[NU Sports] Basketball

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As long as Bienen is there o protect Carmody, he won't get bounced.

John DeGroat
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> >  Just to provoke discussion:
> > have to ask, again: if Wisconsin can remake itself
> > into a perennial basketball contender from that
> > talent pool, why is it Northwestern is not able to
> > win?
> 
> Now ... as a native Wisconsinite I take offense to
> that!:) Having seen high school hoops in Arizona for
> the past few years, I can say that although Wisconsin
> high schools are not exactly Indiana and Illinois for
> talent, there are a lot worse states.
> 
> Wisconsin's produced its share of talent ... and more
> importantly, has seen its share of quality coaches at
> the high school and college level in the past few
> decades. Plus ... Wisconsin, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee
> and UW-Green Bay have all made notable NCAA runs in
> the past two decades and the non division I schools
> are strong. Not many states outside of Indiana and
> Carolina have multi-school successes on the hardcourt
> in recent years. Much like the Packers/Badgers success
> of the 1990s trickled down to boost the state's HS
> football programs, so did Marquette and Wisconsin's
> Final Four runs.
> 
> But in any case, it's apples and oranges with UW and
> NU. Being the primary state university will help you
> "seal the borders" - especially when you get good.
> Wisconsin's football and basketball successes both
> started with getting good coaches who kept the best
> talent in state. NU has no home borders to seal.
> 
> >  2. Indiana reportedly keen to make a run at
> > Tennessee's Bruce Pearl. To which I have to ask: why
> > doesn't Northwestern make a run at Pitt's Jamie
> > Dixon?
> 
> Two parts there ... first off IU would be wise to get
> Pearl. Dunno if he'll leave, but they need a big name
> in Bloomington after the Sampson debacle. As for
> Dixon, I'm not sure why he'd leave Pitt for NU. Nice
> to dream a bit though!:)
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
> 
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