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Wildcats still stuck in neutral

March, 22, 2012

3/22/12

10:04

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By Jon Greenberg | ESPNChicago.com

With a persistent hammering disrupting an answer about his mental state during a conference call, Northwestern coach Bill Carmody joked, "That's me banging my head against the wall."

What a cut-up. No, that's the metaphor for Northwestern's basketball program. Forever building.

Carmody is in for Year 13 as the outlier of major college basketball, the Northwestern Wildcats, strives on to make that first NCAA tournament, which is probably the most embarrassing streaks in sports, and yes, definitely worse than the Cubs' World Series streak.

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Jon Greenberg

Columnist, ESPNChicago.com

Jon Greenberg is a columnist for ESPNChicago.com. He has lived and worked in Chicago since 2003, and is a graduate of Ohio University and the University of Chicago.

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