Brooks: What was the play of his NU career?

[NJcatsfan]

The game-tying bucket to send round one of the tourney to OT last season? The and-one shot vs Illinois? The fittingly representative diving attempt to keep a ball in-bounds during the NCAAs? I’ll always remember him celebrating among the mob on the floor after the Super Bowl Sunday Purdue win.

What play is THE Brooks play at NU? Nominations/explanations below…

 

[Davidgolds5]

Think it has to be the drive versus FAU. Everything has broken down, and Brooks just took it to the hole.

 

[SmellyCat]

Think it has to be the drive versus FAU. Everything has broken down, and Brooks just took it to the hole.

It has to be this, but I like that there are other legit choices.

 

[GatoLouco]

Getting his teeth knocked out, or the temps flying out of his mouth, might not have had any impact on any game but surely illustrated how hard he played.

 

[hdhntr1]

The game-tying bucket to send round one of the tourney to OT last season? The and-one shot vs Illinois? The fittingly representative diving attempt to keep a ball in-bounds during the NCAAs? I’ll always remember him celebrating among the mob on the floor after the Super Bowl Sunday Purdue win.

What play is THE Brooks play at NU? Nominations/explanations below…

Actually if you look for the play to epitimize his career it would be the dunk at the end of the Indiana game. Putting everything into it every play and going through injuries or whatever to get the job done. The breakaway dunk ending in a face plant, Then getting up with a bloody face as if nothing had happened

 

[Davidgolds5]

Actually if you look for the play to epitimize his career it would be the dunk at the end of the Indiana game. Putting everything into it every play and going through injuries or whatever to get the job done. Then getting up with a bloody face as if nothing had happened

He tried so hard for so many games to get that one handed dunk on the breakaway, denied many times. Was great to see him get it done in one of the other games, may have been Maryland. (I recall him limping afterwards).

 

[AdamOnFirst]

To me it's absolutely going full hog ass over teakettle vs FAU. Yes, later in that game he had a fantastic drive to the bucket to send the game to OT -let's be real, that's realistically the play of his career - that was huge in itself. That layup flashed all of Brooks varied offensive abilities: threat to shoot, balance, strength through contact, ability to stop and score at each level, and ultimately the ability to handle and lay it in smoothly.

But what could ever be more Brooks Barnhizer than going full blown body sacrificing complete disregard for his own health and safety sellout to chase a loose ball in the early part of the first half of a tournament game? Nothing says more about who he is as a basketball player than that moment to me. Rewatching the FAU game tying layup video I'm reminded that was truly a great basket in NU history. But I'll never need to be reminded of Brooks flipping over the table and knowing immediately that was going to be on One Shining Moment.