[NU Sports] I waited a day to be a downer...

[Dennis W. Brandt]

> With our recent close losses and the win over MSU, I want to be 
> optimistic, but  I fear Dennis' complaint is not only real, but spot on to 
> our key problem. Time will tell.

Who was that red-faced guy with the pitchfork I just saw skiing by????  {:>)

After four years of hard work, Luka will be rewarded by getting a lot more 
pine time.  Curletti is hardly the prototypical Big Ten center, but right 
now he is playing more aggressively than Mircovic and appears to be stronger 
and more athletic.  The announcers during the Michigan game claimed that 
Carmody was "experimenting" with the "smaller" lineup but could not use it 
all season.  To the contrary, I believe Mr. Bill has finally realized that 
the Cats cannot and will not win with Mircovic at center.  I don't know if 
they'll win with Curletti in that position either, but right now he is the 
better man for the job.  As Alan remarked, you can thank him for the 
Michigan State win.

On a historical note, Kyle Rowley is averaging 4.7 minutes, 1.2 points, and 
1.1 rebounds a game for St. Mary's, and it appears that most of that came in 
the pre-season.  I watched the first half of one of St. Mary's conference 
games, and the only time he rose from the bench was during timeouts and to 
return to the locker room at halftime.  It does not appear that he is 
injured.  Carmody really missed the basketball mark with that young man, and 
so did the Gaels coach, it seems.

Next season, Bill, you HAVE to have a quality center in the lineup.