NU Sports News Digest for: 1/5

All the News that Fits We Link -- The Original Index to Online News about Northwestern University Athletics

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NU Announces Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week

BASKETBALL

Men
Northwestern Falls To No. 10 Michigan State, 77-66
+ Postgame MSU: Bill Carmody
+ Northwestern collapses in 2nd half to MSU
+ Wildcats hang tough -- for a half, anyway
+ Northwestern apparently not the greatest b-ball team in the country
+ NU turns it over in 2nd half

Women:
'Cats Dispose of Badgers, 49-46, For First Conference Victory
+ WBB: Players React to Win
+ Postgame Wisconsin: Joe McKeown

FOOTBALL

One more game for Sutton:
Tyrell Sutton To Play in East-West Shrine Game
+ Other Big Ten seniors added to the roster from ESPN.com.

Delany: Big Ten bowl results just 'cyclical'
+ 'Horns brace for Buckeyes
+ Northern schools simply can no longer compete

Rittenberg: Take five: Big Ten predictions for 2009

Recruiting:

Misc:

Two students named Rhodes Scholars

From Hailtopurple.com
Send your Alamo Bowl stories including: How was your travel impacted? How long was your total delay? How did you end up getting to San Antonio? What were your extra out-of-pocket expenses? to .

Northwestern Magazine asks you to send any photos you may have of the Bowl including  the alumni tour, the tailgate or the game, please send your best shots to .

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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.
Yes, we use Google News, First Headlines and Yahoo as part of our search for Wildcat stories.

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