[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 12/8

Wed Dec 8 10:52:13 CST 2004

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**  Midweek Edition **

Football Recruiting is the big topic today, with another Commit and more info on
prospects. There's also news from future Basketball opponents, and the Academic
All Big 10 Team too. Sad news from Volleyball, 
and Miscellany & Alumni news sneaks in too...

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60 Wildcats Named Academic All Big 10

http://northwestern.scout.com/2/328020.html 

Men's BASKETBALL

     Taking those Finals

Looking Ahead:

     De Paul
     Quemont Greer Named Conference USA Player of the Week
      http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/article.asp?CatID=2&ID=1938 

     Seton Hall
     Men's Basketball Hosts St. Francis Wednesday Night at Continental Airlines
Arena
      http://www.shupirates.com/sports/mbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2359 
     + More: Seton Hall-St. Francis

http://www.nj.com/setonhall/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/110248741277081.xml 

     Arizona State

     Robert Morris
     Bucknell Pulls Away from Men's Basketball with Second-Half Surge, 60-45

http://www.rmu.edu/OnTheMove/wpnews.full_story?icalledby=wpnews&ipage=60509&it=&
iattr=&ivisitor=&inwc_seqno=7191&inws_seqno=6547&ihide_header=0 
     Delaware State

Women's BASKETBALL

     Taking Exams

FOOTBALL

     Zook, Northwestern's Walker were teammates
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-walk08.html 
      this is about the story that started the Walker to ND rumors
     Irish may consider Mangino

http://www.kansan.com/getstory.aspx?id=bc0f58d5-0b35-45a9-9046-c2c48862344d 

Commentary:

     This is a sad commentary...
     Bowl teams' grad rates under half
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/082sd2.htm 
     SjT: Randy Walker to the Irish?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/328011.html 

Big 10

     Illini players know there's work ahead
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sports_story.asp?intID=38329155 
     + Zook may not pronounce Illinois right, but it looks like he 'gets' it
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sports_story.asp?intID=38329206 

RECRUITING

     Recruiting Cat Chat Recap $
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/328008.html 
     Omar Conteh Windy City welcomes Texas RB
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=327980&nid=1651730&fhn=1 
     Jake Gaebler More honors for Illinois WR
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=327956&nid=1201736&fhn=1 
     Daryl Jones Waiting on The Farm
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=327851&nid=1168788&fhn=1 
     Steve Davis Visiting Minnesota This Weekend
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=327732&nid=1341235&fhn=1 
     Sean Carney Dallas D'Lineman Down To Two
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=327281 
     Mark Ortmann Will Mark Ortmann be a Wolverine?
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=327912 

VOLLEYBALL

     Margie Fitzpatrick Loses Battle With Brain Cancer
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/120604aab.html 

Miscellany

     Funny that both NU and the Army refer to their top performers as
"Warriors."
     Heated war of words over 'Warriors'

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-041207warriors,1,43474
28.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Oh Well...
     Notre Dame's list of candidates shrinks

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-041206irish,1,4353030.
story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Black ND alumni question Willingham firing

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-041207irishalums,1,809
693.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

Alumni

     In case you missed this one...
     Mark Loretta Padres MVA Again

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/sd/news/sd_news.jsp?ymd=20041119&conte
nt_id=914806&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp 

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