2008-09: Appeared as a reserve in seven games, grabbing a rebound in wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/19), DePaul (12/6) and Indiana (2/25) ... Knocked down free throws at Wisconsin (1/7) and in a win over No. 18 Minnesota (1/18) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08: Appeared in 11 games ... Dished out a career-best three assists in five minutes of action during a win over Benedictine (11/20) ... Connected on lone field goal attempt in a victory over Arkansas State (12/3) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2006-07: Appeared in eight games ... Had two points in the win over Utah (12/21) and at Michigan State (1/10) ... Academic All-Big Ten..

2005-06: Appeared in 10 games ... Hit one free throw in the win over IPFW (2/11) ... Had two blocks at Wisconsin (1/14) ... Had one assist in the win over DePauw (12/23) ... Attempted two shots in the win over Northern Colorado and made one steal.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in basketball at Chaminade ... Helped the Flyers to New York State Class B Catholic championship ... Averaged 15 points, six rebounds and five assists per game as a senior ... Played in Lupus All-Star Game ... High school coach was Jim Quinn ... Did a postgraduate year at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass.) ... High game at Andover came vs. Choate, when he scored 25 points ... Also lettered four times in soccer and once in volleyball (at Andover) ... Three-year member of NYC Jaguars AAU team ... Finished in top 20 at AAU National Championships, top 10 at Adidas Big Time, and second at New York Regional ... Top scorer of first day of AAU National Championships ... National Honor Society member ... Honor Roll student ... President's Award for Academic Excellence ... Phelps Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born Patrick Gerard Houlihan ... Son of Pat and Joanne Houlihan ... Sister (Meghan) played basketball at Yale ... Chose Northwestern over Holy Cross, Boston University and NYU ... Major is sociology.

Houlihan's Career Stats

                                 Total         3-Point                    ReboundsYear      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg2005-06   10-0     21/2.1     0-3    .000    0-1    .000    1-4    .250   3-2      5  0.5   0-0    1   1   2   1    1/0.12006-07    8-0     17/2.1     2-6    .333    0-0    .000    1-2    .500   2-4      6  0.8   1-0    2   2   0   0    5/0.62007-08   11-0     24/2.2     1-4    .250    0-0    .000    0-0    .000   2-1      3  0.3   1-0    3   1   0   0    2/0.2TOTAL     29-0     62/2.1     3-13   .231    0-1    .000    2-6    .333   7-7     14  0.5   2-0    6   4   2   1    8/0.3