[NU Sports] Cat basketball report card

[Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)]

I agree with Coach Roy that if we make it to the conference title game -- we then make the dance. 

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Roy Lamberton
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:04 PM
To: 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Cat basketball report card

Like it or not, NU will rarely attract the true freshman phenom. Our guys will take two, maybe three years to develop into Div I players and we have to be willing to live with a coach who recruits like that, and kids who play like that.

Coble and a Frosh, surrounded by 3 seniors and a Junior might not have to play right away - same with Craig Moore. We would now be able to see them play for 2 and 1 more year, but because of our academics, they had to play immediately. Sterling Williams saw what was involved and asked to redshirt (that's what I was told). He turned into a half decent bench guy, the same with Nash (and how much better would he have been if he could redshirt)

Luka, Rowley, Curletti and the other Frosh will develop into decent players
- IMHO - down the road. BC needs to keep recruiting and I think Tavaras and the other big guy from Croatia are the keys to that. I don't think we all realize how much Craig Robinson did to recruit Chicago, but he was gone just as kids started to realize that NU was for real.

But I haven't given up on 2009 yet. We've still got 4 games to play and win and the NCAA's are moot, in fact if we make it to the final game Sunday, I think we're in.

rsl

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:20 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Cat basketball report card

For the first time EVER, I am submitting a Cat basketball report card.
Never did one before because it never mattered.
 
 
Craig Moore                B   My vote for MVP for his consistent shooting,
vastly improved all-around game, and senior leadership.
                                        He will be sorely missed.  You gotta
love those Pennsylvania boys!

Kevin Coble                 B   The team's best player and who learned to
make his own shots

Michael Thompson       B-  Solid ball handler, much improved as a shooter,
and got better as the season went on.
                                        Needs to penetrate better and be
more under control, although both improved during the season.

Jeff Shurna                  C-  Played F one day and B+ the next like
talented freshmen do

Luka Mirkovic               C-  Showed heart but needs to muscle up to
become an inside presence

Kyle Rowley                 F   At this point, a wasted scholarship.  He
added nothing to the team.  Worse, improvement was barely
                                        perceptible over the course of the
season.

Jeremy Nash                C   A defensive demon but offers little on
offense.  May be the team's best athlete but too often out of control.

Sterling Williams           D+ A senior whose play won't be missed

Jeff Ryan                     D   Wasn't a threat on either side of the ball

All the rest                   D-  Curletti and Mirkovic might help in the
future but have a long way to go.

Coaching                     A-   For coaching, not recruiting.  With the
best three-point shooting and best turnover ratio in the league, this
                                         team played better than anyone
thought possible.  I yearn to see what Carmody could do with the talent
                                         of a Michigan State.

Recruiting                     C   It's the best in my 45 years of
experience with NU basketball, but it's still only average overall.

Needs:      1) Inside presence, 2) impact player, 3) more and better
athletes, 4) improved foul shooting
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