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University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Athletics Media Guides Athletics 1974 Basketball 1974-75 University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1957 Athletics, University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa, "Basketball 1974-75" (1974). Athletics Media Guides. 64. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg/64 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Media Guides by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Quick Facts About UNI LOCATION: Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: FOUNDED: 1876 Dr. Raymond Schlicher ENROLLMENT: 8,800 CONFERENCE: North Central PRESIDENT: Dr. John J. Kamerick NATIONAL AFFILIATION: NCAA Division 11 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Stan Sheriff TEAM NICKNAME: Panthers (Cal Poly, 1954) SCHOOL COLORS: Purple and Old Gold HEAD COACH: James Berry HOME COURT: Men's Gymnasi um (3,500) (Creighton, 1960) LETTERMEN LOST: None GRADUATE ASSISTANTS: LETTERMEN RETURNING: 7 Dan Breitbach (Loras, 1972) Jim Kelly (Loras, 1974) 1973-74 DUAL RECORD: 4-22 Dan Corken (Loras, 1973) CONFERENCE FINISH: 8th (1-13) Sports Information Service (Public Information Services-169 Administration Building) Director, James W. Shaffer (Michigan State, 1974) (319) 273-2761 / 0ffice (319) 268-0324/ Home Northern Iowa Basketball, 1974-75 is designed to assist you with basic information concerning UNI and its basketball program. Press facilities in the Men's Gymnasium are extremely limited. Only working press is allowed access to the press box. Floor passes for news media photographers are available and all requests should be made at least five days in advance before all home games. Three radio booths are available on a first come, first serve basis. Park ing facilities are located just south of the Men's Gymnasium. Programs, starting lineups and game background information are provided before each game. Statistical summaries and a play-by-play account are provided after each half, with quotes from both coaches available in the locker rooms immediately after the game. The Panther Press Waterloo Daily Courier KWWL-TV-Radio, Waterloo (Russ Smith, Sports Editor) (Ron Steele, Sports Director) Cedar Falls Record KCFl-Radio, Cedar Falls (Jeff Green, Sports Editor) KUNI-Radio, UNI Northern Iowan, UNI KCRS-Radio, UNI (Dave Paxton, Sports Editor) KXEL-Radio, Waterloo Des Moines Register (Leighton Housh, Sports Editor) WMT-TV-Radio, Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Gazette (Ron Gonder, Sports Director) (Gus Schrader, Sports Editor) KCRG-TV-Radio, Cedar Rapids Dubuque Telegraph-Herald (Bob Brooks, Sports Director) (Hal Lagerstrom, Sports Editor) WHO- TV-Radio, Des Moines Associated Press, Des Moines (Jim Zabel, Sports Director) KCCl-TV-Radio, Des Moines Associated Press, Sioux Falls, S. D. (Pete Taylor, Sports Director) United Press International, Des Moines Where To Look About UNI ......... ..... Inside Front Cover, 11 Commissioner ... .. ..... ...... ....... 9 Sports Information Service Inside Front Cover Composite NCC Schedule Inside Back Cover The Panther Press ... Inside Front Cover Athletic Staff .. .. .. .. .. ....... ... .. 1O A New Cager Look . ................ 2 The UNI-Dome .. .. .... ....... ... .. 11 Home Game Information . ...•. • ... .. .... 2 The Roster .... .... .. ..... ..... ... .... 12 1974-75 Schedule ... ...... • ...... ...... 3 1973-74 Results ...... .. ,.. .. .. .......... 13 1974-75 Outlook . .........•................. 4 1973-74 Final UNI Statistics .. ... .. 15 Coaching Staff . ... .... ..... 5 North Central Statistics .. .. ........ 14 Player Profiles ..... .. .... .. 6-8 The Opposition ................. ..... .. 16-19 Athletic Director .... ...... ... ........ .. ... 9 The Record Book ...... .. .... .. .. .. .. 20-24 North Central Conference Members . .... ... 9 Publication Information: University of Northern Iowa Basketball, 1974-75 is produced by the Sports Information Office , James W. Shaffer, Director. John Nicol, Publications and Dave Jorgenson, Photography were responsible for helping produce this book. A New Cager Look (L to R) Bill Runchey models the pur ple road uniform with white numerals, Joe Ferguson wears the white home uniform with purple numerals and Nie Classick displays purple and gold warmups with white trim. Home Game Information GAME SITE: Men's Gymnasium (3,500) located on the UNI campus immediately east of 0 . R. Latham Stadium on Minnesota Street. GAME TIME: Varsity games start at 7:30 p.m., with preliminary games at 5:30 p.m. Varsity teams may warmup immediately after the conclusion of these games. TEAM UNIFORM: Northern Iowa colors are Purple and Old Gold. White uni forms with purple numbers are worn by the Panthers at home and purple uniforms with white numbers are worn on the road. OFFICIALS: Officials are registered and approved by the North Central Con ference, Dr. Richard Koppenhaver, Commissioner, Suite 232, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn. 