NU Sports News Digest 3/6

Lots of wins last weekend, here's the reporting along with the losses.

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All the News that Fits We Link
Your Index to News about
Northwestern University Athletics

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BASKETBALL

Men
Northwestern Downs Minnesota On Senior Day 57-53
+ 94% FT Shooting Gases Gophers: NU 57 Minn 53
+ Breaks finally go way of NU
+ Breaks finally go way of NU
+ Doyle's crunch-time heroics rescue Wildcats
+ NU’s NIT hopes intact

Minnesota was Saturday  - sort of "who cares coverage"
Gophers Fall In Regular Season Finale At Northwestern, 57-53
+ Regular season ends with loss on the road
+ Men's basketball: Northwestern 57, Gophers 53

Then its probably Penn State again
No. 8 Seed Penn State To Face No. 9 Seed Northwestern Thursday At Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
+ Men's team sitting in unique position at end of season

Other Big 10
Field Set For 2006 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

Close encounters abound in Big Ten
+ Tournament schedule could be unkind to Illini
+ Weber takes issue with scheduling

Buckeyes clinch title outright
+ Bottoming out - Purdue finishes last in Big Ten for first time in 40 years

Illini victory Dee-lightful
+ Izzo: 'The Big Ten's going to miss Dee Brown'

Hot Hoosiers win fourth straight, clinch bye

Iowa ends up unscathed at home

FOOTBALL
RECRUITING

Aaron Nagel Commits to Notre Dame
+ Lemont football star Nagel commits to Notre Dame

Latest college football recruiting buzz

BASEBALL

Kentucky Sweeps Series; Wins Sunday Finale 10-3

game details from Kentucky
Baseball Completes Sweep of Northwestern
+ Coughlin Leads Baseball Over Northwestern
+ Baseball Blasts Northwestern, 19-3

GOLF

Men
12th-Ranked Wildcats in Fifth Place at Seminole Intercollegiate

Women
Northwestern Wins Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational

LACROSSE

No. 1 Northwestern Downs Ohio In ALC Opener, 19-3
+ Northwestern cruises by Ohio
+ Cats Ranked #1 by Womenslacrosse.com

SOFTBALL

Cats were at the Worth Invitational
+ No. 16 Northwestern Blasts Texas Tech, 7-0
+ No. 6 Stanford's Comeback Stuns No. 16 Northwestern, 5-4, in Eight Innings
+ No. 3 Tennessee Survives No. 16 Northwestern, 3-2

from Stanford
Rally caps out in full force for for invite

TENNIS

Men
Northwestern Returns to Action Versus Arizona State

Women
No. 9 Northwestern Comes Back to Upset No. 3 Georgia Tech

WRESTLING

Jake Herbert Takes 174-Pound Title at Big Tens; Wildcats Earn Fifth-Place Finish
+ Jake Herbert and Ryan Lang Qualify For Finals; Wildcats Tied For Fifth Place After Day One

Minnesota wins 2006 Big Ten Championship

Alumni

Luke Donald: Playing in the The Honda Classic
Tim Johnson - Next event is March 23rd

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Coach Roy's Comments on the stories are in Italics:
Remember that I try to only get one copy of an AP story.
$ before a story means its from a source requiring a subscription.
Opinion Columns usually have the name of the writer in bold at the front of the headline.

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