From the Sioux City Journal, Michael Brauer
The first time Briar Cliff College approached Ray Nacke about coaching basketball, he turned it down.
It was 1966, the first year Briar Cliff began admitting men, and its basketball players had nowhere to practice but a glorified maintenance shed.
Five years later, Nacke took the job anyway.
"They said, ‘We should have a new gym within five years,'" recalled Nacke, now 75 years old. "It took 10. And believe me, it was a battle."
On Saturday, February 4, during WinterFest, the playing surface at Briar Cliff University's Newman Flanagan Center will be officially named Ray Nacke Court.
Story from the Sioux City Journal, Michael Brauer - www.siouxcityjournal.com
Ask Ron Schultz about the time he scored the first points in Briar Cliff basketball history. He can describe every detail from that 1967 game. He'll even show you the tape.
| (RV) Dakota State University at | 62 |
| (RV) Morningside | 69 |
| Dordt at | 91 |
| Hastings | 81 |
| Make up from Feb. 4 Postponement | |
| (13) Northwestern at | 91 |
| Concordia | 80 |
| Make up from Feb. 4 Postponement | |
| Doane at | 68 |
| University of Nebraska-Omaha | 79 |
| Make up from Feb. 4 Postponement | |
| Mount Marty at | 61 |
| (15) Briar Cliff | 68 |
| (RV) Morningside at | 63 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 66 |
| Doane at | Ppd. |
| University of Nebraska-Omaha |
| Dakota Wesleyan at | 50 |
| Midland | 71 |
| (13) Northwestern at | Ppd. |
| Concordia | |
| Postponed to Monday, Feb. 6 at 8pm | |
| (5) Dordt at | Ppd. |
| Hastings | |
| Postponed to Monday, Feb. 6 at 8pm | |
| (15) Briar Cliff at | 77 |
| Doane | 71 |
| Hastings at | 77 |
| Midland | 86 |
| (RV) Morningside at | 81 |
| Dakota Wesleyan | 59 |
| (13) Northwestern at | 72 |
| (5) Dordt | 86 |
| Concordia at | 67 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 47 |
| Mount Marty at | 49 |
| Dakota State University | 67 |
| (14) Briar Cliff at | 53 |
| (6) Dordt | 75 |
| (RV) Midland at | 60 |
| Morningside | 73 |
| Doane at | 63 |
| Dakota Wesleyan | 79 |
| Hastings at | 71 |
| (12) Northwestern | 79 |
| Concordia at | 8:00pm |
| (16) Briar Cliff | CST |
| (RV) Midland at | 8:00pm |
| Doane | CST |
| (4) Dordt at | 8:00pm |
| Dakota Wesleyan | CST |
| (15) Northwestern at | 8:00pm |
| Mount Marty | CST |
| Hastings at | 8:00pm |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | CST |
| (16) Briar Cliff at | 4:00pm |
| (RV) Morningside | CST |
| Doane at | 4:00pm |
| (15) Northwestern | CST |
| Concordia at | 4:00pm |
| (4) Dordt | CST |
| Hastings at | 4:00pm |
| Mount Marty | CST |
| (RV) Midland at | 6:00pm |
| (RV) Dakota State University | CST |
| Nebraska Wesleyan at | 4:00pm |
| Dakota Wesleyan | CST |
| (RV) Midland at | 8:00pm |
| (16) Briar Cliff | CST |
| Mount Marty at | 8:00pm |
| (RV) Morningside | CST |
| Nebraska Wesleyan at | 8:00pm |
| Doane | CST |
| Dakota Wesleyan at | 8:00pm |
| (15) Northwestern | CST |
| Hastings at | 8:00pm |
| Concordia | CST |
| Dakota Wesleyan at | 4:00pm |
| (16) Briar Cliff | CST |
| (15) Northwestern at | 4:00pm |
| (RV) Midland | CST |
| (RV) Morningside at | 4:00pm |
| Hastings | CST |
| (4) Dordt at | 4:00pm |
| Doane | CST |
