[NU Sports] Worst basketball seasons ever?

[Michael Lawton]

Actually, that NU-ND NIT game was at the Rosemont
Horizon. So was the last minute buzzer-beating loss to
DePaul that followed.

--- jason singer <jason at jasonsinger.com> wrote:

> Ah! The 1982-83 squad!!! 71-57 over Digger's Notre
> Dame team on St. Patrick's Day in th NIT!! I was
> Willie at that game. Awesome day at Alumni Hall in
> Lincoln Park!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cherron604 at aol.com
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> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:02:17 
> To:rstetson at capps-assoc.com, tbng at comcast.net,
> nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Worst basketball seasons
> ever?
> 
> 
> Can we assemble a list of legit Big Ten-caliber guys
> that Carmody has brought in ?? And of those, how
> many stuck around ?? It makes me long for the days
> of Art Aaron, Gaddis Rathel and Andre Good...
> 
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> To: 'Dennis W. Brandt' <tbng at comcast.net>;
> nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:45 am
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Worst basketball seasons
> ever?
> 
> 
> 
> I finally got a chance to see some NU Hoops -
> unfortunately it was the Purdue
> game....
> 
> This team will probably be much improved next year,
> and if a big guy drifts into
> Evanston, one that can pass, we'll be playing very
> well.
> 
> There is an interesting article in SI this week [no
> not the one with the half
> naked ladies] about Memphis' Dribble Dribble Motion
> offense that draws much of
> its inside game from Pete Carrill and the
> "Princeton" offense. I thought I saw
> some of it sneaking into Thompson's game, with him
> driving the lane for layups.
> 
> But we still can't shoot FTs and we miss 'dem
> bunnies. During PU's long run in
> the 2nd half, NU missed a whole bunch of layups, and
> freethrows. Even Tim Doyle
> had to comment that you can't win doing that.
> 
> As for BC - I won't call for his head just yet - but
> he's got to get a big guy
> 6-9+ or we're going to get defeated easily next year
> too.
> 
> rsl
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> > Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:54 AM
> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Worst basketball seasons
> ever?
> >
> > > Maybe after coaches have seen the Princeton
> offense they figure out how
> > to
> > > beat it.  Georgetown is now having problems
> winning and I believe that
> > > they use the same offense.
> >
> > Forget the offense style.  Northwestern does not
> have very good basketball
> > players.  Coble, our best player, is a sixth or
> seventh man on a good team,
> > and Thompson would see little playing time as a
> freshman.  We have neither
> > size nor quickness, we are not consistent
> shooters, we can't finish the
> > occasional fast break, and we can't rebound a
> lick.  In short, we look like
> > just about every Northwestern team I've watched
> for 43 years.  Maybe next
> > season will be better, but I've been hearing that
> for 43 years, too.
> >
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