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    March Madness Game Thread: Northwestern vs. UConn

    Our two leading scorers have zip. Boo looks really out of sync.
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    March Madness Game Thread: Northwestern vs. UConn

    The transition defense compared to vs FAU is hard to understand
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    March Madness Game Thread: Northwestern vs. FAU

    Missed bunnies and open threes will fall. That was the best defensive half I think I have ever seen from any Northwestern team. Optimistic
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    Much worse teams have made Final Four runs

    Just saying…. Without TB and MN, anything past round two is house money. We have an elite guard and are one of the best three point shooting teams in the country. Those are still facts and in the tourney they matter. Will be fun no matter what happens. I am getting accustomed to seeing...
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    Can we put these two things to bed, please?

    I’d reduce the starters minutes from 36+ to 33+ in the hopes that I got extra benefit in shorter time with fatigue less of an issue. Clearly CCC disagrees. He is a coach by trade, I am an a**hole watching games in my pajamas so obviously take my input as such.
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    Can we put these two things to bed, please?

    I don’t expect starter-level contributions from all scholarship players. Mullins has shown flashes and Clayton’s usage pattern doesn’t give him a chance to get in rhythm offensively, but he can clearly defend. Hunger is a freshman who shows nice aggression and touch around the rim. He needs to...
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    Can we put these two things to bed, please?

    You seem to emphasize the negative “soft factors” - injuries, recency bias, “momentum” - but ignore the positive ones: top five player who is an elite scorer and has played himself from disappointment to NBA prospect, major market team, still a resonant underdog story, and team finding away to...
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    Can we put these two things to bed, please?

    I disagree. I think CCC is a coach who loads up on the guys he trusts the most. Style choice more than necessity, and those guys have thrived so I cannot really argue it. Now he has no choice and the reserves are showing they deserve more minutes in future seasons.
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    We better beat Minnesota or we’re gonna be in trouble

    Our resume is as good as Wiscy’s, you are correct.
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    Bubble watch

    Yes. And the Chi State game drags us so far to the left… simply removing that game does wonders. Future scheduling considerations would be stop playing 10 teams that are sub 250 each year. Then our strong top resume will actually shine.
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    Bubble watch

    Just stop
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    Can we put these two things to bed, please?

    1) “We’re not in yet.” 10 quad 1+2 wins, 12 league wins, and a top five player in the country. It is only a message board panic party and not a fun one. We’ve played our last seven down two starters and gone 4-3 with two road wins in the league (this equals Wiscy’s total B10 road wins and is...
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    Martinelli

    If Mo Hachad could shoot, he’d have been Nick Martinelli.
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    Fitz goes deep on the problems at quarterback

    This is what we refer to in industry as "results over process," and it is a recipe for occasional success mixed with catastrophic failure. Stats do not distort anything; quite the opposite, they shine light on cracks in the foundation of success. Winning despite one of your three units being...
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    Who is our starting qb next season??

    1) Play the talent. Period. The head coach of a 2-8 team with a historically bad offense blathering about which players give us the best chance to win is preposterous. HJ should be taking every snap unless he is physically unable to do so. Anything short of that, all this nonsense about "not...
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    We're favored?!

    Understatement of the year. I'll take *a* touchdown. Offense, defense, special teams, band, don't care. Let's start there.
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    PU @NU Prediction Thread

    Nothin' - Nothin'
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    Forde Nails NU

    I'm sorry, but wouldn't paring a dominant defense with a dominant offense be the best path to winning as many games as possible? The idea that "just barely good enough" is a better target than "best in the country" makes zero sense to me.
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    Most disappointing plays

    This. I was so angry at that play, but as ever time provides perspective. But seriously, can we all chill? My assessment was that Gallagher and Whillock had a game they will remember for the wrong reasons for the rest of their lives. Now, they were both excellent last year and have earned a...
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    NU Injury Report for Stanford

    I am not sure what you are asking to have enforced. The issue is full disclosure of the possibility that an expected contributor won't play, not ex post facto judgment of the accuracy of the injury report or the nature of an injury.
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