[NU Sports] 77-44

[NEONRye at aol.com]

What's probably most important about this win (over a quality opponent) is  
that our team should now feel that they can be competitive when they walk on 
the  court.  NU's repeated failures in hoops are really in the nature of a  
self-fulfilling prophecy.  We (the team, the fans, maybe even the coach and  AD) 
do not expect to make the NCAA's, so we don't.  It's like Rutgers in  football 
now (and NU on the gridiron pre-1995; actually, pre-Notre Dame that  year), we 
need a few wins at the right time to instill a belief in the team that  they 
SHOULD win, not that they probably will lose. It's a long slog, but maybe  
this victory will lead somewhere.  At age 54, my window for an NCAA  appearance 
is maybe another 25 years or so if I am lucky, so I hope that we  start the 
climb now.:-)
 
Happy Holidays to all.
 
Paul Levinson