[NU Sports] THE DANCE--2010--Any Place for a Bunch of Wildcats to Crash?

[Weinbaum, Willie]

Tonight was a wire-to-wire rout by OSU.  Buckeyes passed patiently and crisply, hit from outside, had a dunk-fest and played tenacious D...while NU never developed any rhythm, made poor decisions and physical errors, couldn't hit shots and was slower and thoroughly outplayed at both ends.  And Turner was transcendent.   As the old saying goes, you're never as good as your best game or as bad as your worst and this was the Cats' worst.  The home team was by far the superior one.

A little offensive uptick late was one of the few bright sides as even though Shurna had big offensive numbers, he made uncharacteristic glaring turnovers, including some that were givebacks right after he'd made steals.  If Marcotulio's late three-pointer can get him going, it'd be a big plus, as his confidence needs a boost after his recent struggles. 

One to forget in a hurry as it was reminiscent of many mismatches we longtime fans have endured, especially on the road.

Big game vs the Illini coming up and a chance to avenge last month's heartbreaker.
>From Blackberry - please excuse typos

W. Weinbaum
Producer
212-916-9864 (24-hour voicemail)
willie.weinbaum at espn.com

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OK, listers, now I'm going to do something that I have warned against--look
 ahead to the Tourney (even though I'm the one with the mantra, "One game
at a  time").  Inspired by my son's comment the other day that he may go
visit  his good friend at Syracuse who invited him to go the East Regionals in
March, I  decided to look at the NCAA brackets to see where all of the games
are going to  be played this year.  For those who want to consider booking
tickets now  (to see the 'Cats somewhere), here's the lowdown--from my
vantage point the  "DUNKIN DONUTS CENTER" would be ideal (and would be poetic
justice, considering  how many runs to "Dunkin D's" (as we called it then) on
Dempster in  Skokie my friends and I made from Evanston back in the early
'70's:
    2010: 72ND ANNUAL DIVISION I MENS BASKETBALL  CHAMPIONSHIP  Opening
Round: Tuesday, March 16, 2010  UD Arena
Dayton, Ohio
Host: University of Dayton  First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday,
March 18 and  20, 2010
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
Host: Tulane  University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00416BA5BE36B4?brand=ncaa)
Dunkin Donuts Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Host:  Big East Conference/Providence College
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010042A1B44F8B6A?brand=ncaa)
HP Pavilion
San Jose, California
Host: San Jose State  University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00429BDA315276?brand=ncaa)
Ford Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Host: Big 12  Conference
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C004272A95D69DF?brand=ncaa)
First and Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21,  2010  HSBC
Arena
Buffalo, New York
Host:  MAAC/Canisius/Niagara
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=HSBC&pid=6451970)
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville,  Florida
Host: Jacksonville University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2200429D5EA21FA7?brand=ncaa)
Bradley Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Host: Marquette  University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0700416CE35790D4?brand=ncaa)
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane,  Washington
Host: Washington State University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F00429EB93061EB?brand=ncaa)
Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 25 and 27,  2010  East Regional
Carrier Dome
Syracuse, New  York
Host: Syracuse University
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000429DAA2981E8?brand=ncaa)
West Regional
Energy Solutions Arena
Salt Lake  City, Utah
Host: University of Utah
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E0042A1FDD4A948?brand=ncaa)
Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28, 2010  Midwest Regional
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis,  Missouri
Host: Missouri Valley Conference
_Click for Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0600415D9E0C6502?brand=ncaa)

South Regional
Reliant Stadium
Houston,  Texas
Hosts: University of Houston/Rice University
_Click For Ticket  Info_
(http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C0042666F0245EF?brand=ncaa)
Final Four: April 3 and 5, 2010  Lucas Oil Stadium
Indianapolis, Indiana
Host: Butler  University/Horizon League
Host Site: _http://www.ncaa.com/finalfour_ (http://www.ncaa.com/finalfour)

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