[NU Sports] Wildcats 68, Michigan 62

[Dennis W. Brandt]

I am one of those "badmouthers" who says that we have no center - if you 
define "badmouthing" as identifying the obvious.  If only player A could do 
this and player B could do that, we would be champions.  It's the eternal 
optimist's answer to every problem and no answer at all.  Mircovic played 
the best game tonight I've ever seen him play, but it was little more than 
what you should expect from a Big Ten center.  He did it in no small part 
because Michigan does not have a big front line and is a worse rebounding 
team than Northwestern.  We won tonight because someone threw gasoline on 
Drew Crawford, lit a match, and he gave Michigan third degree burns.  I 
believe we may have an honest-to-God basketball player on our hands, but 
it's not at center.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Wildcats 68, Michigan 62


> Not to be lost amid the great game by Crawford and clutch play by 
> Thompson, Shurna and Nash is the key contribution by Mirkovic.  He fought 
> and fought, got big rebounds and shots, played tough defense and showed 
> more confidence.  He even hit a big three-pointer from the corner.
>
> Despite the badmouthing by some on this list - - who have said we have "no 
> center" (and worse) - - Mirkovic is an important player and his efforts 
> could be vital to the team's fortunes.  If he can get on a roll with his 
> outside shot, which has not been the case yet this season (but he is 
> capable), the Cats will become a much more dangerous team.  Especially 
> encouraging today was that he held his ground inside against a tough big 
> man and didn't get discouraged by a couple of rocky moments on offense.
>
> A crucial win, indeed.  Crawford's Big Ten coming out party and a helluva 
> comeback - - with great tenacity (especially on defense) that overcame 
> spotty play and first-half shooting woes.  A treat to watch Crawford get 
> the Cats out of a big hole, inspire the whole team and display so much 
> talent in another uplifting game to watch.
>>From Blackberry - please excuse typos
>
> W. Weinbaum
> Producer
> 212-916-9864 (24-hour voicemail)
> willie.weinbaum at espn.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com <nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sun Jan 10 17:29:08 2010Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Wildcats 68, 
> Michigan 62
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>
>
>   Big win for our court Cats.  We were listless on offnse and defense, and 
> Crawford himself went on an 11-0 run; incredible stuff.  It was 31-14 with 
> 5:00 to go in the first half; as such, we outscored 'em 54-31 the last 25 
> minutes.  Carmedy went to a trap, 2,3 men to the ball and it REALLY got 
> under Michigan's skin.
>   This may be superflous, but it may have been a "save the season" kind of 
> win; 0-3 in conference with Wisconsin and Purdue coming up next isn't a 
> good spot to be in.  We need to go, at the minimum, 3-6 in conference and 
> make hay in the second half.
>
>         GO CATS!!!   Eric
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) <Alan.Abrahamson at nbcsports.com>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 5:05 pm
> Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats 68, Michigan 62
>
>
> Wildcats fell behind by 17, came back behind freshman Drew Crawford (whose 
> NBA
> ef dad had called the Piston game the night before and was in the stand at
> risler) to go up 10, win by 6.
> Go Wildcats!
> PS: I love beating Michigan. In anything.
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