The Northwestern men's basketball team clearly has the talent to compete with anyone in the Big Ten. Next year, with the additions of Kevin Coble back from injury and Rivals.com four-star recruit Jershon Cobb, they'll have top tier Big Ten talent.

But they still might not make the NCAA Tournament.

This team lacks any player who consistently wants the ball with the game on the line. I want to preface this argument by saying that I am not questioning the team's effort. This team plays really hard all of the time, and I admired their resiliency in coming back against Wisconsin in the Kohl Center.

But all of NU's players are too...nice.

Basketball is something they are all really good at, and have been practicing ...

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