[NU Sports] Basketball

[Eric West]

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> <But I'm not ready to write off the season on the basis of the first 
> exhibition game.
>
> I'm not suggesting we write them off.  I am suggesting that if we are 
> to be competitive in the Big 10, we can't be losing to the likes of 
> Robert Morris.

Well, that's kind of a truism. It's like saying if we want to be 
competitive in Big Ten football, we can't be losing to the likes of 
Indiana. It's true, and yet....

Now, I've no evidence that our hoops team will be anything special this 
year, but it was their first game together, it was an exhibition, and it 
was against the good Robert Morris and not the bad one. One game hardly 
means that much, especially in basketball. No doubt they know they need 
to improve; let's see what the season actually brings.


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu