[NU Sports] New Palm projections

Eric Kunkel wildelk2 at aol.com
Tue Feb 28 20:58:41 CST 2012 

Ditto.  If we win (2) more games this season we're in; no matter who and how.  If we beat OSU and lose to Iowa, we need to go 1-1 in the tournement at worst.    elk


-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Ament <aaronsament at gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Hodges <j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu>
Cc: nwu-sports-bounces <nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com>; nwu-sports <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 12:48 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections


I disagree with that.  If we lose to Iowa and win the first round game, I 
elieve we are in.  The Big Ten will get 7 teams and it's tough to see anyone 
umping us in that scenario.

On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Jonathan Hodges <j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu> 
rote:
> Note that Palm, like most other bracketologists out there uses the "if the
 season ended today" theory to fill out the brackets.  So, this projection
 does not include the probable loss to OSU as well as a probable loss in the
 Big Ten tournament.
 
 But, consensus says that NU will get in with a win over Iowa & in the
 opening round of the Big Ten tournament.  A second conf tourney win or win
 over OSU would pretty much lock NU in.  A loss in either of those "needed
 victory" games would likely put NU on the wrong side of the bubble.
 
 NU's best traits (in the eyes of the selection committee) are that they
 have no "bad" losses (e.g. losses to RPI 100+ teams) and have an extremely
 tough strength of schedule.  This makes winning those 2 "needed victory"
 games that much more important, but they'll clearly be tough: Iowa is
 playing extremely well right now and NU has to travel, and the Big Ten
 tourney game is, of course, a neutral site game and who knows what can
 happen there.
 
 If NU doesn't cement itself by winning at least 3 more games, a lot will
 likely depend on what other bubble teams do and if there are any big upsets
 in some of the "1-bid" league tournaments where an "in" team is upset
 (thereby taking away an at large spot).
 
 BTW, the NU blog Sippin on Purple has been doing a nice job of summing up
 NU's position in bracketology while also keeping up with the other bubble
 action, here's the most recent post:
 http://www.sippinonpurple.com/2012/2/27/2827547/northwestern-ncaa-tournament-bracketology-update-february-27-2012
 
 Jonathan
 
 
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 Jonathan Hodges
 Contributor, HailToPurple
 Web: http://www.hailtopurple.com/jhodges/
 Twitter: @hailtopurple
 Email: j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu
 
 
 
 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM, <hakirsch at aol.com> wrote:
 
> If we get an NCAA berth, I will gladly take it. But if we can get in with
> a 7-11 conference record then there really has been berth inflation
> 
> We got our first post season berth in 1983 in the NIT with a 7-11 record
> as well, when the BT had recently won 3 national titles (1976,1979,1981)
> and had 2 teams in the final 4 in 1980).  Back then there were 48 NCAA
> teams and 32 NIT.  We were one of the last picks making therefore making us
> close to #80.
> 
> Harry
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
> Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:23:09
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections
> 
> Brings to mind what Al Davis would have said, with two games left in the
> regular season:
> 
> "Just Win, Baby."
> 
> (In NYC, related to the Knicks, it's "Just Lin, Baby.")
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Aaron Ament
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:21 PM
> To: Beamsley, Jeff
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] New Palm projections
> 
> CBS Sportsline just released new projections with us as an 11 seed playing
> in Louisville!  Now not even one of the last four teams in...
> 
> 
> On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:54 AM, "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Tyus Jones DOES have a long list of offers.
>> 
>> Doesn't appear that NU is in the running.
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
>> On Behalf Of Joe Thiegs
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:49 AM
>> To: Jim Bendat
>> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Possible NU recruit scores 71 in high school
>> game
>> 
>> I saw this on the local news but didn't know he was being recruited by
>> NU until your post, Jim.  Maybe the best stat is that he was 13-14
>> from the free throw line.  :)  Broman averaged 37.9 ppg last year as a
>> sophomore and was averaging 45.8 ppg after nine games earlier this
>> year (in mid-January, well before this game)!  See
>> http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/boys-basketball/post/_/id/2249/esp
>> nh s-players-of-the-week-jan-11-2012under
>> "Midwest."  Not all against the greatest opposition but, still, he
>> definitely can shoot. I'm sure he'll garner more attention now, but
>> let's hope the 'Cats can land him.
>> 
>> Probably the best high school player in Minnesota right now is Tyus
>> Jones of Apple Valley, a sophomore and a 5-star recruit, rated the
>> third-best player in the country in the class of 2014.  He already has
>> offers from Izzo, Matta, Tubby, Krzyzewski, etc.
>> http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/11
>> 26
>> 17/tyus-jones
>> 
>> -Joe
>> **
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This kid is a high school junior right now. 71 points in any game is
>> no
>>> small matter!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/somehow-minnesota-
>> st ar-anders-broman-scores-71-points-200757408.html
>>> 
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