[NU Sports] 77-44

[Jason Singer]

Wait...we have a basketball team?

That beat Utah?

Happy Hanukah, indeed!

Best of everything in 2007 to all!!

- jason singer SP 86


On 12/21/06 2:19 PM, "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com> wrote:

> If you had told me before the non-conf season that NU would lose to
> Cornell, edge Wheaton (Div-III)& N. Fla (who?) & Mayaguez (who?), lose a
> tight one at Stanford, lose to Tenn Tech on a neutral floor, and beat
> DePaul & Miami & whip Utah...
> 
> I would've called you NUts.
> 
> Gotta be among the oddest 8-3 stretches ever.
> 
> Happy holidays, all.
> 
> WW
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of NEONRye at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:48 PM
> To: s.fridley at comcast.net; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] 77-44
> 
> 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
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