[NU Sports] The basketball team

[Michael Jackson]

It is hard to be "cheery" when your team is losing.  It is quite another
thing to state that a game was well-played and enjoyable.  What you say
is correct.  NU needs more talent to get the job done.  What I am saying
is that this is a young team with a solid base of Freshmen and
Sophomores and a good recruiting class coming in next year. Do they need
more?  Yes.  They need one or two more big guys to bang with the front
lines in the Big Ten.  Is it enough to keep Carmody around?  Only time
will tell.   At least pay attention to how the team plays, not just the
won loss record.  

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:15 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] The basketball team

We still have people here who insist on being cheery after yet another
loss, 
people who should be totally DISsatisfied with the continued failure of
the 
NU basketball program.  It's another +1 under "L," our usually
incremented 
column.  I did not bother watching the game.  Perhaps Wisconsin took the

Cats lightly; perhaps the Cats played their butts off.  They always play

their hearts out and occasionally can win a game or put the fear of God
into 
a better team.  In the end, though, they are still the hustling, well 
coached, talent-starved team that Bill Carmody has always put on the
floor. 
They can and will never be successful in the Big 10 until they sate 
themselves at the talent table, whatever offensive dish they choose to
dine 
on.  The NU basketball program continues to be a failure and does not 
currently demonstrate any hope that will change next season.  There are 
high-caliber schools who DO recruit basketball talent.  Why can't we? 

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