[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 12/14

[Roy Lamberton]

www.PurpleWildcats.com
for Purple Reign & the NU Sports List

10 Days 'til Christmas Edition

All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

BASKETBALL

Men

     Wildcats Outlast Wheaton In Defensive Struggle, 41-39
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/121406aaa.html 
     + NU squeezes past Div-III Wheaton
 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061214nugamer,1,5624669.story?co
ll=chi-sportstop-hed 
     + Division III What? NU 41 Wheaton 39
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/600999.html 
     + Division III Thunder throws scare into NU 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/174144,CST-SPT-nu15.article 
     + 'Fear David,' indeed
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=260225 
     + Coble, Wildcats Hold Off Wheaton
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=41827 
     + Postgame Quotes
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/121406aab.html 
     + Box Score
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2006-2007/mb121406.html 

     Guy Benson: A Win is a Win?
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/analysts/benson20061214.htm 

     Wheaton CollegeThunder
     Wheaton falls 41-39 in a heartbreaker at Northwestern
      http://www.wheaton.edu/Athletics/mbasketball/stories.html#nu 
     + Wheaton men nearly upset Northwestern basketball
 
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/12/14/sportsextra/doc458233dda0bbc749736
922.txt 

     Next up for the Court Cats:
     San Juan Shootout: 12/19 @ 11:00AM Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
     Golden Eagles to face Northwestern Tuesday in San Juan Shootout
 
http://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2111&Itemid=4
7 
     + Game notes (PDF)
 
http://www.ttusports.com/images/stories/2006/Men_Basketball/Notes/MBB_notes_Dec_
12.pdf 
     + Rivers named OVC
 
http://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2109&Itemid=4
7 
     Player of the Week
 
http://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2109&Itemid=4
7 
     + Rivers, Fisher lead the attack as Tech "bombs" Southeast Missouri
 
http://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2107&Itemid=4
7 

     Big 10, etc...
     Pitt's Gray ill; status uncertain for Wisconsin matchup
      http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2697956 
     Could Purdue reach 20 Ws?
 
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=shelman_jeff&id=2697217 
     Conley working to emerge from Oden's lengthy shadow 
      http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9870744 

Women

     Big Ten Boasts All 11 WBB Teams Above .500
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/121106aab.html 
     Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/w-baskbl/505187/','GameTrackerwbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); 
     void(''); 

FOOTBALL

     Sun Bowl Association to Honor Randy Walker
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121406aad.html 
     2006-07 Big Ten Football Bowl Release
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121306aaa.html 
     For those down on NU for losing to New Hampshire
     Santos best player in I-AA 
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/61665262/6273966 

RECRUITING

     Zook's recruits raising eyebrows
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-061214teddy,1,20410
10.column?coll=cs-college-utility 

SOCCER

     Roth Honored by Soccer America; Wildcats Finish Eighth in Final National
Rankings
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/121406aab.html 

WRESTLING

     Nick Hayes Named BigElevenWrestling.net Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/121306aaa.html 

MISCELLANY
Alumni

     PGA  - Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r478 
     Luke Donald - Leaderboard

     + Donald out to hit Target again
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=IYRHXUX3FT1FFQFIQMFCFFOAV
CBQYIV0?xml=/sport/2006/12/15/sgspan15.xml 
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