[NU Sports] Northwestern State

[John A. DeGroat]

The difference between PSU and NU is that PSU recruited better players.

John DeGroat

Michael Vance wrote:

> Paul-
>
> I think it was apparent, after watching how we played against PSU 
> three times, that the matchup was just horrendous against PSU.  
> Sometimes basketball comes down to matchups of individual personnel 
> and matchups of offensive style vs. defensive style.  I think that the 
> matchups were so disadvantageous against PSU that if we played them 
> ten times and then played any other team in the league ten times, we'd 
> probably get more wins out of the latter.
>
> Maybe I'm just making excuses, but I don't really see any other 
> explanation.
>
> -Michael
>
> NEONRye at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>> As usual, and I've known you a long time, you may good, cogent 
>> points,  especially about GW.  But I am just not convinced that we 
>> are in position  to go to the next level.  We never string together 
>> long win streaks.   The perfect example was when we were 2-0 (2 road 
>> wins) to start the Big 10  season and came home to lose to Penn 
>> State.  That was just crushing.   We finally had a chance to build 
>> some momentum and perhaps finish with a record  worthy of NCAA 
>> consideration, but we crashed and burned (for the first, but not  
>> last, time vs. Penn State).  If we can't beat the lower echelon hoops 
>> teams  in our conference at home with a chance to go 3-0, when are we 
>> ever going to  make the quantum leap necessary to get to the "Dance"?
>>  
>> Paul Levinson
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