[NU Sports] Sorry NCAA field ...

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Unfortunately we will never see the Purple in March Madness as long as Bienen protects Carmody.

John DeGroat 
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> In the annual look at the top seeds' graduation rates,
> only a few make the cut - surprised how low some of
> these are (even Duke's is pretty low for them!).
> Congrats to Purdue for representing the Big Ten well.
> 
> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney08/news/story?id=3297989&campaign=rss&s
> ource=ESPNHeadlines
> 
> As for the Big Ten itself, not sure it will be a good
> tourney for us. Wisconsin not only got robbed of a #2
> seed, but got the toughest lower half of a bracket for
> any #3 seed -- USC or Beasley (in Omaha) for round 2
> with Georgetown waiting? UGH! And once IU and Purdue
> slipped so low, it was clear OSU's bubble had burst.
> MSU actually might be the only Sweet 16 team from the
> league.
> 
> I just kept thinking during the selection show how fun
> this would be for football - yeah, there will always
> be controversy (ASU got shafted out here - beating U
> of A twice AND finishing a game higher in a league
> with a true round-robin schedule!) ... but great fun
> to see where the committee seeds everyone. Dare to
> dream.:)
> 
> And speaking of dreaming ... here's to seeing the
> purple in March Madness one of these years!
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
> 
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