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Bryant McIntosh has become 'the guy' for Northwestern... and he knows it

EVANSTON — It's 3 a.m., and Bryant McIntosh can't sleep.

He sits up straight in a chair, enveloped by silence. His mind races. It swerves around a ball screen. It knifes into the lane. It sees a defender out of position, and darts to the three-point line.

Then he hears a voice. "What are you doing?" it says. It's a valid question.

The voice is that of Gavin Skelly, McIntosh's freshman year roommate. Skelly is confused. He's been sleeping, but just woke up. And McIntosh is just sitting there, staring blankly.

"I run the game through in my mind.