[NU Sports] Basketball

[Dennis W. Brandt]

Last night's loss to Stanford was played by the same sort of Bill Carmody 
team we've seen since he arrived:  well coached, hustling, and short on 
physical size and skills.  They played good fundamental defense but 
ultimately were about as inpenitrable as a wall of Legos trying to contain 
an Abrams tank.  On offense, they have no inside game that doesn't involve a 
back-pick, can't finish a fast-break, and fail to convert free-throws, which 
on its on would have made victory possible last night.  This team continues 
to scream for a good center and a slashing small forward but, as usual, came 
up short in the recruiting department.  They will win a few games when they 
play at their best, but there will be joy in neither Mudville nor Evanston 
again this season.