[NU Sports] RE: Purdue win

[Jonathan Hodges]

'Cats hoops fans should give this ESPN Andy Katz article a read:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3953853&name=katz_andy

With a win on Sunday, apparently NU will have positioned itself very well
for a tourney bid.  We'll see, it should be exciting at the very least.

Jonathan

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Weinbaum, Willie
<Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>wrote:

> Before the game, nusports.com provided the following statistical
> perspective on Carmody's tenure at NU:
>
> Northwestern enters the contest at Purdue with a 7-9 Big Ten record. In
> head coach Bill Carmody's nine seasons in Evanston, the Wildcats have
> recorded at least six Big Ten victories five times. The program totaled six
> or more conference wins just five times in the previous 31 years prior to
> Carmody's arrival.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Beamsley, Jeff
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:46 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Purdue win
>
> Thought it worth repeating for those earlier this season who questioned
> Carmody's ability as a coach.
>
> The game was won last night;
>
> 1. when Carmody took out the starters, put in Nash, Williams, and Mirkovic
> 2. when Carmody switched from zone to man 3. when NU outrebounded Purdue 4.
> when NU outscored Purdue in the second half by ten 5. when NU made it's last
> four FT
>
> The best coaches plan to have their teams playing their best basketball at
> the end of the season.  NU has just won three in a row.  Last night was a
> BIG win on the road against a team that destroyed us in the last five
> minutes in our own house.
>
> I think that most on this list would agree that, as a team, NU is playing
> is best ball now.  The team has improved in virtually every category that
> earlier in the season cost us games.  The players certainly deserve a lot of
> the credit, but Carmody and his staff should get credit too.
>
> Jeff
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