Anything to report from the season ticket holder open practice today?
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Nice to have the open practice and a good opportunity to see some of the new guys.
A couple of observations. Collins seems to have this teams attention. He can be pretty direct and involved, stopping play and making sure people are doing their job.
1) Benson is a big guy, and seems pretty fluid. He could add some pounds, but he will contribute. Looks like he is the tallest guy on the team, but it could be Sideshow Bob hair which make him look taller.
2) Isiah Brown, real potential, quick, decisive, pretty thin and learning. Good we have Mac so he can learn as he goes.
3) Mac Tap and Skelly are really looking bulked up. Good to see Vic Law back in the mix. Ash has some experience now, but not sure how much floor time he will see.
4) Sanjay Falzo Pardon Lindsey will be solid and experienced.
5) Charlie Hall and Tino Malnati provide some solid practice time competition, and hustle. Charlie having been in the system for a year is more confident.
This team has potential and is deeper than I can ever remember at NU. Bmac will be the sparkplug, The question is which of the big guys will step up and make thing happen.
A couple of observations. Collins seems to have this teams attention. He can be pretty direct and involved, stopping play and making sure people are doing their job.
1) Benson is a big guy, and seems pretty fluid. He could add some pounds, but he will contribute. Looks like he is the tallest guy on the team, but it could be Sideshow Bob hair which make him look taller.
2) Isiah Brown, real potential, quick, decisive, pretty thin and learning. Good we have Mac so he can learn as he goes.
3) Mac Tap and Skelly are really looking bulked up. Good to see Vic Law back in the mix. Ash has some experience now, but not sure how much floor time he will see.
4) Sanjay Falzo Pardon Lindsey will be solid and experienced.
5) Charlie Hall and Tino Malnati provide some solid practice time competition, and hustle. Charlie having been in the system for a year is more confident.
This team has potential and is deeper than I can ever remember at NU. Bmac will be the sparkplug, The question is which of the big guys will step up and make thing happen.
Thanks for the report. It's funny that every year people talk about how much Taphorn has bulked up from the previous season. But it's always true! Remember how he looked as a freshman?
Thanks for the report. It's funny that every year people talk about how much Taphorn has bulked up from the previous season. But it's always true! Remember how he looked as a freshman?
Just, Wow....
Tap has got a stylish new 'do. Good lookin' young man.
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Adding to the above report, Benson looked more mature than I expected and definitely can help as a Frosh. Skelly could probably play some center as well, depending on matchups. Brown was the second string point guard for the entire practice. Law is going to be able to replace Demps as a second double digit scorer. He was pretty deadly from 3 and has other aspects to his game. Who will be that third guy??? Lindsey couldn't make any shots for most of the practice. Falzon sat out with some kind of minor injury. Hope he can be the guy. Collins spent the last twenty minutes working on late game situations which I found interesting. Brown got a great pass from McIntosh but missed a buzzer beater from the corner. McIntosh hit a long one to end the workout. I second the notion that the notable difference in this team from the past is that we have SOME BIG TEN QUALITY DEPTH.
I didn't see the practice, but I am willing to bet both Dererk and Barret will split time largely determined by foul trouble. NU will have 10 fouls at the 5 and I am sure they will use 'em all most games.
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Um..... being an NU fan, I'm trained to expect this to be season-ending.
Thanks all for the color. Just curious, when you say Brown was second string PG, does that mean second group in drills and plays and exercises, or that he was playing PG with mostly 2s in scrimmage type stuff? Or both I suppose.
Related- what looked like the starting lineup? My guess would have been BMac Lindsey Law Falzon Pardon, but could see movement around that outside of BMac and Law.
Go Cats
I'm sorry but there is something wrong with the hair cuts on a few of the basketball players. They're like hipsters or something. Macintosh has the worst haircut on earth. Dude can drop dimes and I love him but man his haircut is awful
If the red squiggly line doesn't catch the typo then I'm not editing my posts on an internet message board where a bunch of grown men discuss kids playing basketball, I'm sorry if that offends you
Doesn't offend me.
I just think it's embarrassing that some Northwestern fans can't spell the names of our players correctly.
I just think it's embarrassing that some Northwestern fans can't spell the names of our players correctly.
That doesn't bother me. If we were misspelling Vic Law, then you'd have an argument, but there are a lot of names to keep straight. I don't think I dared to spell out Trevor Siemian once during his four years here in fear of being castigated.
Your starting five guess would seem to be a pretty good one from what I saw, and yes, Brown was at the point for the perceived second unit although I think that is pretty fluid at this point. Ash was playing the off guard almost the entire practice and he looked stronger physically. Brown and Mc were on the floor together for a bit of the time as well (for instance on the play when he missed a "last shot" from the corner.) Falzon was at the practice doing some leg stretching stuff so nothing to worry about there.
The use of Assch (did I spell that correctly?) is interesting to me. I think maybe he will end up like Sanjay Lumpkin.....kind of a defensive specialist and not much offensively. If I remember correctly he was not much of a shooter last year. Hope his ball handling skills are sufficient to give some relief off the bench. I remember thinking last year that BMAC looked really worn out in some games.
No....correct spelling is Asssch....you missed the 3rd S....good try..... I agree
with your point btw.
with your point btw.
Thanks, good info! I think that's a logical starting 5 too. Would be great if we can BMac a bit more rest than he had last year to keep him fresh, so if Brown (or anyone else) is good enough to spell at PG for even 5-7 solid minutes a game against B1G competition that's a plus.
Some of us are in fields where correct spelling and grammar are important. Imagine having to know the correct spelling of 2000 insects. One can't screw the spelling up or they'll face professional scorn. It's tough to shake professionally engrained habits.
On the other hand, who cares if you call methane CH3 rather than CH4?
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Rap took one for the team this year so hoping Falzone is spared by the NUBBHG (NU BasketBall Hating Gods).
This is 2016. Deal with it man. My 16 year old and his friends have similar cuts. You should hear them talk about the 80s and 90s haircuts. Just look at the Trumpster - that feathered animal pelt look doesn't impress anyone.
I'm in logistics, using proper grammar is frowned upon in my industry
The Trumpster's hair is a work of art, if you don't agree with that then you have a big ol dump in your pants
In 2012, my last year before I retired, I earned $881,034. NU grads aren't average, they are top 1%.
That's awesome. How about spending $10 a month on a subscription to support the site that gives you countless hours of enjoyment each day?
He's picked up a $100/day weed habit since changing his name. Anxiety.
Well, I'd guess most of his "big payout" was stock. He's so worried about the 22% capital gains rate, he doesn't have enough for a Rock subscription or for a regular trip to Ryan.
I was hoping you'd pick up on my playful slight that physicists often use against chemists. In other words, as REAL scientists go, physicists > chemists.
How is a polymer SCIENTIST different from a polymer chemist? Or is it just loftier sounding.
I'm actually more of a naturalist who is asked to do science for a living. Naturalists are a dying breed.
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Polymer chemists do synthesis. Polymer scientists are the real brains of the operation. In my day as a rheologist, the big dude was a brilliant polymath physicist called PG DeGennes, who along with Masao Doi came up with reptation theory to model polymer dynamics. So I did synthesis, but my real interest was theoretical modelling. Ended up inventing some pretty cool polymers for motor oil applications and was recognized as a member of a team by the American Chemical Society as a "Hero of Chemistry". I felt ashamed to be honored by lowly Chemists but accepted the award anyway.