[NU Sports] basketball?

[Scott Zeller]

*I've been waiting for the right time to re-post this thread, as I said I
would about six months ago. Now I can do that "I told you so." Feels pretty
good.
*
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Scott Zeller <scottzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm going to save these posts so I an do an "I told you so" this winter. I
> don't think we have *ever* had a recruiting class like the one that just
> came in this fall. They will not be stiffs. And unlike football, in hoops,
> freshmen can make a monster impact (see OSU making the National Championship
> game two years ago on what was basically a freshman team). Look for this
> season to be one of the most fun times for Northwestern b-ball since riding
> the el in 1983. And it will only get better after that.
>
> Scott Zeller MD
> Med '86
>
>
>   On 10/16/08, CHerron604 at aol.com <CHerron604 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Rich Falk, Andre Goode, Gaddis Rathel, Art Aaron etc. did win the
>> games  they
>> should.  They may not have been great, but they were fun to  watch.  Can
>> we
>> even imagine fans and students riding the el to DePaul to  see one of BC's
>> teams ?
>>
>> Chuck Herron  Tech '85
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/16/2008 6:06:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> I have  said many times I don't believe in firing Carmody, I just don't
>> see
>> anything  changing even when/if they do.
>>
>> "If the recruits pan out." How  many times have we heard that? I predict:
>> as
>> usual, one will be so plagued  with injuries he's a non-factor, another
>> will
>> transfer because he wants to  play for a team that can beat Cornell, a
>> third
>> will turn out to be a stiff and  maybe the fourth will be an OK player,
>> maybe.
>>
>> NU basketball has  never in my memory "won the games it should." There's
>> always awful losses.  Penn State, which should be a win, isn't all that
>> often. And
>> the non-league  debacles are killers.
>>
>> I hope for a long football  season!!!
>>
>> bw
>>
>> "Happy are those who see beauty in the  modest spots where others see
>> nothing." -- Camille Pissaro
>>
>>
>> "Quis  ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message  ----
>> From: "NEONRye at aol.com" <NEONRye at aol.com>
>> To:  rstetson at capps-assoc.com; bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com;
>> nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> Sent:  Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:47:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports]  basketball?
>>
>> Having heard Jim Phillips at the NU Club of NY Sports Night  in August
>> (when
>> he appeared with Fitz and Kelly Amonte Hiller) and his  response to one or
>> two
>> queries about the futility of our Mens Hoopsters, I  don't think that the
>> AD
>> will give BC a very long rope.  If he doesn't see  real progress -- in the
>> form of wins, and not moral victories -- my strong  hunch is that he will
>> wipe
>> the slate clean and bring in his own guy.  On  the other hand, if the
>> recruits
>> pan out, and if the team at least wins games  it should win and pulls out
>> an
>> upset or two over the Big Ten powers or  middle level squads, then BC will
>> likely survive.  And I think that is  how it should be.
>>
>> Paul  Levinson
>>
>>
>>
>>
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