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It was nerve-racking for many. After predictingthe greatest season ever, the Pioneerbasketball team began the year withone win against eight losses. Thingslooked pretty bleak.Then something happened and the cagerscame alive with an enthusiasm that hadbeen absent for sometime. In fact, spiritcould be called the key to the greatestseason ever. New basketball mentor jimKarabetsos claimed that spirit took thebasketballers through pre-season training,through the early season slump andthrough the big wins over nationally rankedOregon and Utah State.Team · captain Bill Jones spearheaded thedrive towards D.U.'s finest season alongwith veteran Willy Cherry and J. C. transferDave Bustion. Breaking into the startingfive was Frank Russ who hit well from theoutside all year, and Horace Kearny cameback for another year at starting guard.Bob Oliver, Jim Wishmeyer, and MosesBrewer backed the starting five consistently.Although hopes were high for a bid to NIT,the Pioneers lost in tight balloting by theselections committee. But if 1972 startswhere this season left off, .look for D.U. tobe a national power in the battle for cagesupremacy.Varsity Basketball RosterMoses BrewerDave BustionWillie CherryMark DaleyGreg GrcevichBill JonesRick LarsonGreg LinkBob MossBob OliverFrank RussGary SacheckDick ScharphornSteve SchrayJim WishmierJohn YatchakHead Coach jim KarabetsosHonorsAll American of the United Savings-HelmsAthletic Foundation: Dave Bustion172