[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 3/7

[Roy Lamberton]

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& the NU Sports List

First day of Reading Week Edition

This and that as Basketball gets ready for the Big 10 Tourney, Lacrosse on the
road in Philly as you can vote for 2 Cats in a "top players" poll, Golf in
action, Tennis and some other thoughts today.

             All the News that Fits We Link
            Your Periodic Index to News about
            Northwestern University Athletics
BASKETBALL

     Men
     POD: Cats in the Big 10 Tournament
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/505778.html 
     Field Set for 2006 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030506aaa.html 
     + Tournament Bracket
 
http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2006_
MBBtourney.pdf

     NU has the Game of the Year
     The Big Ten's best (and worst)
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060306colbbkbigten,1,2
248059.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Adam has some good interviews in both pieces:
     Rittenberg: Can NU basketball follow football's lead?
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=163645 
     Rittenberg Redux: Tradition biggest NU hurdle
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=163635 

     Then its Penn State one more time
     Nittany Lions hope time off does them good
 
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_un
iversity/14035172.htm 
     + Penn State preparing for Northwestern
 
http://www.pennlive.com/sportsflash/psuhoops/index.ssf?/base/sports-21/114169406
1252680.xml&storylist=penn_pennstatehoops 
     + Poll: Will PSU beat Northwestern?
 
http://forums.centredaily.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-psuhoops&msg=5.1&ctx=0 

     Other Big 10
     Hitting stride
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/071sd7.htm 
     Illinois Moves Up to No. 9 in AP Poll
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=26276 

FOOTBALL
RECRUITING

     Pittsburgh Combine Photo Gallery II
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=506086 

GOLF

     Men
     No. 12 Northwestern in Eighth Place at Seminole Intercollegiate
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/030606aaa.html 
     Women
     Northwestern to Host Palm Springs Area Tournament
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/030606aaa.html 

LACROSSE

     You can only vote once but two of NU's Lacrosse Cats are on the list
     Vote for Kjellman (and Amonte-Hiller)
      http://www.ncaasports.com/lacrosse/womens/fanpolls 
     Northwestern still on top of Bounce Entertainment/IL poll
 
http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=114012 

TENNIS

     Men
     Northwestern Rolls Past Arizona State, 5-2
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/030706aab.html 

Miscellany

     Murphy's Mark: March Madness Has Arrived 
     http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/030606aab.html 

     This is school spirit
     Injured SIU cheerleader expects full recovery
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060306collbkbsiuitem,1
,5948055.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Chicago baseball fans mourn the loss of one its greatest heroes with the
passing of South Side native Kirby Puckett.
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=26180 

Alumni

     Luke Donald: Playing in the Honda Classic
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r010 

     Tim Johnson - Next Nationwide Tour event is March 23rd

     FWIW - I'm not going to link all of the Marlin stories with Joe Girardi
quotes in them. As Manager of the team, Girardi is quoted almost every day about
players, etc.

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