[NU Sports] NU/DePaul ...

[Jim Bendat]

It was really three separate games:

the beginning:  we were fired up, and jumped to a 13-5 lead at the start 
of the contest.

the middle (acually most of the game):  DePaul 42, NU 27  

the end:  we outscored 'em, 16-5 to finish the game with a flourish.

Jim B.      

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:

>BIG win for Carmody's Cats - we really needed this to kick start the season
>after the slow start out of the gate.
>
>As for Mike Thompson -- a lot of rough edges and first-game kinks, but man,
>this team really looks promising with him in the lineup.
>
>Our offense didn't look good -- we were really struggling to figure out how
>to use MT (need some more cutting when he has the ball up high and more
>inside/out when he's down low), but that will be worked out as they play
>together more.
>
>The biggest thing you could see was on defense -- especially that matchup
>zone that just shut DePaul down in the stretch. With Thompson in the paint,
>he altered shots, gave us some rebounding help and really stopped the
>opponent ruling the paint as Virginia did.
>
>As a player, he still looks like he's fitting in - but he was willing to
>step up down the stretch and you gotta like SOMEONE on this team taking the
>go-to role in clutch. He doesn't make stupid fouls -- and he makes the
>hustle plays you love to see from a big man (he's already strong on the
>pick-n-roll -- we need to use that more with Parker -- and was even diving
>on the floor at times).
>
>Plus now we have some semblance of a bench with DD, Seacat and Lee
>available. With a couple more tough games before Christmas, it will be nice
>to see this team get more comfortable with each other and hopefully hit
>stride right as Big Ten play approaches.
>
>And going back to our transfer discussion -- they mentioned it on ESPN on
>how this is the anti-KO era with people transferring IN to NU to play for
>Carmody. Yeah, we didn't get Amaker back then and the O'Neill era was
>awful, but I couldn't be more happy than where we're at now -- Bill Carmody
>is the perfect fit for the NU job and a class act. Plus, I don't think
>Amaker's the type to stick around (he'll be gone from Michigan within 5
>years) ... Carmody's not looking at Evanston as a stepping stone.
>
>Not a great game - but a real promising start to the MT era and a
>much-needed win over our crosstown rivals (who had just come off a big win
>over ND ... Greer had a big game, but we really shut down Diener). Welcome
>aboard, Mr. Thompson!
>
>GO CATS!!!
>-SjT
>
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