[NU Sports] Not the refs
Mike Nolan
nolan at romaine.tssi.com
Fri Mar 25 16:47:06 CDT 2011
But the good news is that Northwestern appeared to be at least as good
as Nebraska in men's basketball (at least in 2010-11), so adding
Nebraska to the conference could push Northwestern up a notch
in conference rankings.
--
Mike Nolan
> One other data point that we should keep in mind is that the BT was a
> tough basketball conference this year and will likely be as tough or
> tougher next year (assuming all the underclassmen at OSU and Michigan
> return).
>
> So our struggles in the conference this year only masked the reality
> that this team does have some talent. We proved that in the post
> season.
>
> We also aren't the only team in the BT that depends heavily on our
> outside shooting to win. Wisconsin's season ended last night because
> their outside shots wouldn't fall. I suspect everyone on this list
> (except maybe Dennis) would have been overjoyed if our team got to the
> sweet 16 before a weak inside game caught up to us.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of wildelk2 at aol.com
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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Not the refs
>
>
> Coach,
>
>
> Your post offers proof we've had good players in Evanston, just not
> enough. That said, I'm happy how our team played since beating
> Minnesota on the last regular season game. Shurna played better, and
> the team was without Cobb and Capocci. The last 6 games salvaged what
> looked like a step backwards.
> I feel bad for Capocci and Ryan; two guys who had the injury bug
> while they were here. Lets hope Shurna stays healthy next season. They
> will need that to happen as replacing Juice will require the rest of the
> team to "crank it up a notch."
> Ad I've posted before, I feel we've been 2 conference wins short of
> making the tournament the past 2 seasons. How much closer can we get?
> Any way, feeling better about our future prospects than I was 2 weeks
> ago...
>
>
> GO CATS!! Eric
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> To: hakirsch <hakirsch at aol.com>
> Cc: nwu-sports <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 11:01 am
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Not the refs
>
>
> I really think Cobb is the guy they've recruited to be the "slasher."
>
> Marcotullio is the "Mad bomber," with Shurna and Crawford in a dual
> rebound/long range
> shot role.
>
> Still have to see a really good PG to make things work next year, but
> then we
> all said
> that 4 years ago when Juice arrived in Evanston.
>
> Wouldn't you love to have had a backcourt of Juice and Jitim? With the
> younger
> Seacat or
> Moore coming off the bench to loosen things up?
>
> rsl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hakirsch at aol.com [mailto:hakirsch at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:28 PM
> To: Roy S. Lamberton; 'Mike Nolan'; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com;
> 'Beamsley,
> Jeff'
> Cc: 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Not the refs
>
> Some of it is the other way around too Part of success of the trey
> strategy is
> to be able
> to burn the defense inside if they come out on you. If you feel you can
> gamble
> that the
> team won't be successful inside you play tight on the outside.
> Unfortunately we
> didn't
> have that alternative. Tom was also spot on mentioning the need for
> the
> backcourt guys
> being able to penetrate. Our offense is either throw it around the
> perimeter for
> a 3, or
> attempt a Princeton back door cut. With what BC has ,that may have been
> the
> best he could
> do but its tough to get far with those weapons alone
>
> Harry
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:17:44
> To: <hakirsch at aol.com>; 'Mike Nolan'<nolan at romaine.tssi.com>;
> <nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com>; 'Beamsley,
> Jeff'<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
> Cc: 'Dennis W. Brandt'<tbng at comcast.net>; <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Not the refs
>
> The point of the trey is to pull the defenders outside so the backdoor
> cuts
> work.
>
> Wazoos matchup zone, something we used to know a lot about, didn't allow
> for the
> cutters
> until later in the first half, after we started to hit 3 pointers.
>
> Had a few of those early 3's gone in, we would have had a very different
> result,
> with a
> lot more scoring inside on layups.
>
> But, they contested the 3's and there were no fouls so the weakness of
> the 3
> pointer was
> exposed.
>
> I thought the non-turnover in OT was what killed it for NU, altho we
> should have
> been able
> to get a cutter or two early in OT.
>
> rsl
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
> Computer Applications & Support Associates
> -------------------- Also ----------------------
> "Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
> Director Media Relations - Little League
> Senior League Softball World Series
> CTRCS USN/USNR Retired
> Northwestern University - Speech 1974 -
> Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
> Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
> ========== Go Cats - Beat 'em All ===========
> "...Then I get on my knees and pray,
> WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend
> ================================================
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf
> Of
> hakirsch at aol.com
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> To: Mike Nolan; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; Beamsley, Jeff
> Cc: 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
>
> Harry
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Mike Nolan
> Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> To: Beamsley, Jeff
> Cc: Dennis W. Brandt
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Not the refs
> Sent: Mar 24, 2011 9:36 AM
>
> I watched the last few minutes of the 2nd half and overtime.
>
> During that time, I didn't see any obviously bad officiating, but
> I did see a very physical game with the Cats not shooting well
> under the pressure, especially in overtime.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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