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Purdue shines light on Northwestern's flaws in 79-61 defeat

GatoLouco
EagerFan said:
I'd be more interested in playing Angelo over Hunger rather than Leach/Berry/Mullins. Run smaller - Angelo can jump and his defense can't be much worse than Luke's.
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Depending on the (other team's) lineup this is something I expected to have seen more of: Martinelli at 5. Which is not exactly that, positionless ball and all.
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MSU next Sunday is a must win

GatoLouco
BosCat said:
Hey, don't knock Luke - he's shooting a sizzling .067 from 3 (1-15)
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Every single game, at the first chance, when left open, he gets into his shooting motion and attempts a 3. It's kind of a "I am entitled to burn a shot a game" thing. He usually skips the next opportunity, not even setting his feet pointing to the basket, not even attempting to fake a triple threat. As his shooting motion looks fluid and, especially for a big guy, technically sound, we have just been waiting for it to start going down.

What bothers me is that he just keeps doing this. Can you imagine Matt or Fitzmorris doing this? Hey, let me burn my one a game shot, because everyone gets one?

I could swallow him just moving to burning that shot when calmly setting his feet, taking his time, not rushing the shot, like have 2 seconds to concentrate on the basket before shooting it. See what happens for the next five games/burned shots. But no, just the same quick, confident looking for some reason, quick for a big guy, shot. Shooters keep shooting, but non shooters? Insanity is repeating the same thing and...
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Props to my son

Purple Pile Driver
Eurocat said:
I never thought I would have an athlete in the family, we are all medical nerds (except for me, I faint at the sight of a drop of blood, so sad too bad). But my 14-year-old had really taken basketball to heart and even though he is only 14 they make him play in the 15–16-year-old league and in last week's tournament he was names MVP for the finals game where he scored 27 points and snagged 24 rebounds.

Before anyone gets too excited, no there is not a chance he could go to NU, he is not that good, the league is very good, competitive, but I know enough about bball to know what limits are. Maybe, MAYBE he could be second string at someplace like Lehigh or Colgate.

But basketball - which he only got into recently - has really changed and improved him, More self-confidence and self-discipline,

So, props to my youngest!

Go Cats!

ps - I will edit to add - he is an absolute f*cker on defense. I can't get more delighted, So many times some prima donna from another team will come down lah-dee-dah dribbling between his legs and behind his back (which is fine, but do it because it is effective not to show off to the cheerleaders) and my son will casually guard him and WHACK - ball rolls out of bounds. The prima donna will give a stare like "Bro, wassup?". Back on the court WHACK. No foul, all clean, just no bs. Probably my favorite part of his game. It is so funny to see the opponents reactions, they are like "hey, what are you doing"?
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24 rebounds! Geez, that’s a lot of missed shots to haul in.

He is going to need a bigger stadium to handle all of the fan interest. Just messing with you Euro. Congratulations on your sons success.
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ILL expects 18 starters to return.

CatManTrue
NJCat said:
Cause he's an Iowa grad and even has a Hawkeye tattoo on his leg?

Sure, the "Tiger Hawk" tattoo seemed like a great idea at the time. That was 1990, when Bielema, then a walk-on defensive lineman for the Hawkeyes under legendary coach Hayden Fry, sprang for the ink after receiving a scholarship as a sophomore. To celebrate, he got the iconic Iowa logo tattooed on his left calf with the words "Believe" and "Achieve" on opposite ends of a giant "I."

Bielema soon had the pedigree of a Hawkeye for life. He became a senior captain in 1992, returned to Iowa City shortly afterward to become a graduate assistant, and served as a linebacker coach under Fry and his successor, Kirk Ferentz, for six seasons.

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Illinois is poised to make a playoff run. Ugly tattoo or not.

Bielema is a hell of a coach. He gets results.
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So, who do you despise more…

CatManTrue
EvanstonCat said:
Notre Shame for sure. I hate them almost as much as I hate the Bucks. As a Catholic I hate that they try to claim an entire religious base. I hate their pompous nature.

Penn State, I have no hate for. I don’t think JoePa knew what was going on. He was from a different era where such behavior was incomprehensible, and when he realized what happened, it probably killed him. I also don’t think it’s fair to for us to get in our high horse about PSU and Sandusky when we are so ready to sweep the car washes under the rug in our own house. I’m not saying they are equivalent, but what happened at NU was a culture problem involving rituals that if not nearly as heinous, were still sick and twisted, while what happened at PSU was more isolated to the criminal actions of a sick and twisted individual pedo.
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I agree on all points excrpt for the Notre Dame hate.

Like many posters, I’m part Irish and a reformed Catholic. They are just a well reputed school trying to make it as an independent.

P$U is oblivious. How is Franklin still their head coach?
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Travel question

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NU Houston said:
I don't know for sure but would be very surprised if they don't plan to stay on the west coast in between those two games. It's not coincidence that the road games were scheduled back to back. The Washington game looks to be at 9:30pm central on Saturday, February 8 (not March). If they flew back after that one, even on charter, they wouldn't get home until late morning on Sunday. Then they'd need to fly back to Oregon the next day. No reason to do that.

On the other hand, I'm guessing that NU will fly home late tonight after the game at Penn State and will then fly (or bus) to Purdue on Saturday in preparation for Sunday's game there.
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The in and out of PSU and then Purdue is likey far harder than those WC trips where they stay out there
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Sign Of The Times

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Purple Pile Driver said:
What makes it an unfair competition? Just because you lost out on the competition doesn’t make it unfair.
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More like a stacked deck competition where coaches have particular hot buttons that sway the selection process. Add to that the bringing in some portal candidate that the kid would suddenly find himself behind. Just take a look at the Sullivan situation here at NU last year Thought he had a track and then finding out that they were bringing a new OC that has a different take on what he needs and then yet another grad transfer in front of him. For him that didn't look like a little fair competition but rather a stacked deck against him
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Props to my son

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I doubt he has the "build", my sense (and I am not locked into this, I would love to be proven "too pessimistic") is that he stays in Europe or if comes to America to someplace like Fordham or Hofstra or Wagner (this is me naming programs near me that I know about, I am sure there are many others) but, because he is pretty sharp in the head, becomes a very good coach. But he is 14 for all I know he will announce he wants to do pre-med like everyone in my family except for me (blood...yech....).

And of course, at his age he could build up and out, time will tell, he is only in 9th grade.

The almost creepy thing is not only does he follow the NBA and his favorite players, he also knows stuff about the G-League that no normal non-obsessed guy would know. He knew that Jacob (JACOB not Obi) played (and plays) Topin for the Knicks and he sends me data about how Boo Buie is doing. He knows more about Boo than I do and I was his biggest fan.

Boo Buie - The NBA G League

Boo Buie (born December 7, 1999) is a guard for the Westchester Knicks on a Two-Way Contract with the New York Knicks. He played college basketball at Northwestern.
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I give him a one percent chance of playing in the Bigs, but he could definitely turn his "Charlie Hustle" into a coaching gig he is freaky enough about the sport.

Who knows? He is having fun and staying clean and studious, and I will never complain about that.

Go Cats.
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