As I claimed my seat a week ago to watch the Wildcats take on Marquette, I opened a Snapchat from my brother. It was a picture of the players warming up on the Pavilion court on his humble apartment TV, captioned, “Game time.”
My brother, Luke, is a senior at Marquette and an avid follower of all things basketball. I’ve heard in-depth analyses of the Golden Eagles’ recruiting classes, many discussions of their young but promising lineup and enraged rants after heartbreaking losses. The names of Luke Fischer and Henry Ellenson are just as common in our household as those of Ryan Arcidiacano, Daniel Ochefu or Josh Hart.