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Paul Sullivan: The only sure thing in this week’s Big Ten tournament at the United Center is unpredictability

CHICAGO — It was only a year ago that Boo Buie and Northwestern watched Iowa set a slew of Big Ten tournament scoring records in a 112-76 second-round rout in Indianapolis. The Hawkeyes established marks for points, field goals (43) and 3-pointers (17) while running the Wildcats out of the building to end their season on an embarrassing note. “That game in Indy was one of the few games I’ve ...
The Big Ten logo on the floor before a college basketball game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center on Jan. 2, 2022, in University Park, Pennsylvania.

CHICAGO — It was only a year ago that Boo Buie and Northwestern watched Iowa set a slew of Big Ten tournament scoring records in a 112-76 second-round rout in Indianapolis.

The Hawkeyes established marks for points, field goals (43) and 3-pointers (17) while running the Wildcats out of the building to end their season on an embarrassing note.

“That game in Indy was one of the few games I’ve ever been a part of that I saw something happen like that,” Buie recalled. “Iowa made every shot. It was a crazy game. They literally could not miss. Even one of their managers at halftime made a half-court

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