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One win.
One epic, logic-defying, No. 1-denying, Purple-are-flying win.
The biggest damn one in school history? Oh, yes.
That’s all it took for Northwestern to erase the stink of disappointment that has hung over its men’s basketball program ever since the Wildcats broke through to their very first NCAA Tournament in 2017.
Sunday in Evanston, the almost unthinkable happened: The Wildcats — NCAA-bound again, there’s no doubt about that now — upset Purdue 64-58 for their first-ever victory against a foe ranked No.