THEY DID IT!!!!

NJIT...your Highlanders have finished the season an imperfect 0-29. Worst in NCAA history. Head Coach Jim Casciano credited the poise of his team with the accomplishment:
"We had a lot of young guys who didn't get distracted by talk of winning a game. We had guys like Justin Garris, who is just a freshman, and he had the focus to go 0-for-4 from three-point range. Imagine if he had hit a few of those. We would have been right back in the game."

We're gonna go wash the champagne out of our clothes, but we'll be back tomorrow to tell you why the NCAA and its obedience to police are destroying college football and some college basketball talk.

Highlander Watch: In Pursuit of Imperfection

Eli Manning and the New York football Giants ruined the Patriots perfect season, but in Newark, New Jersey an athletic achievement of greater magnitude is in reach. THE New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders are on the verge of a completely imperfect 0-28 season. In the past 50 years only two teams have gone winless, but the Highlanders 28 losses would tie them with the 2004-2005 edition of Savannah State for the honor of worst team in the history of modern basketball. As the season progresses, we will update you on Head Coach Jim Casciano and the Highlanders as they head toward history.

So it's been awhile since we updated you on the Highlander's but unless you find 20 point losses exciting, you havent missed anything. The magic number is not at one, with Saturday's showdown against Utah Valley being the final hurdle standing in the way of your Highlanders and immortality. In the past three games NJIT has lost by an average of 17 points per game with their closest contest coming against Chicago State in a 86-76 loss. The Highlanders came behind from 15 down to cut the Chicago State lead to three with 2:34 left in the game, before the Cougars regianed control for the win.

The Highlanders have moved past this near disaster though and focused on the prize: their defeated season. Saturday's rematch with Utah Valley will decide whether they become just another one win team or if they become immortals. Check back later in the week for a comprehensive breakdown of the matchups that matter in Saturday's game.

Highlander Watch: In Pursuit of Imperfection

Bill Belichek and the Patriots need one more win to finish the perfect season, but in Newark, New Jersey an athletic achievement of greater magnitude is in reach. THE New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders are on the verge of a completely imperfect 0-28 season. In the past 50 years only two teams have gone winless, but the Highlanders 28 losses would tie them with the 2004-2005 edition of Savannah State for the honor of worst team in the history of modern basketball. As the season progresses, we will update you on Head Coach Jim Casciano and the Highlanders as they head toward history.

The Highlanders traveled to the windy city on Saturday to take on the Chicago State Cougars. NJIT kept things close for the first 12 minutes of the contest before Chicago State began to pull away. Nesho "I'm Not Slobodan" Milosevic led all scorers with 20 points, but it just wasn't enough as the magic number now bumped down to 9 for the Highlanders.

Up Next: Texas-Pan American (11-10) on Saturday at 1:00 at the Prudential Center. The Highlanders lost to TPA 76-61 on December 31st.

Highlander Watch: In Pursuit of Imperfection

While the majority of American sports fans anxiously wait to see if the New England Patriots can complete the perfect 19-0 season, we here at Understanding Lou want to introduce you to the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders. The Highlander men's basketball team is on the verge of making history by becoming only the third team in NCAA Division 1 in the last 50 years to go winless for a season. Right now the Highlanders' record stands at 0-17 with the magic number at 12. 12 more games until these athletes can put their names in the record books.
Up next: Ivy League stalwart Cornell before a home crowd in Newark on Tuesday night when junior Nesho "I'm not related to Slobodan" Milosevic and the rese of the squad look to continue their march of futility into history.