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chalk it up to elevated Husker confidence.
Any way one looks at it, in the last four games,
NU isn’t the team it was earlier in the season, espe
cially on the offensive end, where everything is
always a little more pleasurable - like scoring
points, getting second-chance rebounds and dishing
out assists.
“I like the effort of our kids,” Nee said. “I like
their attitudes, I like how we’re playing - we’re play
ing hard.”
In the last four games, the numbers speak for
themselves. NU is outscoring opponents by an aver
age of 13.5 points, averaging 76.5 points per game
and shooting 52.3 percent from the field.
Compare that to the 15 previous games when
the Huskers were being outscored by .6 points per
game, putting up just 64.2 ppg and averaging a field
goal mark of 43.3 percent.
In a sense, the NU offense has turned a comer
with the sudden, torrential upsurge in productivity.
However, there is one thing the JJuskers agree is
necessary to preserve the cur- > >_
rent feeling. ••
Kansas remains as the mea
suring stick for NU in the Big
12, and Wednesday’s game at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center
with the Jayhawks will prove to
be the gauge of the Huskers’ lat
est offensive ascent.
“I’m excited, and the kids
are excited,” Nee said. “Kansas
is at the top of the mountain.
They’re the team that you have
to beat to be respected or to do
well. Now we have a chance,
we’re going to focus on them
and we’re going to give it a hell
of a shot.”
And with the way things have been going lately,
coupled with a 71-63 KU loss to Missouri in
Lawrence on Sunday, that shot is more than legiti
mate.
So where have the Huskers been all this time?
What happened to the comedy of errors and Jekyll
and-Hyde play that low-lighted the first half of the
season?
Some of the less than memorable moments
included back-to-back losses to Colorado State and
Minnesota, in which the Huskers scored just 49 and
51 points, and had dismal days from the field -
shooting 32.1 percent and 25.5 percent, respective
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ceiore mat, mere was me travesty
at the Top of the World Classic, where
NU went 1-2, losing their games with
Villanova and Wisconsin by an aver
age of 26 points and shooting 43.6
percent. Sandwiched in between the
losses, however, was a 95-84 slugfest
win over Washington State.
For the Huskers, the tournament
seemed like a microcosm of the sea
son. Until the winning streak.
“Man, we were so close early in
the season,” Markowski said. “Now it
seems like we’re playing more confi
dent. The younger guys are more con
rident, and the older guys are being more patient.
“When we’re getting an 8-point lead, instead of
_ letting them back in it, we’re
opening it up to 12, 14 and 16
and that gives us a cushion tor
when they make their last run.
That’s what we didn’t do early
in the season. I wish we could
have a couple of those games
back.”
But NU is making up for
those games now and the van
guard has been a reworked
half-court offense, more
mobility all around, and of
course, a 6-foot-10,240-pound
Rock of Gibraltar underneath
in Venson Hamilton.
Around the Big 12,
Hamilton has forced teams to
sit up and take notice- In the last four games, the
coaches of the opposing team have paid homage to
Hamilton with double-teams and post-game head
shaking.
“It all boils down to the big guy, Hamilton, to
play like that,” Nee said. “And when he does, every
thing else just falls into place.”
In the streak, Hamilton is averaging 19 points
and 11.5 rebounds, and last week he was named the
Big 12 player of the week. Hamilton has steadily
improved, benefited by the new circulation among
the Husker guards.
“We’ve got a lot of new plays,” Hamilton said.
_ “We’re executing better
ana tnat s wnat we need
to do.”
With 3-point shoot
ing threat Cary Cochran
playing a bigger role, NU
has added another shoot
er, freeing Hamilton
from double coverage
and opening up the
guard-post passing lane.
In addition, senior
forward Larry Florence
has also arrived as of late,
putting up big numbers
against Big 12 foes,
including 21 points at Oklahoma and 17 against
Colorado.
“Coach has been preparing us with the half
court offense,” Florence said. “We .struggled early,
but if we continue practicing it, we can only get bet
ter.”
So this week begins more preparation, more
practice. Nee said the hopes are high to continue the
streak, bring KU to Lincoln, pack the house and
win.
“Runs have a lot of characteristics,” Nee said.
“Things go your way, the ball goes in the basket,
you can play poorly and still win, and it’s just conta
gious. It’s a positiveness that energizes you. So
when you get it, you try to find ways to keep it
going.”
The Huskers are playing better than they have all
season. And while a win against the Jay hawks is at a
premium, NU knows it’s tough to stop something
once it has momentum like the Husker offense has.
“If we can beat Kansas, the sky’s the limit,”
Florence said. “We’ve got to get over that hump.”
And who knows what lies over that hump? For
now, things are looking a great deal greener in the
Husker basketball valley.
“Winning four in a row seems to blend,” Nee
said. “You get well quicker, you feel better about
yourself. You just play a little better.”
wm
We ve got a lot of
new plays. Were
executing better and
thats what we need
to do.”
Venson Hamilton
NU center
Kansas is at the top
of the mountain.
They re the team that
you have to beat to
be respected or to do
well
Danny Nee
NU coach
Nil’s Noth
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to leave
volleyball
By David Wilson
Staffwriter
Cathy Noth has announced that her
10-year career as an assistant coach for the
Nebraska volleyball team will come to an
end effective March 1.
The Comhuskers’ first All-America
setter, who helped NU to Big Eight titles
from 1981 to 1984, said she is resigning to
take a break and pursue personal interests.
“I want to be able to journey in activi
ties outside the athletic circle that time
does not allow me to participate in now,”
Noth said. “A new' chapter begins for me,
and I wish Nebraska volleyball continued
success.”
A member of the United States
National team for four years, and an alter
nate for the 1988 Olympics, Noth joined
Coach Terry Pettit’s staff in 1989.
Since that time, the Huskers have
made five trips to the Final Four - includ
ing their 1995 national championship sea
son.
“Cathy has been an integral part of
this program for a long time,” Pettit said.
“As a player, she helped in the building the
tradition, and as a coach, she helped turn
this into an elite program.”
Nebraska finished 32-2 last season,
and traveled to Madison, Wis., for the
Final Four.
“When you’re an assistant coach,
you’re an assistant coach to the program
and to the coach,” Pettit said.
“That’s what I’ve always appreciated
about Cathy. She shares the same passion
and dedication and I’ve always known
where her heart and motivation were.
That’s what is difficult to replace about
her. I want to wish her well.”
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