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A picture of Kobe Bryant is displayed at a memorial for Kobe Bryant in front of Staples Center on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

How Kobe Bryant influenced the Huskies

The news of Bryant’s shocking death at age 41 reverberated throughout both of the basketball locker rooms at Northeastern. Bill Coen, coach of the men’s team, began practice on Monday by asking his players to talk about, and what he meant to them.

by Ian Thomsen January 30, 2020

Junior guard Jordan Roland, seen here driving against Kansas in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, is one of many key players returning for the Huskies next year.
Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Here’s why the Huskies may return to March Madness next year

The Huskies hope to grow from their NCAA Tournament experiences in Salt Lake City against the highly rated Jayhawks, and many of Northeastern’s key men’s basketball players are returning next year.

by Ian Thomsen March 22, 2019

Shawn Occeus, a junior guard on the Northeastern men’s basketball team, returns to the university’s Boston campus Wednesday hoisting the team’s Colonial Athletic Association trophy. The Huskies defeated Hofstra for a shot at the NCAA Tournament. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Welcome home, Huskies!

The Northeastern men’s basketball team, fresh off Tuesday night’s March-Madness-clinching win over Hofstra in North Charleston, South Carolina, was welcomed back to the Boston campus Wednesday by a cheering, chanting, cowbell-ringing crowd.

by Molly Callahan March 13, 2019

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How Kobe Bryant influenced the Huskies

Here’s why the Huskies may return to March Madness next year

Welcome home, Huskies!

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