[NU Sports] Basketball

[Jonathan Hodges]

Unfortunately, the coach is not allowed to go out there and shoot the free
throws for the players.  If a player can't hit a free throw, I don't know
how you can blame this on the coaching staff - they must have shot some in
high school and it's basically the most simple thing that's done on the
basketball floor.

Regarding the lack of size, I was surprised to see NU in the game down only
by 5 or 6 with time winding down in the game - surprising given the fact
that Stanford had a huge size advantage.  Also, NU was obviously hurt by the
lack of Coble, hopefully his mother gets well soon and he can return to the
team.

There's a lot of promise on the team, but the fact is that they're still
young - it was nice to see a breakout game by Thompson who has the potential
to be special down the road, especially if the right guys can be put in
place around him.  I heard an interview with him following the game on the
radio and he was very well-spoken - and he's a freshman.

Jonathan

On Nov 16, 2007 7:29 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dennis obviously saw the same game that I did and came to the same
> conclusions as did.
> Why can't Carmody teach players to hit free throws???
>
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> > 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.
> >
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