[NU Sports] Whew!

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Didn't get to see the game but I saw the webcast highlights on the BTN - not pretty in many ways, but kind of fitting given how we were down there and couldn't score at the end last year.

I think Duke is a better team than last year ... but we still should have won by more. Still, get the win and get home. We'll take it.:)

Around the league, Minnesota's win was impressive. Not so much the offense (we knew they'd be decent) but the defense. Hard to get much of a read on teams like Purdue and Indiana with the competition, but it looks like the middle of the pack in the Big Ten is going to be quite competitive this year.

Next week things step up for the league with the two big games in California for the Bucks and Bucky, Big Blue's Notre Dame game and the intriguing Oregon @ Purdue matchup.

As for us, just get the win. The Ohio game the following week will be interesting, but we can't look ahead of the Salukis.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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