[NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote

[Roy S. Lamberton]

When the season is finally over, and whatever happens settles in, the big question is still going to be why BC didn't try harder to keep Coble around.

Coble, Shurna and Crawford would have been an outstanding set of forwards - when one was having a bad night, the others could step up. Now, if Shurna gets hurt or Crawford gets distracted, either Juice or one of the guards off the bench have to step up. It's almost a no win.

The other "hole" I see on the team this year is that the center isn't turning around at the top of the key and draining a 3 pointer. Luka could even shoot it from the foul line and it would help clean out the middle against those big guys in the Big 10. Luka needs to make more of his inside layups and putbacks, but the center shooting from the arc makes it easier for the rest of the guys.

Finally, we did a good job breaking down Minny's 2-3 zone in the first half. It took a while, but once they were forced into man coverage, we went on the run.

In the 2nd half, Minny just went after the middle, and we were stuck.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Eric West
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:37 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote

On 1/27/2011 10:13 AM, Beamsley, Jeff wrote:
> My theory is that this team had a lot of momentum at the start of the year because they saw the possibility that they might be the group that gets NU to the NCAA tourney.
>
> Shurna's nagging injury put that goal in jeopardy.  The failure of the rest of the team to step up has since put that goal out of reach.


I still think the jury is out on this season. Every Big Ten loss has 
been to a currently ranked team (do people realize that?), and even St. 
John's has been on the positive side of the tourney bubble. We don't 
have a quality win, and the chances to get one are running out, but it's 
still conceivable. All we really need is one (two would certainly clinch 
it).

If we ever actually lose to an unranked opponent, that will be one 
thing. There will certainly be no room for error in that five-game 
stretch. But people seem to forget that how we fare against Ohio State 
or Wisconsin has nothing to do with whether we eventually make the 
tournament. Nothing has been decided yet; let's hope the team doesn't 
give up the way the fans have seemed to.

Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu

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