February 10, 2001 marked an end to the longest losing streak in Big Ten history, since the last World War that is. And to congratulate the Cats on their hard-fought victory against a Top-25 team, we thought we’d diagram just how the team snapped this brief 32-game schneid.

Score, score, score

Where would our offense be these days without the methodical new system that Bill Carmody brought from Princeton? Instead of a constant barrage of three-pointers, the team has done an excellent job of streaking to the hole like bats out of Hades. To get a good feel for our new system, check out these backdoor cuts, and see for yourself what these kids are learning.

But our victory over Iowa may have been due to the team’s stellar defense, limiting the usually-potent Dean Oliver and Reggie Evans to minimal games. With Tavaras Hardy playing as big as ever and the rest of the team bearing down, the Cats’ stifling defense shut Iowa down for much of the second half. Want to see actual, overhead shots of NU's Man2Man defense?

So does this mean that the whole campus will be flocking to see NU on the hardwood? Avoid the long walk to Welsh-Ryan and catch the streaming video on your ethernet connection.

Okay, okay, so basketball and male pornography have similar terminology; maybe Dr. James Naismith had some secrets, eh?