[NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul

[Mark Ament]

I wasn't there and didn't see or hear the game, but this DePaul team was 
picked by many as a sleeper team in the Big East, so they can't be that 
bad, can they??  Every team can have a bad shooting night and the 
question for those who were there is, how much of DePaul's bad shooting 
was caused by NU's defense and how much by the Demons' lousy shooting? 

A major positive is that the Cats only had 5 turnovers.  The Cats didn't 
shoot very well either but at least they didn't turn the ball over 
unlike many similar games last year.  Games like this are what you can 
build a positive season around - it's good to get a win like this to get 
the Cornell game behind them.
Mark

Michael Jackson wrote:
> The Cats beat a very poor team tonight.  DePaul has some amazing
> leapers, who can't hit from the outside and who play a matador defense.
> They are one of the most undisciplined teams I have seen in a long time.
>
>  
> Still, NU plays 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores in their first seven with
> three of them starting.  I was impressed with the offense.  They were
> crisp and efficient, except for when they let the clock run down to
> under 7 seconds.  They couldn't buy a shot early in the game, going over
> 6 minutes before they even scored.  They were lucky to be only down 20
> to 16 at the half.  But in the second half they started running their
> offense better, getting a few back door chippies.  Coble looks like the
> real deal.  He just needs to add a few pounds in order to survive in the
> Big 10.  Ryan also looked good.  Along with Moore and Williams, the Cats
> have a good young nucleus of players that are only going to get better.
> They still lack interior bulk for rebounding and defense.  The Big 10
> season will be tough, but this team is much farther along than recent
> year's teams.  It will be interesting to see what they can do against a
> better team.  But overall, I went away from tonight's game very
> impressed.  This team, even as young as it is, will only get better.  
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