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Basanez keeps surprising Wildcats focused

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Brett Basanez wasn't perfecting his Bob Knight impression, nor was the Northwestern quarterback demonstrating the decibel level of a nuclear explosion at ground zero. It sure looked that way Saturday, though, when Basanez stifled his teammates' satisfaction with a 21-7 lead over Michigan State by going postal right there in plain view on the Spartan Stadium sideline. Here the Wildcats were, en route to their widest margin of victory in a Big Ten road game in 62 years, and Basanez was unloadi ...

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