[NU Sports] Disheartening collapse

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Not gonna get too down - yes it's disappointing, but like I said, Hughes was just on fire. We kept him quiet most of the game, but then he hit those deeeeeep threes and you just knew the tide was turning.

As you said, 1-3 could easily be 3-1 ... not an excuse, just reality. We'd have preferred the latter, but we can't be too devastated about being the former.

Illinois was an OT loss at Illinois - a top 20 team who are streaking right now.

MSU is one of the best programs in the country.

And despite never getting much credit (he actually has a winning record vs. Izzo), Bo Ryan may be the best basketball coach in the country. His Wisconsin teams are underrated, but as Duke found out, also as tough as nails.

We have to start winning, yes, but we're not even a quarter into the Big Ten schedule and we're starting with the cream of the crop. We know we can compete with them, but we need that breakthrough win to really get things going. Purdue is daunting, but at home, I like our chances of pulling an upset.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


--- On Wed, 1/13/10, Weinbaum, Willie <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com> wrote:

> From: Weinbaum, Willie <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Disheartening collapse
> To: "'nwu-sports at tssi.com'" <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 8:55 PM
> 14-2 Wisc run to end the game - - too
> much Hughes and too many second shots.  
> 
> Shame that on a night that Nash was so sharp on offense,
> the other guys weren't, for the most part.  Wisconsin
> played some good defense - - frustrating
> Crawford/Shurna/Thompson/Mirkovic at times - - but Cats
> surely let an opportunity slip.
> 
> The disappointing thing is also the encouraging thing, I
> guess - - that 1-3 in the Big Ten could've been 3-1 (only
> MSU wasn't winnable).  Cats showed great ability to
> finish in the non-conference games and now need to find it
> again...with Purdue, a very tough task, next and then a long
> way to go.
> 
> Go Cats!
> >From Blackberry - please excuse typos
> 
> W. Weinbaum
> Producer
> 212-916-9864 (24-hour voicemail)
> willie.weinbaum at espn.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> To: 'nwu-sports at tssi.com'
> <nwu-sports at tssi.com>;
> Weinbaum, Willie
> Sent: Wed Jan 13 22:36:45 2010Subject: Re: [NU Sports]
> Disheartening collapse
> 
> I agree, tough loss and winnable game.
> 
> However, I think this one falls more into the category of
> Wisconsin winning it (well, HUGHES winning it) than NU
> losing it. He was just unstoppable on that end run.
> 
> No time to mope, though, with Purdue coming in, angry about
> being on a losing streak. Man, that's a brutal early
> schedule! Losing home games really hurts, even if MSU and
> Wisky are solid teams.
> 
> C'mon Cats!
> - SjT
> 
> PS - It was great to see a purple bowl on TV! I heard the
> Wisconsin fans, but when they had wide shots of the court
> and such, the lower bowl looked to be about all purple and
> the NU crowd was nice and loud as well. Gotta send 'em home
> happy next time!
> 
> 
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> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
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