Alex Cervantes
@CervantesPAlex
Followers
1,024
Following
1,738
Media
733
Statuses
12,748
Currently: Sports for @VNewsUV | @NorthwesternU Alum | Words for: @MadisonSport , @DailyNU_Sports , @NU_Sports , @VendettaVSM | Co-host @JimmerRangePod
Charlotte, NC and Evanston, IL
Joined March 2016
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
jungkook
• 1243458 Tweets
برشلونة
• 227882 Tweets
Barca
• 189191 Tweets
Rice
• 183052 Tweets
Flick
• 148544 Tweets
#WWEBash
• 148273 Tweets
Georgia
• 141512 Tweets
Haaland
• 138797 Tweets
Raphinha
• 127272 Tweets
Lamine
• 100321 Tweets
Everton
• 84145 Tweets
Fatman Scoop
• 75131 Tweets
#الاتحاد_الاحق_بالدعم1
• 69116 Tweets
Adana
• 57702 Tweets
Clemson
• 47687 Tweets
Warren
• 36153 Tweets
Iowa
• 31724 Tweets
#ADSvGS
• 30571 Tweets
Rhea
• 28155 Tweets
Xavi
• 25569 Tweets
Greenwood
• 23897 Tweets
Leverkusen
• 23579 Tweets
CM Punk
• 22890 Tweets
Bianca
• 21537 Tweets
Penn State
• 21301 Tweets
Mañalich
• 14792 Tweets
Gunther
• 13076 Tweets
Dabo
• 11471 Tweets
Vandy
• 11135 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
Penned one final piece for
@thedailynu
. My senior column on long drives and the relationships forged along the way:
11
4
76
Jay Bilas looking at the Wake student body:
ESPN's Jay Bilas on court storming: "If they wanted to stop it, they could stop it tomorrow... You don't have to stop the court storming. One time, all you have to do is once they're on the court, don't let them off. Just say, 'You're all detained' and give them all citations or
1K
203
3K
2
42
2K
“Edey just put Hawkins in the Upside Down”
Ian Eagle cooked right there, my goodness.
5
16
300
This is why student journalism is so, so important. This is phenomenal reporting from The Daily and some of the most essential CFB reporting in the past few years. Incredible work.
CW: This story contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation.
BREAKING: A former Northwestern football player is alleging that some of the hazing conduct that took place on the team involved coerced sexual acts. 🧵
453
1K
3K
6
35
267
That’s MY head coach
Chris Collins with the rare: game-just-ended-AND-I-WANT-YOU-TO-EJECT-ME-ANYWAY; and the handshake with the opposing coach walking off; AND the pump-up-the-opposing-crowd-as-I-walk-to-the-locker-room.
Truly genre-shifting. Never seen anything like it.
Purdue beats Northwestern.
41
85
2K
1
26
233
Penn senior Clark Slajchert has submitted the paperwork to enter the transfer portal, he tells
@On3sports
.
The 6-1 guard averaged 18.0 PPG this season on 42% from three. Native of Los Angeles, CA.
54
41
328
1
8
233
With Ty out for the season, this Northwestern rotation is just Boo Buie, Jordan Clayton and a bunch of
4
4
129
Northwestern senior shooting guard Ty Berry on senior center Matt Nicholson having another growth spurt this summer:
“I’m not lying… he’s tall as f*** now.”
Nicholson played last year at 7'0. He’s now rumored to be 7'7 👀
6
3
103
I will never understand men’s obsession with sports
6K
518
5K
1
15
87
Personal news!
Excited to announce I started my
@MedillJR
earlier this week with
@MadisonSport
! Super grateful to
@KWinMo
and
@Sports_Aaron
for the opportunity. Looking forward to covering prep sports and more in the coming weeks!
17
7
80
This whole sequence
What was your favorite college basketball moment of 2023?
119
3
100
1
11
74
This makes me think of one thing: Brooks Barnhizer initiating Northwestern’s offense next season.
2
1
73
What a game, what a comeback, what a win. History deserves a full page.
Go grab a copy of
@thedailynu
’s paper today and check out my story and
@Alycebrownn
’s awesome photos of Northwestern’s upset victory over No. 1 Purdue yesterday!
7
7
69
Final from Evanston: Northwestern 92, No. 1 Purdue 88
31 points from Boo Buie. 21 from Ty Berry, 20 from Ryan Langborg. Incredible performance from Luke Hunger. Wow.
