Second-half thread for NU-Illinois

azimmerman_1

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That half pretty much summed up what we've seen all year. With the season on the line, let's see what this Northwestern team is made of.
 

SmellyCat

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May 29, 2001
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Pardon surely has the all-time NU record for dunks. Will that be the last dunk of his illustrious career? I hope not.
 

HawkCat

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May 29, 2001
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Not that this is an excuse, but the refs continue to hate us for some reason. Pardon gets mauled and no call, then Gaines maybe grazes a hair on a guy on essentially an uncontested layup at the other end and gets called.
 

LetsGoRed!

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Jan 13, 2004
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Disappointed in the lack of enthusiasm from the Wildcat Cheerleading squad. Step it up, 'Cats!
 
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TheC

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May 29, 2001
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This is where Collins loses confidence in his bench and plays the same five guys for too long down the stretch and they run out of gas.
 

TheC

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Why is Falzon in the game?? That was a horrible sequence on both ends.
 

NU Houston

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Apr 12, 2010
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Clutch three by Turner.

Cats with only one timeout left with over three minutes to play. That could hurt later.
 

TheC

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May 29, 2001
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Boy... did we get lucky.

OK... their starting center has fouled out. I want this OT to be the Dererk Pardon Show.
 

TheC

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May 29, 2001
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Just what I said... Collins stops coaching with 8 minutes left and our guys run out of gas.
 

Catreporter

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Sep 4, 2007
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Consistent pattern all season. Can't pull out a close game (except for the one vs Illini in Evanston).
 

NU Houston

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Apr 12, 2010
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Tough game, tough season. Thanks to the seniors for all they've given. Proud of them. Go Cats.
 

mikewebb68

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Oct 24, 2009
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Just what I said... Collins stops coaching with 8 minutes left and our guys run out of gas.
Lol this post.. An amazing, high- level basketball game without our leading scorer, and you take this opportuntoy to dump on CC. Good freakin' grief
 
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Lol this post.. An amazing, high- level basketball game without our leading scorer, and you take this opportuntoy to dump on CC. Good freakin' grief

I wouldn’t call this one “a high level basketball game”. The play was certainly ugly at times, something which Shon Morris noted on the broadcast.

That being said, I think it was a heck of an effort from the ‘Cats considering the circumstances. Pardon and Falzon played well in their swan songs and AJ, as well as Miller, showed a little something too.

As bleak as 2019 has been for the program, one can take a tiny bit of solace in the fact the team went down fighting.

As for the future...well let’s just say there is much work to be done.