[NU Sports] New Palm projections

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I have to make one observation here.  I don't think, in all my years on the List, that I have ever seen such a continuous "conversation" about basketball.  Yes, we have had our moments, but generally, it is football that consumes most of us and generates the most "buzz" on the List.

However, being on the "cusp of history", has brought out the analyses--big-time--as we fret and speculate about the possibilty of our beloved 'Cats entering the Promised Land after 70 years of wandering in the desert.  It's a beautiful thing, and if somehow we can communally celebrate on Selection Sunday, it would be amazing.  I can't put out of my mind the vision of our team, Coach Carmody and about 4,000 or so students rejoicing at Welsh-Ryan after NU's putative "bid" is confirmed and our "bracket" is posted, while the "Talking Heads" at CBS and ESPN ruminate on NU's historic journey.  It will--at least for me--be a moment unlike any other, except when we made the Rose Bowl.

I know I shouldn't even utter these words out loud, let alone post them here--but I just can't help myself.  It's too exciting a prospect to cast aside.

Our time is now.  So seize the moment, Mr. Carmody, Mr. Shurna, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Sobolewski, Mr. Hearn, Mr. Marcotullio, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Corletti and crew--and join Mr. Barnett, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Autry, Mr. Schnur and their teammates in the Pantheon of 'Cat fame and accomplishment.

Go 'Cats!

Paul Levinson (Not Sleepless, But Daydreaming, in NYC)



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Abrahamson <alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
To: Aaron Ament <aaronsament at gmail.com>
Cc: nwu-sports <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 3:13 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections


Oh, for sure we can count on Luka to deliver the fouls :)
Rooting big-time for the Cats. I am a lifer. Both parents are NU
rads. I *only* have 36 years of direct personal involvement in
o-Tourney basketball -- started as a Medill freshman in 1976.
Bring on the big, bad Buckeyes!
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Aaron Ament <aaronsament at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is an interesting breakdown and one not discussed much.  I agree with 
hat overall premise.

 On another note, is there any update on whether Luka will play at least a few 
inutes in the Big Ten tourney?  We could use a few extra minutes and fouls down 
ow...

 On Feb 28, 2012, at 2:53 PM, "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com> 
rote:

> You're right.  With 5 ranked teams, though it did pretty much work out
> that all of the unranked teams except NU and UNL had eight games against
> ranked teams.
>
> Illinois - 4 home 4 road
> Purdue - 4 home 4 road
> Iowa - 4 home 4 road
> Minny - 4 home 4 road
> Nebraska - 4 home 3 road
> NU - 3 home 4 road
> PSU - 3 home 5 road
>
> This still remains a little bit simplistic because the rankings do
> change through the year, but I think that the overall premise holds.  As
> long as the BT continues to produce good teams that are nationally
> ranked at the top of the conference, that means that those teams in the
> middle of the conference are going to end up with RPI's strong enough to
> get them invited to the dance every year.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:22 PM
> To: Beamsley, Jeff
> Cc: Weinbaum Willie; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections
>
>> This whole focus of RPI does also explain why the BT pretty reliably
>> sends 7 teams to the dance.  If you assume that the BT is going to
>> produce at least four top twenty-five teams (there are five this
> year),
>> that means that everyone else in the conference plays those teams
> twice.
>> So automatically, every team in the conference is going to have at
> least
>> 4 road games and more importantly 4 home games against top 25 teams.
>
> Not necessarily, the Big Ten doesn't play a double RR schedule, so
> some teams might only have one game against a ranked team, not
> necessarily home/home games.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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