[NU Sports] Worst basketball seasons ever?

Tue Feb 19 15:57:44 CST 2008

Small quibble - Michael's right that the NIT game vs. DePaul that year was at the Rosemont Horizon - I was there.  But the preceding round vs. ND was at ND (on St. Patrick's Day, no less).

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From: Michael Lawton <mtl96 at yahoo.com>
> 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!
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cherron604 at aol.com
> > 
> > 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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