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Regrouping after Illinois

Fresh off a 78-66 loss to Illinois, Northwestern heads to Penn State for a Saturday afternoon game (3 p.m. CT, ESPN2) against a Big Ten cellar-dwellar.

Northwestern coaches host a "Cat chat" tonight at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in Evanston. Among the questions we have for coach Bill Carmody:

  • Why can't the Cats shoot free throws?
  • Why can't they shoot three-pointers?
  • Is the Princeton offense right for a team that can't shoot?
  • Will the freshmen ever play or are they redshirting?
  • Is Mohammed Hachad on a milk carton?
  • Is an NIT berth a pipe dream?

    • But other than that, we're happy with the season so far.

    Posted by nuhoops on January 20, 2005 08:25 AM |

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    Obviously, the Cats are struggling from long range, but the percentage isn't that much better this year (.337) than last year (.316). The foul shooting this year (62%) is down a little from last year (67%). Overall, the Cats' averages are pretty close to where they were last year (they're turning the ball over a bit more in 2004005, but they're also rebounding a bit better). I guess what I'm saying here is, the team hasn't had a noticeable improvement from last year to this year. Yes, Young graduating was a big loss, but there's a core group of players back from last year and they were boosted by Thompson's arrival. They should be better than this.

    Posted by: Matt | January 21, 2005 08:21 AM

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