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Oklahoma State
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Conference Games All Games
W L H A W L PCT.
9 o K 5-o 4-0,s la a m
6 2 3-1 3-1 21 3 .875
5 3 3-1 2-2 16 7- ,696
5 4 2-2 3-2 14 7 .667
4 5 2*2 2*3 14 7 ,667
3 7 2-3 1-4 14 8 .636
2 7 2*2 0*5 10 11 ,470
1 7 1-3 0-4 11 9 .550
Missouri 72, Oklahoma State 70
Kansas 65, Kansas State 56
Nebraska 102, Iowa State 96
Oklahoma 98, Colorado 85
Monday - Oklahoma 115, Nebraska 11 ^
-44
That’s the most amazing thing that has
happened In college basketball all season. The
fact that they aren’t In the top 10 Is mystifying.
—Williams,
Kansas coach
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“Arkansas could have beaten some
NBA teams on that night,” Williams
said. “They were so hot. There was no
way they were going to lose in that
building on that night.”
The Kansas coach said too much
emphasis was being placed on Mis
souri’s early season loss in
Fayetteville, Ark.
“I think so many people put way
too much stock in that game,” he said.
Missouri coach Norm Stewart,
whose team is 9-0 in conference play
for the first time since 1922, said the
Tigers were not worried about their
ranking.
“I don’t know if surprised is the
right word,” Stewart said. “But we are
not concerned about it. Young people
can do just about anything they set
their minds to, within reason. And I
think 9-0 is within reason.”
Harrington, whose Buffaloes have
lost to M issouri twice this year, agreed
wholeheartedly with Williams.
“I am shocked,” Harrington said.
“Missouri is 9-0. They have beaten
Kansas. My goodness, they are hav
ing a great year. They should definite
ly be ranked higher. But I don’t have
a vote — not yet.”
Possible SWC merger
draws mixed reviews
By Mitch Sherman
Staff Reporter
Reports that the Big Eight may
soon be merging with the Southwest
Conference have caused quite a stir
among the conference’s football pro
grams.
Talks of multi-million dollar con
tracts and their impact on the gridiron
have received extensive coverage,but
what about its effect on the basketball
court?
Several Big Eight coaches declined
to comment on the matter during
Monday’s coaches’ teleconference,
but Iowa State coach Johnny Orr ex
pressed his displeasure.
“In basketball, I would not want to
mix up with the Southwest Confer
ence,” Orr said. “I just don’t think that
is a good thing for our basketball
program. I don’t see any of their teams
ranked.”
Texas, the only Southwest Confer
ence team that received any votes in
the latest Associated Press poll, is
27th in the nation. The Longhorns
beat Nebraska 78-75 in Lincoln on
Nov. 28. They also beat Oklahoma
87-75 in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 27.
The Big Eight is 9-2 against SWC
opponents this season.
Orr said the last time the Big Eight
coaches met, they decided—on an 8
0 vote—not to merge with the SWC.
Nebraska athletic director Bill
Byrne took part in a conference call
Monday afternoon with Southwest
Conference officials.
Byrne said no new developments
came out of the call.
Oklahoma State coach Eddie
Sutton said it was just a matter of time
before the merger occurs.
“Maybe it’s going to happen quick
er than expected,” Sutton said.
Sutton said he was told by confer
ence officials that the new league
could include as many as 14 teams.
“That really makes round-robin
play kind of difficult,” Sutton said.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said
he didn’t want to waste his time wor
rying about something that hadn t
happened yet.
“I am much more concerned about
our games coming up this week,”
Williams said. “I haven’t spent one
second thinking about it and don’t
intend to. If there is an alliance, then
I will think about it. I’m more interest
ed in the luge and backwards down
hill than the conference merger.
“We’ll talk about it when it hap
pens.”
Missouri coach Norm Stewart, who
has coached the Tigers for 26 seasons,
said he had some strong feelings about
the issue but did not want to comment
on it at the present time.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee, speak
ing from Norman, Okla., where the
Cornhuskers played Oklahoma Mon
day night, said conference realign
ment may not be such a bad idea.
“I am happy that the conference is
active,” Nee said. “I think we have to
be active and looking at things like
expansion. It should help us.”
NOTE:
• Missouri senior guard Melvin
Booker was named the Big Eight play
er of the week. Booker averaged 21.5
points, 5.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds in
two Tiger wins.
Loss
Continued from Page 7
“It was pretty tough.” Nee said
“/am really disappointed. You can’
talk the truth. You can’t say how
you feel, so I don’t know what I car
say. You know what I’m going tc
talk about. It was total bulls—t. Ii
was crazy.”
Nebraska... .46 56 9(OT) — 111
at Oklahoma . .52 50 13(OT>— 115
Nebraska — Badgett 5-10 0-0 10,
Piatkowski 8-17 5-5 24, Chubick 5-114
814, Johnson 9-11 0-1 22, Boone 6-120
0 15, Strickland 4-114-4 13, Brooks 5-7
0-011, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Glock 1 -2 0-0 2.
Totals 43-81 13-18111.
Oklahoma — Webster 10-20 11-14 31,
Curry 12-18 2-6 33, Conley 8-155-821,
Ontjes3-7 5-712, Lewis 1-36-88, Barnes
1-50-02, Mayden 0-00-00, Alexander 0
2 3-4 3, Yanish 2-41 -2 5. Totals 37-74 33
49115.
3-potnt goals — Nebraska 12-21
(Piatkowski 3-7, Johnson 4-5, Boone 3-5,
Strickland 1 -3, Brooks 1 -1), Oklahoma 8
18 (Webster 0-1, Curry 7-10, Conley 0-1,
Ontjes 1-3, Lewis 0-1. Barnes 0-2) Fouled
out — Badgett, Piatkowski, Chubick,
Strickland Rebounds — Nebraska 39
(Chubick 12), Oklahoma 50 (Curiy, Conley
11). Assists—Nebraska 24 (Piatkowski,
Boone 6), Oklahoma 20 (Ontjes 8). Total
fouls — Nebraska 32, Oklahoma 19 A
— 6,139
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Badgett
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I stopped taking threes,” he said,
cause I haven't worked it out to
because . u uui iu
three-point range yet. But from 18
feet on, I am going to shoot when I get
open.
Badgett has been getting open a lot
lately, as have fellow sophomores
Boone and Strickland.
Boone, a 6-foot-6-inch guard from
Salt Lake City, has stepped it up a
notch this year, becoming the team’s
second leading scorer at 1L7 per game.
Strickland, a 6-foot-2-inch guard
from Bellevue, has provided a spark
both offensively and defensively off
the bench.
Badgett said the three sophomores,
along with Jason dock and transfer
Tom Wald, would constitute a talent
ed iunior class next season.
“Jason is very fundamentally
sound,** Badgett said. “Strickland is a
great defensive player, and Jaron is a
great point guard. My job is to create
a disturbance.
“By the time we are seniors, you
are going to see a whole different
team. But I am taking it slow — day
by day.”
As for this season, Badgett said,
the Huskers see light at the end of the
tunnel.
“We just entered the second part of
the Big Eight,” he said, “and we think
the second part is going to be way
different than the first part. There’s
still a peek of light there for us to do
it. We just need to keep our compo
sure and listen to the coaches.”