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Seedin hungry By Mike Kluck Senior Reporter The disappointment still exists for Colorado State coach Greg Williams, but it has died down since Sunday. Williams was disgusted because his Rams, who won the Western Ath letic Conference title, had received the eighth seed in the NCAA mmm: v; i ournamcnt s w est Williams Region and would play ninth-seeded Nebraska in the first round. Williams said the NCAA selection committee let him down by not giving the Rams a higher seed, even though they finished the season with a 25-4 record. “We are ready to start playing our hand that was dealt,” Williams said. “We were led to believe going into the WAC Tournament that our ratings power index was very high, and our seeding would be good. “Theonly worse seed than an eighth or ninth is the 16th seed because no body is enthralled to play a No. 1 seed on its home court.” The winner of Saturday’s 9 p.m. game at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., between 19-9 Nebraska and Colorado State will play either sec ond-ranked and top-seeded Stanford or 16th-scedcd Grambling'State on Monday night at 9. But Williams said an eighth seed for the Rains was not a sign of disre spect for his team. It shows a lack of respect for the WAC, he said. Three Big Eight teams received higher seeds in the NCAA Tourna ment than the Rams. Big Eight confer ence champion Kansas and league tour nament champion Colorado both re ceived seedings in the top four and homecourt advantages during the first roundoftheNCAA Tournament. Okla homa State received a seventh seed. “There’s only a hairline difference between an eighth and ninth seed,” Williams said. “I understand our con ference has not done well each season, but each team should be individually evaluated on what they have done that season. “It’s just ironic to me that a few years ago, the Big Eight felt they were getting overlooked in the tournament.” Williams said he was not complain ing about being paired against Ne braska. But he is upset about the pos sibility of playing Stanford in the sec ond game. 1 Getting to that second game, Will iams said, will be difficult because the i Rams first have to stop Nebraska’s i balanced scoring attack. > The Huskers have four players av- ] eraging 10 points or more per game in i scoring, led by sophomore Anna DeForgc, who averages 14.7 points < per game. “They really arc a nice basketball \ team,” Williams said. “They have a ( good inside game with (McClain) and i (Pyra) Aarden, and they have some i guards who can shoot the ball in (Kate) ' Galligan and DeForge. Then add an i ■»' ■ ■■ ■■ ■ Stanford, Calif, Basketball Starters^00^ Nebraska (19-9) Ht Class PPG RPG G Kate Galligan 5-8 Sr. 11.9 3.9 G Lis Brenden 5-6 Sr. 6.6 3-3 F Anna DeForge 5-11 So. 14.7 7.0 F Tina McClain 5-10 Jr. 13 9 6.7 C Pyra Aarden (A Sr. 12.8 5.8 Colorado SL (25-4) G Becky Hammon 5-6 Fr. 94 1-6 G Dee Dee Dominguez 5-2 Sr. 3 8 2.7 F Katie Cronin 6-0 Fr. 11.1 6.1 F Zenarae Pieters 6-2 So. 5 8 5.3 C Teresa James 6*2 Sr. 15 9 8.3 experienced and a smart point guard md they really arc a good team.” But the Rams also have scoring xnential. hreshman Becky Hammon is the tation’s highest-scoring freshman, iveraging 19.6 points per game. She dso averages three 3-point field goals ler game and has a 43.9 3-point shoot ng percentage. Hammon has received many hon )rs this season. She was the WAC 'reshman of the year and was named to he W AC all-conference team, all-ncw :omcr team, all-tournament team and vas named MVP of the postseason oumament. She also set six new WAC tournament records, including the ecord for points scored. “We just don’t know how freshmen are going to react to the distractions of college,” Williams said. “Some kids handle all those changes better than others, and that just leads to her cred ibility.” Freshman Teresa James is the Rams’ second-leading scorer, averag ing 15.9 points per game. Nebraska coach Angela Beck said she had not seen many teams win in the NCAA Tournament with two fresh men leading them in scoring. But the lack of experience doesn’t worry Williams. “Were not concerned about lack of NCAA experience,” Williams said. “The WAC Tournament was a lot of pressure, and our whole team was able to handle the pressure.” Softball team to spend week on West Coast From Staff Reports The Nebraska softball team will spend its spring break in California. The first stop is in Sunnyvale, Ca lif., this weekend where the Cornhuskers open play against Purdue and Pacific. Next Tuesday, the Huskcrs will take on No. 22 Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo. On March 21 -24, the Huskcrs travel to Sacramento for the AT&T Capital Classic. Nebraska again will face Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo, as well as Pacific, Harvard and Ohio State. Tobin Echo-Hawk, who plays third base for the Huskcrs, enters this week end aiming to break three school records. She needs two doubles, 12 runs batted in and six runs scored to break the three records. on't let this spring leave you broke and left out of all the fun. Go anywhere Greyhound® goes for a maximum round trip Jfare of $129. For a limited time only, from February 26th until April 15th, students who show a valid student ID can travel to any of our 2,400 destinations. So this spring, take your break on Greyhound. For more information call 1.800.231.2222. i Greyhound. and leave the driving to us. http://www.greyhound.com .1996 Greyhound lines. Inc. Some restriction* end limitations may apply. Prices subject to change without notice. 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Offer expires April 15,1996 Players shatter records By David Wilson Staff Reporter After winning two consecu tive national championships, it would be hard to believe that the Nebraska football team could show up to spring practice on March 25 with more raw talent than the past two seasons. According to the team’s test ing Wednesday, they will. “They’re 10 pounds heavier than last year’s team at this point and their test scores are the best we’ve ever had in every cat egory in our history,” said Boyd Epley, Nebraska’s Director of Athletic Performance. Tcam records were set in per formance index, body weight, 10-yard dash,40-yard dash, ver tical jump and pro-agility run. James Sims, a junior I-back next fall, set a performance in dex record of 3313 — the best score in Nebraska history. He broke Curtis Cotton’s mark of 3227, which was set in 1991. Sims ran a 4.42 40-yard dash, and his 41 inch vertical jump ranks second behind Trcv Alberts mark of 41 1/2 inches set in 1994. “There was more progress made this winter than any other time in our history,” Epley said. “And that comes from the play ers’ efforts. It’s amazing how every year we sit here and they get bigger and luster.” Sophomore Ahman Green, who had his tonsils removed two weeks ago and had blood drawn for a class Wednesday morning, placed third on the Nebraska all time performance index chart with a mark of 3028. Junior quarterback Scott Frost set the all-time perfor mance index record for quarter backs with a score of2686. Frost broke his own record of 2597 points set last year. “There is an inner drive — a force working for us,” Epley said. “They want to do their best and they showed that this win ter. Nebraska is in the position to do what no team has ever done: win three straight national championships.”