55404. TICKETS: Contact R.C. Johnson, Assistant Athletic Director, Men's Gymnasium, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613. (319) 273-2470. Reserved seats - $3.50. General Admission - $3.00. PRACTICE SESSIONS: The Men's Gymnasium is available for visiting team practice if arrangements are made in advance by contacting Jim Berry, Head Basketball Coach. (319) 273-2141 . GAME EQUIPMENT: Spaulding 100 basketballs are used for all home games. Practice balls are supplied upon request. DRESSING ROOMS: Visitor's dressing rooms are located at the southeast cor ner of Men's Gymnasium and can be entered through the southeast en trance. PRESS PASSES, INFORMATION , TICKETS: Contact James W. Shaffer, Sports Information Director, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613. (319) 273-2761 , Office or (319) 268-0324, Home. 2 1974-75 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Dec. 3 CENTRAL MISSOURI CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Dec. 7 Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. 3:00 p.m. EST Dec. 9 NEBRASKA-OMAHA CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Dec. 13 Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. 7:30 p.m. CST Dec. 14 Eastern Illinois Charleston, Il l. 7:30 p.m. CST Dec. 21 Iowa State Ames 7:30 p.m. CST Dec.23 LORAS CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Dec. 26-28 *NCC Holiday Tournament Sioux Falls, S.D. To Be Announced Jan. 4 ·Mankato State Mankato, Minn. 7:30 p.m. CST Jan.10 *AUGUSTANA CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Jan. 11 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Jan. 24 · North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. 7:30 p.m. CST Jan. 25 *North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D. 7:30 p.m. CST Jan. 31 *SOUTH DAKOTA CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 1 *MORNINGSIDE CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 6 Briar Cl iff Sioux City 7:30 p.m. CST Feb.8 *MANKATO STATE CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 14 · south Dakota State Brookings, S.D. 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 15 *Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. 7:30 p.m. CST Feb.18 WESTERN ILLINOIS CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 21 *NORTH DAKOTA CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb.22 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE CEDAR FALLS 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 28 *Morningside Sioux City 7:30 p.m. CST Mar. 1 · south Dakota Vermillion, S.D. 7:30 p.m. CST HOME GAMES: 11 AWAY GAMES: 12 (Plus Hol iday Tournament) *CONFERENCE GAMES: 14 (7 Home, 7 Away) 3 Youth Plays Big Role In 1974-75 If winning seasons and North Central Conference championships are won by ex perience, superstars and flashy basketball, count UNI out this season. In fact, the Pan thers lack all those ingredients and depend on youthful enthusiasm and hard work to key any success in the 74-75 campaign. Coach Jim Berry begins his second season in charge of another i nexperienced, green cage squad at UNI. With two seniors returning, the Panthers become more reliant on underclassmen for the bulk of their support. A bright spot is UNI lost no one to graduation and is renovating a group of people into a possible contender. Seven lettermen are back, making the Panthers not completely void of experience. Two starters from last season help stabilize the otherwise rookie roster. " We're young again this season, but some of our freshmen last year should help out after getting quite a bit of playing time," says Berry. " But the thing which is essential for our ballclub is to find a team leader. This hurt us last year. " Likely candidates appear to be senior guard, Joe Ferguson (6-2, 175) and Bill Runchey (6-6, 210), a junior forward. Ferguson led Panther scorers with 323 points and a 12.4 average. Runchey finished 1973 as UNl 's top rebounder, snatching 169 caroms and second in scoring with 257 points for a 9.9 average. Support has to come from guards Greg Goodman (6-1 , 170), Bill Barnhouse (6-2, 175), and University of Iowa transfer Mark Welsh (6-4, 180) who alternates between forward and the back court. Nie Classick (6-6, 220) should see action at forward along with senior Jim Davis (6-5, 180) and Randy Podhaski (6-6, 200) at forward and center. Jim Riggert (6-8, 205) is slated for action at the pivot, with Doug Johnson (6-9, 210) and Mike Roberts (6-7, 200) also providing depth under the boards. Goodman, Barnhouse, Podhaski, Riggert and Johnson are sophomores with game time last season, while Welsh and Classick are both juniors. Freshmen are Gene Wi ley (6-1 , 160), Steve Miles (5-10, 160) and Reggie Butler (6-2, 175) at guard and Phil Rilett (6-6, 205) at forward. ' Berry is hopeful some of his younger players will mature this season after a year's ex perience under their belt. " A big win would help our squad tremendously and give us some confidence to make up for lack of experience," he says.