopa 2, BMR 0;
Cather 13 2, Alpha Tau Omega C2
0; Chi Phi wbf over Theta Xi;
Scorpions wbf over FCA.
Last Tuesday’s Results
Volleyball
Chi Phi 2, It’s Just Us 1; Tri
angle 2, AEAC 0; Forty Sixers 2,
Dismemberment 1; Rcmedials 2,
Misfits 0; Ace Makers 2, ASGSA
0; Law & Disorder wbf over Love
3/Cathcr 9; Farmhouse B2 2, Gums
0; Schlongs 2, Tappa Mi Kcgga 0;
Gamma Phi Bela 2, Acacia/Alpha
Delta Pi 0; It’s Superstars 2, Help
Wanted 1; Unstoppable 2, Phi
Gamma Dclta/Alpha Chi Omega
0.
Basketball
BC Boys 49, Greyhounds 46;
Alpha Tau Omega Cl 71, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Cl 41; Farmhouse
Cl 49, Farmhouse C2 32.
School (First
Rank place votes) Record Pts. Pvs.
1 Duke (62) 25-2 1,086 1
2 Arizona 24-4 1,449 4
3 Kansas 23-4 1.444 3
4 Indiana 22-5 1,354 2
5 Ohio St 21-5 1,343 5
6 Arkansas 24-6 1,280 7
7 UNLV (2) 26-2 1,230 6
8 UCLA 23-4 1,176 9
9 Kentucky 23-6 975 10
10 Southern Cat 21-5 959 8
11 Oklahoma St 24-6 919 12
12 Cincinnati 23-4 787 14
13 Missouri 20-7 747 11
14 Michigan 18-8 638 18
15 Seton Hall 20-7 626 22
16 Michigan St 19-7 510 13
17 Alabama 23-7 501 20
18 Florida St 19-8 498 19
19 DePaul 20-7 478 15
20 North Carolina 19-8 455 16
21 Georgetown 19-8 371 17
22 Massachusetts 26-4 287 25
23 L8U 19-8 254 23
24 Oklahoma 20 7 202 -
25 St John’s 18-9 144 -
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Men's Basketball
1. Delta Tau Delta A-1 (8-0)
2. Harper 3 (9-0)
3. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (8-1)
4. Norgas (7-2)
5. Midnight Blue (7-2)
6. Extractors (5-1)
7. Penetrators (9-1) -...
8. Phi Gamma Delta (8-2)
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10. Beta Theta Pi (6-2)
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9. Your Loss (4-2)
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2. Blacktops (6-0)
3. Unstoppable (5-0)
4. Slammers (4-0)
5. Ace Makers (5-0)
6. Sigma Phi Epsilon/Kappa
Alpha Theta (4-1)
7. Pythons (4-1)
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(4-1)
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10. The Reprise (4-1)
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