Coming off the second NCAA Event look in program historical past, Northwestern’s males’s basketball workforce obtained an enormous increase Monday when All-Large Ten guard Boo Buie introduced he'll return to the Wildcats for a fifth season in 2023-24.
Buie, who declared for the NBA draft in April whereas sustaining his eligibility, has began 94 video games in 4 seasons at Northwestern. He's eligible for a fifth yr due to the COVID-19 waiver the NCAA granted all student-athletes for the 2020-21 seasons.
Buie introduced his return on social media in a video captioned, “Not completed …”
“Taking part in on the subsequent degree has at all times been one thing I’ve dreamed of since I used to be a child, and I'm actually blessed to be within the place I'm as we speak,” Buie mentioned within the video. “I'll ceaselessly be pleased about the assist you all have given me throughout my time in Evanston. This place is really particular.
“However I’m not accomplished but. Wildcat Nation, I’m again.”
Buie averaged 17.3 factors and 4.5 assists final season whereas serving to lead the Wildcats to a tie for second within the Large Ten, their greatest end since 1959. They reached the second spherical of the NCAA Event earlier than dropping to UCLA 68-63.
With Monday’s announcement, Northwestern has one member of its backcourt returning. Chase Audige, Buie’s teammate and good friend, additionally declared for the NBA draft earlier however maintains a yr of eligibility and will select to move again to Evanston. The duo led Northwestern to a 22-12 file (12-8 Large Ten) that included a win over No. 1 Purdue and two towards a top-15 Indiana workforce.
“Once they got here into our program we needed to rebuild it,” coach Chris Collins mentioned in March. “They have been maligned for dropping shut video games and never getting over the hump, and now as seniors it makes me proud and it makes me smile to see their loyalty, them staying with this system, staying dedicated to course of — and now they’re reaping the rewards.”
Extra on Boo Buie and Northwestern basketball
- Boo Buie has Northwestern again within the NCAA Event — along with his older brother teaching him from the sideline
- Friendship and management: How Chase Audige, Robbie Beran and Boo Buie helped Northwestern basketball rebound
- Chris Collins will get a 3-year contract extension after taking Northwestern again to the NCAA Event
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