October 8, 1999

Junior guard Sean Wink, Kevin O’Neill’s only recruit in 1997, quits the team.

November 11, 1999

Senior Aron Molnar, projected to start at center for NU this season, quits the team for personal reasons.

November 26, 1999

NU shoots a dismal 18.2 percent, scoring only eight points in the entire first half against Evansville. The Cats lose 48-26.

January 2, 2000

Against Oakland, the Cats miss 18 of their first 19 shots and lose 78-65.

January 13, 2000

Cats go scoreless for one

10-minute stretch as Penn State takes 45-15 halftime lead and crushes NU 82-49.

February 19, 2000

Illinois holds NU scoreless for the first 15:13 of the game and wins 63-30.

March 9, 2000

The Cats finish the year 5-25 overall and 0-16 in conference play, becoming the first Big Ten team since the 1991 NU squad to finish the conference season without a win.

March 21, 2000

The family of former NU recruit Andrew Coates, now a freshman at Penn, sues the university, alleging O’Neill reneged on a scholarship offer.

Today

Sophomores David Newman and Steve Lepore, two members of O’Neill’s highly touted 1998 recruiting class, quit the team with plans to transfer. Freshmen Brody Deren and Adam Robinson say they are considering leaving.