[NU Sports] New Palm projections

Tue Feb 28 15:04:36 CST 2012

That has got to be the nicest Buckeye fan in the history of the world.  And an endangered species.

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From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
To: neonrye at aol.com; alan.abrahamson at gmail.com; aaronsament at gmail.com 
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com 
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections

The "buzz" extends well beyond our little crew of NU faithful.

I spoke with and OSU fan here at work, and he's pulling for NU to beat
OSU too.  He said it won't make much difference to how OSU is seeded,
but it will clearly make a huge difference for NU.  An exact quote, "NU
has a nice team this year.  It's time they get an invite."

I agree.

It's time.

Starts tomorrow.

Jeff

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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections

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)

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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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