[NU Sports] Cats beat BC

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Now I am,;-_)
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From: "Scott Zeller, M.D." <scottzel at gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:10:19 
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Cats beat BC

You are aware NU has already signed two point guards for next year's
freshman class? 6'3" Tre Demps, a Rivals 3-star out of Texas, and 6'1" David
Sobolewski, who ESPN said is the 86th best point guard in the country. Also
signed is Michael Turner, a 6'8" power forward from Chicago.
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:41 PM, <neonrye at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I think --as has been pointed out in emails yesterday after the game--that
> BC's big test will come AFTER the NIT, unless we shock the world and win the
> damn thing.:-)  Can he recruit a top Point Guard to come in as a freshman
> and replace Juice and run the offense?  We have enough pieces coming back to
> be more than decent, but without someone to distribute the ball and
> quarterback the "O", those pieces may be in limbo.  Shurna will be solid, if
> he stays healthy, and the supporting cast is not bad when they all hit the
> boards.  A solid PG, combined with a mobile, defensive-minded big body in
> the low blocks, would represent a healthy rrecruiting class, IMHO.
>
> Paul Levinson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hakirsch at aol.com
> To: Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net>; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com;
> nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 6:00 pm
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Cats beat BC
>
>
> Dennis is actually more optimistic than me.  While he throws a bunch of ifs
> in
> is analysis, I don't see Shurna as an All American candidate, just a solid
> BT
> layer.  I think we could make the expanded tournament and even get a W
> early on
> ut we still will likely have a lot of holes.  Size is still
> key,particularly in
> he BT. We will still be woefully behind the conference's best unless a lot
> more
> uys go pro than I think will
> Relying on treys is great if you can make them like we did today and some
> other
> ames,but it is a risky business not only because shooters can get cold but
> efenses can eventually figure out that you might have a weak inside game
> and
> lay tighter on the good
> hooters. To me, Dennis and I agree on one major item; the need for a solid
> big
> an. Without that we are limited going forward
> Still while disappointed that we couldn't live up to the expectations of so
> many
> his year and get asked to the dance,I'm thrilled that we are in unchartered
> erritory.  No matter what happens going forward,we can all say we went
> further
> n the post season than ever before.  And yes that means we must keep BC at
> east one more year
> Harry
> ent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> -----Original Message-----
> rom: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
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> ate: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:50:45
> o: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> ubject: Re: [NU Sports] Cats beat BC
> > Next year, Shurna, assuming he stays healthy, is a first-team
> All-American
>  candidate. If we have a legitimate point guard, and can find any sort of
>  inside presence, we should be NCAA-tourney good. I do not belong to the
>  "oh,
>  gosh, we are going to have a freshman running the offense and that sucks"
>  school. Last I looked, a lot of really, really good freshman were playing
>  college basketball, and going right from their freshman years to the NBA.
> The four C's - Cobb, Crawford, Curletti, and Capocci - have to become the
> our A's next year - their play, that is.  IF Crawford finally becomes the
> ominant player everyone keeps saying he should be and IF Cobb does a
> hurna-like improvement from frosh to soph year and IF Curletti and Capocci
> lay off the bench as they did in the last portion of this season and not
> ike the rest of this season and IF all of them can remain healthy, then we
> an get into the tourney as a bubble team.  IF all that happens and IF we
> btain a good center, we could vie for the conference title and be a sure
> ourney selection.  Those are more IFs than Rudyard Kipling could handle, so
> 'll hold the celebration until I see it happen.
> Yep, Carmody gets one more year - at least.  Only time will tell whether
> hat is good or bad.
>
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