[NU Sports] RE: nwu-sports Digest, Vol 4, Issue 47

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

That is why  we bought Dish's college basketball package.  We get a lot of NU games plus a bunch of Big Ten games.

John DeGroat
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From: "Dennis Gaub" <dennisgaub at qwest.net>
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> Agreed, Dennis. I find the Cats hoopsters on the tube exactly one time this
> winter and watch a pitiful display. I thought, maybe, there was hope when
> the Cats went on a 9-0 run (if I recall right) and closed the gap to 5
> points before halftime. But then the pathetic play returned. My God, it's
> rare, if ever, that I turn the TV off when watching NU football because
> there always seems to be hope and some amount of matched talent. But,
> basketball, forget it.
> 
> Dennis Gaub
> Medill '74
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> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:37:59 -0500
> From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> Subject: [NU Sports] More bad basketball
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> Another woeful basketball game for the Cats and this one on national TV in
> glorious high definition.  "We're not shooting the ball very well and we
> can't seem to get any rebounds," Coach Carmody said after the game.  Not
> shooting well?  They threw up enough bricks to build Donald Trump's next
> mansion.  And Coach, you've never had a team that could rebound because
> you've never recruited a team that was big, strong, fast, and athletic at a
> Big 10 level.  You know, like Illinois' players, and they are just a
> mid-level team who needed to wipe their feet on the league doormat to top
> .500.  Will I live long enough to see talented basketball players playing
> for the home team in Evanston? 
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