0
3
66
Can confirm several Bruins, including Jaime Jaquez, are walking around downtown Sacramento on St. Patty’s day less than 24 hours from tip. No sight of Boo Buie and Chase Audige. Reporting at its finest.
2
5
63
That embrace between Collins and Boo on the sidelines has me so emotional. Really can’t believe No. 0’s career as a ‘Cat is over.
2
1
62
With Rutgers' loss to Iowa, your Northwestern Wildcats, as of Jan. 29, 2023, are in sole possession of second place in the Big Ten. What a world.
0
9
62
The Chase Audige agenda is thriving rn. Stock is absolutely soaring
1
8
62
Auburn’s racked up eight fouls in less than eight minutes, Baker-Mazara got ejected and he’s tweeting from the locker room as the cherry on top. I love this sport.
0
12
60
Liam McNeeley, you are a Northwestern Wildcat
BREAKING: Liam McNeeley, the No. 15 overall recruit in the 2024 class, has de-committed from Indiana and requested a release out of his National Letter of Intent, sources tell
@247Sports
.
Story coming.
130
100
712
3
2
58
All those years of spot-up shooting in my driveway finally paid off
4
4
57
"I've never had more fun coaching."
- Chris Collins, choking up as he gives his opening statement
0
6
56
1
5
56
I hope Chris Collins lays into today's officiating postgame. The NU Athletics department should just eat the inevitable fine that will follow from the NCAA.
0
1
52
The Class of 2027 before the Minnesota game in two weeks:
2
2
51
0
1
52
Just say Northwestern commit 😭
Hell of a finish from Ciaravino, though 👀
2
1
52
College basketball is back — and so is
@DailyNU_Sports
’ basketball preview! Putting this together was a labor of love, so go find a print copy on campus or check out our stories online!
3
15
49
Cat's out of the bag (corny, I know).
Been writing for
@NU_Sports
for a few weeks now and super excited to release my first feature on Erin Coykendall! Looking forward to telling more stories on NU's athletes over the next few months!
The vocal leader of the team, Erin Coykendall is fulfilling her dream leading the No. 1 Wildcats into the postseason.
✍️ //
@CervantesPAlex
0
14
60
8
1
50
Tired: Chris Collins has led Northwestern to back-to-back 20-win seasons and potentially consecutive NCAA Tournaments
Wired: Chris Collins averaged 28.9 ppg and flirted with a 50/40/90 season in his lone year in the Finnish basketball league
I've found it. I've found my white whale: statistical evidence of Chris Collins's stint in the Finnish basketball league in 1997
5
1
37
0
3
50
Maryland basketball:
Ryan Langborg is listed as questionable but has not taken part in warmups, sitting in sweats with a brace on his right ankle next to Ty Berry.
Northwestern appears to be without their starting shooting guard tonight
4
3
20
0
3
49
*doing best 2015 SportsNation impersonation*
Could Northwestern beat the 72-10 Chicago Bulls at Welsh-Ryan Arena?
3
3
47
*ESPN 30for30 narrator voice*
“What if I told you that Northwestern would have a lineup of Ryan Langborg, Blake Smith, Justin Mullins, Brooks Barnhizer and Luke Hunger on the floor in a mid-February game before the under-12 timeout…”
1
0
47
Make it five straight! Northwestern routs Iowa, 80-60. The Wildcats will be ranked tomorrow.
1
1
46
Boo Buie is almost certainly going to become Northwestern’s all-time leading scorer tonight.
Resharing my story from the fall about how Buie and Chris Collins met 5.5 years ago at a California AAU tournament:
0
7
44
My parents got me a subscription to Sports Illustrated as a Christmas gift when I was in 6th grade. I received weekly issues for four years. I put my favorite ones, like the Tyus Jones 2015 nat’l title cover, in plastic sleeves to protect them.
Today is a sad day.
2
3
44
Where’s Boo Buie!?!?
The top 25 point guards in College Basketball this season⛹️♂️
241
241
3K
1
0
43
My final 920 words on Northwestern's 2022-23 season.
So much to say about this team and this journey, but wanted to be concise. Covering the Wildcats this season and in the tourney has been a dream come true and I hope you enjoy this last article:
0
9
44
Glad to see Jeff’s pulling up to Evanston tonight to watch the incomparable Nick Martinelli
Hint: I’ll be watching the most exciting player in college basketball.
