Postscript on Northwestern

Well, unlike Anelia (who left her blog's readers in suspense for months about whether she had a baby or not), I'm not one to leave y'all in the dark.  Unfortunately, I don't have good news to report.  NU lost its game against Minnesota (in overtime, no less), which sealed its fate.  They're currently alive in the NIT, which is essentially a giant consolation tournament.

NU fans console themselves by reminding themselves of their lofty academic standards for athletes.  (How lofty is a question no one outside of Evanston can say for sure.)  Here's a story that may not be true, but let's just pretend that it is so we can feel better.

"[The Northwestern head coaching position] was not a plum job. Seven years earlier, in 1993, 27-year-old Duke assistant Tommy Amaker was interviewed for the same position. The school made him an offer after two meetings, but Amaker turned them down. The rumor that’s been circulating around Evanston for years is that at the very end, Amaker handed the interview committee two résumés, without names, and asked if he could get those players into the school. The interviewers looked at the transcripts, discussed among themselves, and said no. What they didn’t realize was that they’d rejected Bobby Hurley and Christian Laettner, the duo that had just led Duke to two straight national titles. That was enough for Amaker. He went back to Durham."  (source)


I'll  be back soon with a new post so we can all move on.