[NU Sports] Not the refs

[Beamsley, Jeff]

I'm sure it will have an impact on recruiting.

The prospect of being on the first team to take NU to the NCAA
tournament was certainly on the minds of people like Cobb and Crawford.


As far as big 18-year olds, I'm with you.  The pool of available
prospects for NU is very small and the competition is stiff.  

But when you see the team that Princeton, without the benefit of an
athletic scholarship, was able to put on the court, there is definitely
hope for NU.  Their biggest guy is a 6-11 sophomore who doesn't start
and averages around 3 points and 3 rebounds per game.  Like NU, they
usually give away a lot of size at center.  They were able to take a
much more athletic Kentucky team within a basket of a huge upset.  We
were that close to a couple of big upsets too. It is definitely
possible.

Jeff


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From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at romaine.tssi.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:21 PM
To: hakirsch at aol.com
Cc: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; Beamsley, Jeff; Dennis W. Brandt;
nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Not the refs

> Yes as I have mentioned many times relying on the trey is risky
business. Unfortunately we missed quite a few open treys in the OT,
particularly in the closing minute .  Our 3 point shooting probably got
us to the NIT, but in the end it knocked us out. This is not a criticism
per se ,just confirming my beliefs that significant efforts need to be
made on getting a few big men to enable us to have an inside game

Sadly, the world is not overrun with big 18 and 19 year old men 
who can actually play the game, much less meet Northwestern's 
academic standards.

And there are a few hundred other schools out there who are also,
as the Marines ads say, looking for a few good [big] men.

I wonder if the Cats' NIT run, even though too short, is likely to have 
any impact on recruiting?
--
Mike Nolan