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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
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Cougars’ foul shooting
an obstacle in tourney
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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.
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TCU to face tough test
against Huskers in NIT
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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.
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