[NU Sports] Basketball (ugh!)

[Roy Lamberton]

The bottom line is that compared to Duke, our academic standards for
athletes is higher.

Stanford has a nice sunny climate and a beach about a mile away AND San Fran
just up the road.

Apparently NU has a long time reputation as a nerd factory up on the north
end of Chicago where only the rich snobs live. I'm sure there are stories
among South Chicago kids about cops harassing them, whether true or not.

Wilbon and I both knew the reputation of the school for academics - neither
of us went to NU to experience a high level of sports (I couldhave cared
less because I wanted the Broadcast school's rep).

Gary Barnett, Randy Walker and now Fitz are changing that rep. Having the
old Welsh Ryan Rowdies name formalized would have helped expand the fame,
not trying to kill off the Greek system is another issue but NU has to get a
little "hipper" about their image or our roundball will be in the toilet for
a long long time.

rsl

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of cherron604 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Basketball (ugh!)

Granted, McGaw Hall (sorry, Welsh-Ryan family, but I like to call it McGaw)
is off campus, but it is only 2900 yards from University Hall (via Sheridan
Rd and Central St).? I wonder how many of the new Big Ten Arenas are that
far or a little further from the bulk of student housing ?? Carver Hawkeye
Arena seems pretty remote, OSU's new arena seems pretty remote also.? 

It is also a pleasant arena, good seats, very intimate - a long way from the
dirt floor/wooden bleacher mess I first stepped into back in 1980.? Now that
arena probably would have harmed recruiting (though we recruited some nice
players back in the days of old McGaw - Falk's NIT team that played their
games at DePaul must've been intrigued by the wooden bleachers and dust
cloud that existed in there).

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:07 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Basketball (ugh!)



<I can not for the life of me understand why Northwestern can not recruit
enough 
guys to win. 

I have stated here in years past, usually drawing strong disagreement, and
I'm 
sure I'll hear "we can't!  we can't!  we can't" this time, too.  One of our 
problems is facilities.  They are old, small, and off-campus.  We have seen 
throughout sports that new stadiums and arenas attract larger crowds and are

certainly impress more recruits than Dyche [sic] and McGaw [sic].  Is it the

only problem?  No, but I do remind you that Minnesota in part built an on-
or 
near-campus football stadium because the Metrodome, acceptable for football,
is 
far away.  The very act of a university committing dollars to facilities is
a 
recruiting tool.
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