[NU Sports] HOOSIERS lives!

[cherron604 at aol.com]

I am seeing a disturbing tendency among listers to ASSUME our entry into the 2011 tournament.  I may be mistaken, but only 5 Big Ten teams made the dance.  Ohio State (14 wins), Purdue (14 wins), Michigan State (14 wins), Wisconsin (13 wins), and Minnesota (9 wins, great conference tournament run).  Illinois won 10 conference games, and stayed home.  We won 7.

So we have 2 ways to get in...win 13 conference games, or have a great Big Ten tournament run.

We have never done anything in the Big Ten tournament, so that one is tough to count on.

Can we possibly win 12 or 13 conference games ?  Which 5 or 6 games are winnable - on top of the 7 we won this year ?  Can anybody list 12 or 13 winnable Big Ten games in 2011 ?  Remembering that 8 games will be on the road ?  And that as many as 2 might be against Penn State ?

Chuck Herron  Tech '85  






-----Original Message-----
From: neonrye at aol.com
To: sjtruog at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 5:59 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] HOOSIERS lives!



f Butler can (deservedly) make Final Fourt--which I just love--then NU is bound 
or dancing glory in 2011.  I am now going on record that we go to the 
ournament next year.  There is a morning sports show in NYC called "Boomer and 
arton", co-hosted by Boomer Esiason and a somewhat loundmouthed (but funny) guy 
amed Craig Carton.  Carton's motto for NY Jets during their improbable playoff 
un this year was "Why not us?"  I say to all on the List that we adopt those 3 
imple words as our mantra next hoops season, although I am happy to lend it to 
he Butler Frickin' Bulldogs for the next 9 days.  Since my bracket is busted 
nyway (i.e., even if my predicted champion, W.Virginia, wins, I think I lose 
nyway), I am now officially a Butler fan until the final buzzer and nets are 
ut down a week from Monday.   They remind me of the gridiron 'Cats in 
995--just keep winning and leave everyone scratching their heads.   
Paul Levinson



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rom: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
o: nwu-sports at tssi.com
ent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 6:46 pm
ubject: [NU Sports] HOOSIERS lives!

'll still cheer for MSU and the Big Ten, but you just had to have goosebumps 
day watching Butler's win (and not just because they were one of the foes on 
r dissed NC schedule).
t's just a perfect story that the school where "Hoosiers" was filmed, a school 
 4500 students, will be heading home for the first Final Four in Indiana's new 
sketball palace (which, along with the gorgeous Conseco Fieldhouse was 
signed to mimic Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse).
he last time Hoosierland hosted the Final Four of their native sport, we had 
nderella George Mason, but this one has to be so much sweeter because it's the 
metown team.
t's a shame Purdue and OSU (especially the Buckeyes who just looked spent and 
ve out at the end) couldn't win to make it a near perfect (no IU, so near) 
ursome with Butler and nearby Kentucky for Indianapolis. That town is going to 
 insane the next week!
s they say down there, in 49 other states, it's just basketball ...
O BULLDOGS!!! Go little guy!!!
o Big Ten!
 CATS!!!
jT
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EPHEN J. TRUOG
truog at yahoo.com
 CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
per Bowl XLIV Champions!
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