[NU Sports] basketball futility

[cherron604 at aol.com]

An odd second sentence from the Tribune.  We could be completing our third milenium of basketball, and the lack of an NCAA appearance would be no more remarkable - the NCAA tournament has only been conducted since 1939 (at our old Patten Gym), and has only been the obviously superior tournament since about 1950 or 51.
 
Chuck Herron  Tech '85
 
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From: Abrahamson, Alan <Alan.Abrahamson at latimes.com>
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Sent: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:42:56 -0800
Subject: [NU Sports] basketball futility


 This sentence from this morning's Tribune says it all:
 "Under Carmody, the Wildcats' 29-31 record the last two seasons is their best 
two-year stretch since Rich Falk's teams went 32-36, including an NIT berth, 
from 1982 to '84."
 Just to pile on, this sentence, from later in the story: "Northwestern is 
beginning its second century of basketball, still looking for its first NCAA 
tourney berth."
 Ugh.
 Yech.
 Ptooey.
 It is abominable that we have been so bad, and for so long.  
 What's fair for the goose, etc.: I do not think it the least bit unreasonable 
to hold the men's basketball team to the same expectation as the fb team. (In 
this case, however, I mean the bb version of eight or nine wins -- like, 20. I 
don't literally mean eight or nine!)
 I readily, happily concede that the team seems to be getting better under 
Carmody.
 Let me just say, however, that I expect them to make the NCAA tourney. It's 
about time. And this is the team -- with seven seniors.
 I applaud the wins over Leigh and Charlotte. But losing to Wilmington? 
 
 

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