Wednesday night’s double overtime loss might be the perfect example of how Northwestern’s men’s basketball team has consistently raised the hopes of Wildcat fans and subsequently crushed them, over and over again.
This one hurt especially bad, though. The opportunity for the ‘Cats to finally snap their losing streak was brushing at their fingertips — they had not one, but two overtime periods to make up for mistakes that plagued their first 40 minutes of play, but to no avail. Poor shooting by the guards, careless fouls and an inability to lock down key players marked Northwestern’s sixth single-digit loss of the season and served as an unfortunate reminder that until the ‘Cats can win close games, postseason hopes are far and few between.