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[johnadeg at comcast.net]

It took a long time before NU had a competitive football program and it took  a mesmerizer like Barnett to do this.  My guess is that until NU can find a basketball coach with the  same kind of personality, it will take a long time to bring the basketball program up to the standards of the football program.  Too often Carmody looks more like a guy waitng for a bus than an enthusiatic coach.

John DeGroat

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From: "Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)" <alan.abrahamson at nbcuni.com>
> Let me just observe that when I see the likes of Butler ranked ninth,
> crushing opponents while raining in three-point shots, it makes me,
> again, confront life's big mysteries, like the big-bang theory or how
> many people will now claim a piece of Anna Nicole Smith's estate. Or,
> more to the point: why can't Northwestern field a winning basketball
> team? Butler, ladies and gentlemen. You're telling me that the weather
> is better near Indianapolis than Chicago? That Butler doesn't have
> recruiting standards?
>  Switching topics: for some reason, the TJ Maxx outlet near us in Palos
> Verdes, Calif., was stocked a couple weeks ago with Northwestern gear.
> You know how when you go into a Foot Locker or Sportsmart or whatever,
> and the college stuff on sale is always Ohio State, North Carolina,
> Georgetown, Duke, USC? Here was Wildcat gear. Stunning. On the theory
> that you can never have enough purple stuff, I stocked up on a hooded
> sweatshirt ($24.99), baseball cap ($4.99) and a knit wool ski hat ($3.99
> -- for those cold California nights). Kudos must go here to listmate
> Neil Kaplan, the first to see the stuff. (He bought a sweatshirt.)
>  Warm regards, Alan
>  
>  
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