[NU Sports] Big 10 Tournament; NIT

[NEONRye at aol.com]

Interesting discussion by Mark Murphy in most recent "Murphy's Mark" as to  
why he thinks Chicago is a better choice to become permanent Host City for the  
BT Tourney (both men's and women's brackets) than  Indianapolis.  As he 
notes, it's clearly in NU's interests to move  both to the Chicagoland area (The 
women would be in the new Sears Center in  Hoffman Estates.), rather than 
staying in "'Naptown".
 
On another note--and forgive my NYC provincialism, but I remember the NIT  
when it was really an important tournament (I saw both "Pistol Pete" Maravich  
and "Clyde" Frazier as Seniors in the NIT in two different  years.)--anybody 
think if we beat Penn State and then fall to tOSU, whether we  get an NIT bid?  
I would give anything to see the 'Cats play at MSG.   Even if it's not "the 
Dance", should we make it to the NIT semis or finals, it  would be quite the 
boost for recruiting.
 
Paul Levinson