It's '80s Night at Welsh-Ryan, so we're being treated to '80s music, '80s Nintendo-style scoreboard graphics and, for students, fluorescent T-shirt giveaways.
Hopefully we'll see a different Northwestern team tonight. Though watching Kentucky go down to Evansville shows you that upsets can happen to anyone. It made me feel a little better, anyway.
I'm looking for a lot more from Anthony Gaines and AJ Turner tonight. They were AWOL against Merrimack, scoring a total of eight points. Gaines, who didn't hit a field goal vs. the Warriors, has got to be much more involved, and Turner should get a lot more minutes. I think, in his case, Merrimack's guard-heavy lineup and diminutive size had a lot to do with his lack of playing time.
Providence's big two are Alpha Diallo, a 6-7 wing who averages 17 points and 12 rebounds, and the tragically named David Duke, a 6-5 point guard who averages 16 and 5.5. You might remember that NU recruited him for a while a couple years ago. (That's back when they were pursuing a couple kids with unfortunate names: David Duke and Drew Peterson.)
Hopefully we'll see a different Northwestern team tonight. Though watching Kentucky go down to Evansville shows you that upsets can happen to anyone. It made me feel a little better, anyway.
I'm looking for a lot more from Anthony Gaines and AJ Turner tonight. They were AWOL against Merrimack, scoring a total of eight points. Gaines, who didn't hit a field goal vs. the Warriors, has got to be much more involved, and Turner should get a lot more minutes. I think, in his case, Merrimack's guard-heavy lineup and diminutive size had a lot to do with his lack of playing time.
Providence's big two are Alpha Diallo, a 6-7 wing who averages 17 points and 12 rebounds, and the tragically named David Duke, a 6-5 point guard who averages 16 and 5.5. You might remember that NU recruited him for a while a couple years ago. (That's back when they were pursuing a couple kids with unfortunate names: David Duke and Drew Peterson.)
