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| CORNHUSKER SCOREBOARD 26 xf
Record to date = 51 Iowa 60; 69 texas Tech 633 71 Michigan
773 46 Wichita 71; 71 UCLA 653.52 Wisconsin 713... ..Vanderbilt. |
Setuming lettermen-(60 = Duane Buel, 83. Jogmen, Coufal es
Rex Ekwall, cef; Chuck Smith, £3. Billy WEEX Wells, g aes
2 1955 Big ‘Seven finish - 3rd T Ge6; al. games 9-12 :
Previous tournament fintshese 1946-6th;. 1947 aths, edeerghs
1949 = 7ths 1950e 4th; 195l= 8th; 1952- 6th; 1953- 4ths 1954-8th W 7 L 20
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Remaining pre-tournament games - none > , bente
First round opponent .- Mis sourd 7330. pem. Wednesday
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‘Nebraska comes into the Big Seven tournament with the
drabest record of any competing team. Aside from ‘Orlahoma,. the Corniuskers
will be.the only club,in the eight-man field below .500. Vanderbilt |
dropped them to ant Wednesday with a... .. conquest in rama

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NU's early schedule was not easy. “But ‘th was “not as yous
rugged as that of Gvkonsdoyx at least three other league memberse Bright.
spots are a @ 71-62 victory over UCLA and a stiff - asdault, against. Towals
defemling Big Ten champions before dropping. a. 51-60 openers ‘The Huskers 3
managed only a 69-65 win over texas Tech, a ecue that, was..slaughtered | MY, f
Missouri, Iowa State ant ae one it ‘eck’ fears one Tecings., from. a
Wiehita end Wisconsin. Bea cc oo Vee oo

More was expected of taatx a club which was the conference’
surprise team last year witha third -place tie. The Huskers lost only tvo,,
important hands, Willard Fagler and Gary Henzelman, who alternated at

center and finished as the club's 1-3 seomersx scorers. Six lettermen

return, including one of the loop's best 1955 sophomores, Rex Ekwalle