In November, Bryant McIntosh was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50. Weeks earlier at Big Ten media day, the senior point guard had spoken of Northwestern’s ultimate goal of making the Final Four.
You know all this, but I remind you of it because the lofty and evidently unreasonable individual and team preseason expectations are the reason B-Mac’s senior season will go down as a disappointment. He had a few good stretches that brought back memories of the point guard’s magical junior season—- that showed what he is capable of doing when his knees and shoulders don’t betray him.