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[Steve Fridley]

I think Thompson's absence was key, but it also shed additional light 
on other problems.

Carmody told Dave Eanet on WGN before the game that Thompson missed 
class more than he should.  He really let his teammates down.

Aaron Johnson was the only PSU player who could cause matchup problems 
for us, and Thompson is the only physical player we have who could have 
slowed Robinson's rebounding down.  But most of the Cats showed little 
heart and hustle in even attempting to get rebounds.  Without Thompson, 
we should still be better than Penn State.  But we weren't today.

It was a terrible day for the Cats, and for their outlook.


On Jan 22, 2005, at 7:13 PM, John Labbe wrote:

How key was not having Thompson this afternoon?  Just a few more 
rebounds and we would have had that game, I think.

Does anyone have any inside information about what's up?  This is the 
second time he's had an issue for breaking team rules.  At least the 
last time he was out for only about 10 minutes of the game (I'm not 
sure it was a suspension, actually, but he didn't start).  I think the 
last time he just missed the team bus to the airport, or something like 
that.

The other players don't seem to have this problem.  Is he a little 
cocky coming to play at NU from Duke?  It doesn't look that way on the 
court, but these violations of team rules are a problem.

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