[NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul

[Michael Vance]

The AP writeup seems to indicate that it was a painful game to watch if 
you like to actually see the ball go through the basket, with both teams 
shooting in the vicinity of 30%.  Unless, as Mark hopes, that was 
because of good defense, it sounds excruciating.

Mark Ament wrote:
> 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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