[NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote

[Evans Schoeman]

The Cats were 10-1 in the non-conference schedule, which normally would give us 
a boost, but the quality of the opposition was so weak (around #300 strength of 
schedule, with one opponent in the Top 100), that it's turning out to be a 
negative.  I'm not sure why we had to do that with an experienced team, as it's 
probably added one or two wins required in the Big Ten.



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From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
To: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 11:58:08 AM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote

oops sorry I was counting the exhibition win when I looked at the schedule.

So if the 20 win rule holds, we actually need two legit upsets to get to that 
number in the regular season.

Jeff

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Weinbaum, Willie
Sent: Thu 1/27/2011 12:33 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote



FYI - Cats are 13-7, 3-6.

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
Of Beamsley, Jeff
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:30 PM
To: Eric West; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] telling Carmody postgame quote

The analysis I've read is that we have to get at least 20 wins to make the 
tourney.

How do you see us getting there from where we are right now with 14 wins?

Here's the rest of our schedule.

Ohio State - 1
Illinois - 1
Michigan - 1
PSU - 2
Iowa - 1
Indiana - 1
Wisky -1
Minny - 1

So let's say that we beat Michigan and Indiana on the road and Iowa at home.  
We're still three short.

Now let's be even more generous and we take both games against PSU who has a 
good team this year and historically has played us tough.  We're still one 
short.  Where does that one come from?

It should have come from MSU, be we weren't able to get over the hump with 
them.  Now it has to come from a legit upset against teams that we don't match 
up well against (Minny), that have dominated us (Wisky and ILL), or are #1 in 
the country OSU.

I was just throwing a theory out there to explain why we've seen lackluster play 
from this team lately.  They are smart and can add too.

Doesn't mean that I won't be watching or that I won't be rooting for a win in 
every game left on schedule.

Jeff


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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Eric West
Sent: Thu 1/27/2011 11:36 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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