Northwestern’s run to the Big Ten tournament’s championship game earned some gaudy descriptions.
For head coach Spencer Allen, the Wildcats’ trip to the edge of the NCAA tournament was just baseball.
“Baseball is a tricky game and we proved that, that you can play good baseball late and be in the mix late, up until the final game,” Allen said earlier this week.
The Wildcats won 21 of their final 33 games in 2017 and finished one win shy of their first NCAA tournament berth since 1957, an impressive turnaround after a 6-18 start to the season.