[NU Sports] Nailbiter/heartbreaker

[Beamsley, Jeff]

Good summary. I share your optimism as well as your pain.

It was clear as we got to the end if the season that we just didn't  
have the depth on the bench to take up the slack. When Luka and  
Crawford both got dinged up we became a much weaker team.

Between fouls and injury, last night became a war of attrition. We  
were able to keep some of their starters on the bench, but at the end  
of the game their subs played better than our subs.

The 20 win milestone though is significant and testamony to the hard  
work these kids put in.

Jeff

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On Mar 12, 2010, at 9:27 PM, "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com 
 > wrote:

> Purdue's defense was stifling - - perhaps the season's best  
> combination of fullcourt pressure on Thompson and focus on Shurna,  
> the Cats didn't have answers for Moore and Johnson...and the bad  
> night for Mirkovic really hurt (the back woes, the foul trouble and  
> the unfathomable tech/five-point play, after what had been a  
> promising start for him with three nice assists).
>
> The Cats started on fire from long range, but many shaky  
> possessions, missed opportunities and lapses on the boards caught up  
> with them.  It was a helluva comeback to cut it to one late, typical  
> of a gutsy and memorable season.
>
> Great for this team to have an unprecedented 20 wins and let's hope  
> there'll be a shot at more in the postseason.
>
> Regardless, Thompson's leadership and indomitability in the clutch,  
> Nash's defense and improvement, Shurna's development into an  
> unassuming star, Crawford's grace and promise...so much to enjoy and  
> so much to look forward to...
>
> So thanks to Carmody's Cats and here's to more!
>
> >From Blackberry - please excuse typos
>
> W. Weinbaum
> Producer
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