[NU Sports] Wildcats 70, Stanford 62

[Tom Maycock]

I was at the game yesterday. Great atmosphere despite most of the students being out on break. 

The most encouraging thing is that the Cats toughed out a win despite their woeful 3-point shooting, and some untimely misses from the FT line. The 1-3-1 defense just made Standford look silly most of the time, and eventually helped the Cats open up some breathing room.

Better foes lie ahead, no doubt, and shooting like they did on Saturday won't be enough in most Big 10 games. But this is fundamentally a good basketball team, and they've got a chance to win a bunch more games. 

Tom