[NU Sports] As Shon Morris would say

[Eric Kunkel]

   I agree Lady Luck was on our side (finally) , but on replay Shurna was hacked enough to cause the trajectory of the ball to go nowhere near the basket; I believe that sealed the deal getting the foul.  As it was, John's shot had deperation written all over it; no way in hell it would've gone in.
   We could've poited out alot of things that went wrong; they were patently obvious.  Bur seeing Marcotullio nail some 3's was huge.  He's supposively a good 3 poit guy but hasn't showed much of it, maybe due to injury.  It looks like Cobb is starting to get in the groove offensively. There's no reason he can't be a 8-12 points per game guy down the stretch along with his defense.
   3-0 vs. PSU and Iowa.  In the past 3 season if we had 3 wins in 4 games vs. these 2 teams we'd be looking at our 4th straight NCAA tournement bid. Problem is we need 4 wins (save a huge upset Wed,   could happen), and Iowa has been tough as nails at home. Maybe our students can make a road trip next weekend?  
   Scary.  We beat Iowa and win the first game in the Big 10 tournement and we should get in;  high RPI and SOS which the talking heads keep talking about. Time to circle the wagons and get on board; beat the Bucks and end all speculation would be best!   

GO CATS!!        Eric
   



-----Original Message-----
From: Weinbaum, Willie <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
To: 'nwu-sports at tssi.com' <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 11:06 pm
Subject: [NU Sports] As Shon Morris would say


"Very fortunate."
Cats played thoroughly ineffectual defense, allowing PSU to repeatedly score 
nside with ease.  
Without Marcotullio hitting four treys and the whole team having a hot night 
rom distance...
And the Cats getting two FT misses by PSU with :14 left and a questionable foul 
all on a Shurna miss against a double team with :2+ left, NU would've lost the 
ame and seen its season disintegrate (and after the telecast kept trumpeting 
U's great NCAA tourney qualifications :)).
Carmody gets his first win ever @ PSU.  Cats win a close one on the road.
Two more regular season games and conference tourney left.  
Again, "very fortunate."

---- Original Message -----
rom: Weinbaum, Willie [mailto:Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com]
ent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:04 PM
o: 'nwu-sports at tssi.com' <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
ubject: [NU Sports] First half
Brutal start for Cats - poor shooting, turnovers, slow to the ball off boards 
nd on defense.  But NU turned it around, in large part due to Sobolewski's 
ggressiveness on offense...and it was encouraging to see six of the seven guys 
et into scoring column, concluding with Cobb hitting a biggie.  If he can shake 
he rust off and find his shot and rhythm on offense, the Cats will improve a 
ot.  Nice turnaround to go from down eight to up six (and there were 
pportunities to lead by more).  Sobo/Shurna/Crawford lead way and a strong 
econd half will be needed to put away PSU, which is definitely capable of 
etter play.
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