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Page 14/The Bat+a I ion/Wednesday, March 23, 1983 Oklahoma’s Newell says he won’t go to NTSU United Press international coaching position at North the position. ties to the university and to NORMAN, Okla. — Universi- Texas State University. In a statement released Tues- coach (Billy) Tubbs and his ty of Oklahoma acting head bas- Newell, 31, said he had been day, he made it clear he had no program,” Newell said, ketball coach Mike Newell said contacted by NTSU officials intention of leaving Oklahoma I uesday he was not interested in who expressed an interest in at this time. “Our team accomplished a applying for the vacant head meeting with him concerning “I have strong ties and loyal- great deal this season, making it to the NCAA Tournai tying the school record wins with 24. We art 1 forward to even bigjer ter things next season,"It Cougars’ foul shooting an obstacle in tourney Are You Behind in Your Reading? United Press International HOUSTON — If their 23- game winning streak reaches 27, the No. 1 Houston Cougars would probably be the worst free-throw shooting team ever to win the NCAA Tournament. Records are not available for distant NCAA champions, but evidence abounds regarding the current Cougars’ inability to make half their free throws in post-season play. Houston, 28-2, plays No. 17 Memphis State, 23-7, Friday in the NCAA Tournament, and Cougars coach Guy Lewis is doubling practice time to im prove his team’s shooting from the free-throw line. “We’re just going over the basics. We need to keep impro ving every week and free throws would be a good place to start this week. If we can improve our free-throw shooting 20 percent, think what that will mean on the way to the Final Four,” he said. The Cougars hit 47 percent from the free-throw line in three games of the NCAA and South west Conference tournaments. Around Houston’s “Phi Sla- ma Jama” fraternity house, slam dunks are much preferred to free throws. To members, mus cle means more than shooting touch, and that has Lewis con cerned. “I wduld foul us too,” Cougar guard Reid Gettys said on Mon day. “If I was an opposing coach, I would particularly try to foul Akeem and Larry.” Seven-foot center Akeem Olajuwon of Lagos, Nigeria, known as “Akeem the Dream” to outsiders but “Jellybean” to teammates, beat Texas Christ ian in a key SWC regular season game with a “brick” of a free throw. It banked in high off the glass. Larry Micheaux, 6-9, the other starting Houston center, hits only 54 percent from the line, and things seem to be get ting worse for him. In a 60-50 win over Maryland in the NCAA second round Saturday, the Cougars missed 15 of 29. In the SWC Tourna ment Final against TCU, they missed 14 of 22. Lewis said he is trying to help but he isn’t changing much in anyone’s style because there’s too great a chance at this point of adding to the problem. The Memphis State-Houston winner plays either Iowa or Vil- lanova Sunday in the Midwest Regional final. With Houston ahead in a game, Lewis tries to have his best free-throw shooters in the game — starting forwards Clyde Drexler (75 percent for the sea son) and Michael Young (65), and reserve guard Gettys (73). But he has to have one of his starting centers, either Ola juwon (60 percent) or Micheaux (54) in the game, and they draw a crowd of hackers when Hous ton is trying to protect a lead and when one of those two gets the ball. Gettys, who made a name for himself by hitting 10 straight free throws in the final minutes of a Midwest Regional win over Boston College last year, warns opponents not to be hasty in mapping out late-game strategy. “If they bring somebody in to foul us, he’d better be a good player. If he’s not, Drexler or Akeem is going to be scoring over him,” Gettys said. For better grades. spend time -:i cxas Hit off khoc kiiu itS‘\va\ u coid. but Mjisiang t&eii ow i over die * Thei that wi} rather il wii- leth. the Mns ck'' in ai fiesiv A b& out ■ Nat singles | showed kil . sta Ned Ag Jeelsou • t 1c\n ■ > 1 do son and studying TCU to face tough test against Huskers in NIT United Press International LINCOLN, Neb. — The tall Texans hope to notch a third road win on the trail to the Na tional Invitation Tournament finals — but the Texas Christian squad will have to reckon with Stan Cloudy and a deafening Nebraska home crowd. “TCU really has its act together at the end of the year,” Nebraska Coach Moe Iba said Tuesday. “They’re a tough team for us to go against because of their size.” The winner advances to the Final four at New York’s Madi son Square Garden. Iona" Asso ciate Coach Ken Williamson said he expected that team to be Neb raska, now 21-9. “They’ll get there with another home game,” he said. “This crowd here is unbeliev able.” Playing before a sellout crowd of 14,712 Monday night, junior forward Cloudy scored 24 points to lead Nebraska past Iona 85-73 in a second-round game. Thursday’s TCU game sold out Tuesday in just over six hours. TCU, 23-10, will be playing its third straight NIT game on the road. The Horned Frogs beat 1981 NIT champion Tulsa 64- 62 at Tulsa and defeated Arizo na State 78-76 at Tempe, Ariz. The Horned Frogs start an all-senior front line of 6-10 Brian Christensen at center and 6-9 Doug Arnold and 6-8 Nick Cucinella at forwards. Darrell Browder, a 6-1 guard, leads TCU’s offense. The senior from Fort Worth, Texas, is the school’s all-time top scorer with 1,861 points. Nebraska’s front line includes 6-11 freshman Dave Hoppen at center and 6-4 Cloudy and 6-6 senior Claude Renfro at for wards. TCU Coach Jim Killing- sworth is familiar with Nebras ka’s disciplined style of basket ball. He coached at Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma State for two years before mov ing to TCU in 1979. Two weekends ago, TCU up set Arkansas 61-59 in overtime in the semifinals of the South west Conference Tournament in Dallas. The Horned Frogs fol lowed that with a 62-59 loss to top-ranked Houston in the tour ney’s championship. TCU has qualiFied for Five NCAA tournaments, but this is the school’s First appearance in the NIT. Nebraska, which never has qualiFied for the NCAA, is mak ing its fourth appearance in the NIT. This is the First time the team has advanced as far as the third round. Day students get tbeir news from the Batt. 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