[NU Sports] Tourney thoughts

[Roy Lamberton]

The question is, "Are all the teams in the NCAA's at the level of the
tournament? Or does being in the tournament raise the level of play by the
teams?"

So many teams limp through their conference tourney's then catch fire once
the big dance begins.

In other words - would NU have played better in the first round of the
NCAA's than we did in the NIT?

rsl



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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Beamsley, Jeff
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:34 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Tourney thoughts

Didn't see all of the games this weekend, but the ones that I saw were great
entertainment.
 
Started me thinking 'bout whether NU belonged in the dance this year.  In
all honestly, I have to say no.  
 
The reason why is that the other teams in the BT that made it into the dance
appeared to have second gear.  Purdue is playing incredible basketball right
now.  So is Michigan State.  Even Michigan played a great game against OK.  
 
I'm not sure that NU has developed a second gear yet.
 
That was particularly obvious down the stretch in conference and BT tourney
play.  As other teams found themselves, we appeared to lose our focus.  Now
that could be because teams figured out how to better defend our offense and
better attack our defense.  But every team in the BT has that advantage at
the end of a long home-home season.
 
As much as I hate to admit it, it is in the tournament when the stars come
out and talent really shines.  I had a very difficult time, for example,
even imagining NU playing OK as well as an overmatched Michigan did.  Since
you have to be able to dream it before you can do it, I guess I'll have to
work harder on my dreams for NU basketball.
 
Jeff
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