Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Maryland

[GatoLouco]

Just like in Evanston Reese gets away with a lot of elbowing

 

[ballerog711]

NU got hit in the nuts twice

 

[SmellyCat]

Too. Many. Fouls.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Nicholson always drops his arms into the defender. Just go straight up!

 

[zbag51]

Gonna be tough if they keep calling so many fouls on us

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

1 ------------------------------------------ for 17 lol!

 

[IMC Cat]

Do we have a nickname for Martinelli? Mart doesn't count. And he deserves one.

 

[NU Houston]

Maryland is 1 of 14 on three point shots. They'll start hitting some eventually. NU needs to be aggressive and get the Terps in foul trouble. Get into the bonus early.

Five fouls by NU in the first four minutes. This is not what I was envisioning.

 

[Hungry Jack]

NU got hit in the nuts twice

FLAGRANT 2 X 2

Looks like Scott is pretty ailing out there. Only fair given Borg's absence.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Love Hunger on the offensive end, but we’re seeing why he doesn’t get more playing time.

 

[GatoLouco]

Do we have a nickname for Martinelli? Mart doesn't count. And he deserves one.

Nick Makes You Look Like A Dick. NMYLLAD, is easy to remember.

 

[SmellyCat]

Do we have a nickname for Martinelli? Mart doesn't count. And he deserves one.

Whoa Nelli!

Ok, let me think a little more. I can do better.

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

MN having one of his earlier in the season efforts tonight

 

[ballerog711]

Love the effort and this is fun to watch them compete.

But how come Nick can twist and turn and get hoops and Brooks can't.

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

Blake Smith! Who is this masked man

 

[DaCat]

Blake Smith! Who is this masked man

Huge play by Blake. And Nick too.

 

[SmellyCat]

Would be nice to see Boo get going. It's amazing NU is winning. Martinelli showed up tonight. Need to see Boo and Brooks do the same and get this W.

 

[TheC]

Hunger fouls too much

 

[SmellyCat]

SELF-NICHOLBOMB!

 

[ballerog711]

MN with the iso dunk

 

[zbag51]

SELF-NICHOLBOMB!

Loved that play!

 

[zbag51]

Boo!!!

 

[CappyNU]

Squeaky bum time once again...

 

[zbag51]

Come on Cats, hold it together!

 

[SmellyCat]

Let's finish this thing. Defense. Let's go!

 

[DaCat]

Turned into a nail biter. Let’s put this away!

 

[GatoLouco]

I still believe

Never a doubt

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

The perfect road game doesn't exi....

 

[SmellyCat]

I LOVE THIS TEAM.

 

[BosCat]

 

[ballerog711]

Brooks shut me up 6 for 6 free throws.

Lot of gamblers lost money to ight

 

[CappyNU]

What an unbelievable win!! Nick Martinelli the stud, Blake Smith the unsung hero, the basketball gods somehow blessed us with refs who called fouls on Maryland. Get your dancing shoes on!!

Also, I take credit for this win, because I cashed out my NU +5 bet after learning that Langborg wouldn't play.

 

[drewjin]

If we win tonight without Langborg, Collins should get Coach of the Year, hard stop.

CCC and TEAM, We're not worthy!!!!!!!!

 

[DaCat]

N-Mart is our MVP tonight! Or is it N-Money!

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

If we win tonight without Langborg, Collins should get Coach of the Year, hard stop.

Wow! Just amazing win.

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

We still got a shot at this tournament thing coming up in a few weeks?

 

[DaCat]

That was a huge win!

 

[TheC]

Outstanding! This team is tough as nails. No one would have blamed them for dropping this one, but they fought and fought and just found a way.

 

[rwhitney014]

Hang it in the damn Louvre. A masterpiece of bully ball and guts. Lacing up my dancing shoes…

 

[Hungry Jack]

That game smelled like napalm in the morning