Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Maryland

mshelton33

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The last regular season game of the 2024-25 campaign is here and Northwestern (16-14, 7-12 Big Ten) is on the road at No. 13 Maryland (23-7, 13-6 Big Ten). The game will air on Peacock and tip off at 2 pm CT.
 

TheC

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Great.... another game on the Cock of Pea. What's the point of a conference having its own network??
 

SmellyCat

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They kept saying on the previous game that Penn State was playing its last game of the season, but they're 16-15 now with their upset of Wisconsin. I bet the same gods who were protecting them against NU when they matched up will pick them for the Crown or NIT ahead of NU.

Let's just win today to erase all doubt!
 

SmellyCat

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Great.... another game on the Cock of Pea. What's the point of a conference having its own network??
Count how many times you have to see Stifler's mom today.

Edit: And as I type it...there's one.
 

GatoLouco

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Reese is a fine player. But against us it always looks like he’s a lottery pick
 
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Maryland looks coached up for where we pass the ball inside. Clayton trying to be an instigator and force attention on him, not working too well. Good scores, but that three was just bad. That dead ball foul scenario was weird, didn't follow it - two fouls on NU, one on Md?
 

rwhitney014

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His warmups are off, so I would imagine he'll be in the game soon. The D on Queen has been really good so far and maybe we don't want to mess with it.
Announcers keep talking like we have no bigs after Nicholson, and Hunger first off the bench is a bit unusual as of late. Hope he’s available.
 

DaCat

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Another horrible officiating job by the zebras. It’s been like this all season.
 

GatoLouco

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You see 7-3 in fouls and you think they have two bigs, there’s gonna be a disparity. And then you see the foul of Berry on Queen, followed by swallowing a whistle on Keenan on the other hand, and you can’t help wondering WTF.
 

TheC

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Hunger is pretty fearless, but he just lacks the athleticism for this level.
 

GatoLouco

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Hunger is pretty fearless, but he just lacks the athleticism for this level.
That’s one kind of positive way of looking at it. The other is that he’s that meme of the cat looking at the mirror and seeing a lion.

And I hate going back to refs but screw this, Keenan called for another foul for just being there. Good grief.
 
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Nick carried the scoring in the first half, but he's already looking gassed. That hip check into his chest whuffed him a bunch. Berry and KJ need to put some points up.
 

GatoLouco

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You see our enormous difficulty in scoring and you think, sooner or later, MD will get at least a little bit hot, score at a higher pace, and we won’t stand a chance in this game.

Having said that, this group fights, surprises you. It’s easy to like this team.
 

HawkCat

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It’s hard to believe we are still in the game with our horrible shooting and Maryland more than doubling us on rebounds.
 

PURPLECAT88

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In five years we’ve watched Nicholson get so much better at so many aspects of the game. That just makes it so much more frustrating that he still can’t make a layup.
 

TheC

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I love the way we play. The effort and toughness is really something. Man, if we just had a touch more skill to go with that....
 

HawkCat

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I alternate between rage and laughter about how we get no respect from the refs. It is surreal.
 

Davidgolds5

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Berry causes the over and back, no call. Berry gets tripped by a defender, no call. Berry takes a charge, foul on Berry.

wtf refs...
My mental health needs this season over. My mentals cannot handle the refs for a few months.
 

TheC

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I don't know what you can do. It really ruins the game having refs who automatically assume the call is against you.