I have been watching Northwestern BB since November 1985.
I went to games against Marathon Oil, Brown and the University of Chicago just to experience a win. My most vivid memory of NU BB college hoops in the 80s was Bill Foster calling timeout to (unsuccessfully) stop yet another run by a Big Ten opponent, like Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue. One of the greatest NU hoops feat of my generation was when Rocky Saviano pulled the water fountain off the wall in Bobb-McCulloch. I yearned for a competitive NU hoops team. How hard could it be to find 3 or 4 guys who could make that happen?
Pretty hard.
Foster, Byrdsong, KON, Carmody all came and went. Shon Morris, Jitim Young, Juice Thompson, Evan Eschmeyer, John Shurna and countless others were warriors in this cause.
And here we are. A new W-R. A home court advantage. 2 - and soon 3 - years in the NCAA Tournament in less than a decade. Has NU arrived?
To this point, 1 peak has yet to be approached by Northwestern Basketball. The Big Ten Basketball title game.
Let's take the next step in the journey today. Thank you 2023-24 Men's BB team for making our lives richer this fall and winter! Can't wait for this next chapter.
Go Cats!!!!!
I went to games against Marathon Oil, Brown and the University of Chicago just to experience a win. My most vivid memory of NU BB college hoops in the 80s was Bill Foster calling timeout to (unsuccessfully) stop yet another run by a Big Ten opponent, like Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue. One of the greatest NU hoops feat of my generation was when Rocky Saviano pulled the water fountain off the wall in Bobb-McCulloch. I yearned for a competitive NU hoops team. How hard could it be to find 3 or 4 guys who could make that happen?
Pretty hard.
Foster, Byrdsong, KON, Carmody all came and went. Shon Morris, Jitim Young, Juice Thompson, Evan Eschmeyer, John Shurna and countless others were warriors in this cause.
And here we are. A new W-R. A home court advantage. 2 - and soon 3 - years in the NCAA Tournament in less than a decade. Has NU arrived?
To this point, 1 peak has yet to be approached by Northwestern Basketball. The Big Ten Basketball title game.
Let's take the next step in the journey today. Thank you 2023-24 Men's BB team for making our lives richer this fall and winter! Can't wait for this next chapter.
Go Cats!!!!!