Can Cats make NIT?
There are 13 games left in the regular season. At 9-6, the Cats look like a longshot for the postseason, but, hey, why not look at it a little bit?
First, let's consider that the win over DePauw, a Division III school, doesn't really count for postseason eligibility. That's eight wins.
NU should beat Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne, the only non-conference game left. In the Big Ten, I think Purdue, Penn State and Minnesota could be winnable games the rest of the way. We'll need to upset Iowa, Indiana or Michigan. At best, it seems that winning six of the remaining 13 would be about the best the Cats could do. That would put Northwestern at 15-13 with 14 wins against D-I opponents.
Northwestern would still likely need to win two in the Big Ten tournament, a 16-13 record against D-1. Again, it's looking like a longshot.
Comments
it looked so good after the win over minnesota. we were 9-4 and 2-0 in the big ten with a panzie called penn st coming to town. this so called cellar dweller outhusled and outplayed the cats the entire nite. this loss was one of the most dissapointing i have ever seen as a cats fan.
Posted by: kidcat | January 14, 2006 07:54 PM
State Penn is not the pansy we all thought they were - BC did warn about their shooting, and they certainly shot. NU has to have one more player step up each night and we're a decent team. when VV has to carry it all, we're in trouble.
Posted by: coach Roy | January 19, 2006 08:52 AM