[NU Sports] In need of a basketball expert

[Roy S. Lamberton]

First off, I wouldn't concede the Baylor or Creighton games since these guys seem to play
to the level of their competition.

But I think that we need to win a couple more games at home, big games against people like
Ill-noise, and Indiana, then play as well away as we do on the road.

The only thing that bothers me about our coverage so far is that everyone seems to mention
that this is the year for the Wildcats. That kind of talk scares me because as soon as we
lose a Big 10 game, all the talk will be "too bad about the season."

In the past, we've proved that 20 wins doesn't get you into the tourney, but those 20 wins
didn't include any of the real biggies on the road and that is what we really need to be
able to do.

Of course winning in the last 2 weeks of February wouldn't hurt either.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Charles Herron
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:13 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] In need of a basketball expert

Sirs,

I am greatly in need of a basketball expert.  We are currently 6-0, with 6 more
non-conference games to go.  Is it safe to assume 4-2 (losses to Baylor and Creighton), or
10-2 heading in to Big Ten play ?

We then have 18 Big Ten games.  We miss Wisconsin and Indiana in Evanston, and we miss
Nebraska and Michigan State on the road.

What is our minimum conference mark to go with 10-2 in order to make the NCAA tournament ?
Is that conference mark even likely/possible ?

I.e. is 10-8 conference after 10-2 n-c, meaning 20-10, even sufficient ?  Can we do 10-8 ?

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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