92
1
63
1
2
43
Perkins is now, by my count, the sixth player in the portal to hear from Northwestern.
The other five: Dante Maddox Jr. (G, Toledo), Tarris Reed Jr. (C, Michigan), Gibson Jimerson (G, Saint Louis), Justice Ajogbor (C, Harvard) and Michael Nwoko (C, Miami).
Iowa transfer Tony Perkins (
@Saucy___T
) tells me he’s heard from these schools since entering the portal:
Kansas
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Arizona State
Oklahoma
UCLA
Missouri
Miami’s
Cincinnati
Indiana
USC
Northwestern
Nebraska
DePaul
BYU
Virginia
Virginia Tech
He averaged
31
56
429
4
4
43
Chris Collins, on the way to his second consecutive NCAA Tournament, seeing the latest portal entrant:
NEWS: Georgetown guard Rowan Brumbaugh plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells
@On3sports
.
The 6-4 redshirt freshman averaged 8.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game this season. Former four-star recruit.
Story:
92
37
307
0
1
42
Of all of Northwestern’s Big Ten award winners today, Chris Lowery is the most deserving. Has absolutely transformed this squad.
A game changing addition.
The first ever Howard Moore B1G Assistant Coach of the Year,
@CoachCLow
🏅
16
80
660
2
7
42
Very excited to serve as Director of MBB Ops for
@studentmedia25
this season! Really excited to get the ball rolling and work with some of the best student journalists in the country!
Director of Men’s Basketball Operations Alex Cervantes (
@CervantesPAlex
) is a senior at Northwestern University from Charlotte, North Carolina.
This is his first year with SMP.
1
2
15
1
4
41
This is probably the worst loss in the Chris Collins era
4
1
40
Dreamed fulfilled. Northwestern’s dancing again and I’m here in Sactown alongside
@LPIII_TRES
and
@aayushyagarwal7
for
@DailyNU_Sports
as the Cats take on Boise State in less than 30 minutes. Follow along for updates and postgame words:
1
10
39
By 2 pm tomorrow my fall classes will be completed. Time to finish up this essay and study for tomorrow’s exam. Christmas instrumental music playlist queued up. We’re locked in.
0
0
39
Is that Chris Collins’ music?
NEWS: Duke guard Jeremy Roach is entering the transfer portal while declaring for the NBA Draft, he announced.
The 6-2 senior averaged 14 PPG this season. Former McDonald’s All-American.
196
206
2K
0
3
39
Easily one of the most impressive wins of the Chris Collins era
0
0
38
Which College Basketball Shot lives rent free in your head? I’ll start:
122
39
593
2
4
38
Boo Buie vs. AJ Hoggard career H-2-H
Buie: 3-1; 18.5 ppg (40.7% shooting), 3.8 rpg, 3.8 apg, 0.8 spg and 2.0 tov
Hoggard: 1-3; 7.0 ppg (40% shooting), 3.8 apg, 2.5 rpg, 1.3 spg and 2.0 tov
4
1
37
Yes, I will be overreacting to PBJ’s current location…
2
0
37
Breaking: Fran McCaffery has been T'd up and he's been ejected.
1
0
36
Good times
Remember the AJ Hoggard or Boo Buie dialogue summer? That was a fun one
10
1
76
2
0
36
NU students have absolutely packed the stands tonight! Several overflow sections already being used in the upper bowl of Welsh-Ryan.
1
4
36
Back at The Welsh ✅
First time in the student section ✅
Ty Berry masterclass 🔜
0
1
35
Northwestern's greatest rival isn't Illinois or Iowa, it's UNC. My column...
I am politely asking North Carolina stick sport teams to stop beating Northwestern in heartbreaking fashion
1
4
43
2
1
35
My latest for
@DailyNU_Sports
on
@BrooksBarnhizer
's evolution this season into Northwestern's sixth starter and Chris Collins' Swiss Army knife of sorts:
0
6
34
Senior day festivities already in full view 2.5 hours before tip with a DIY
@rob_beran
jersey from one student.
(Side note: Robbie, if you see this, he’d really appreciate a photo postgame. He said he’ll be on the baseline near the Penn State bench)
0
3
34
Dec. 1, can the ‘Cats do the unthinkable once again?
0
1
33
After four years, 115 games and 1,541 points in purple and white, Boo Buie is entering the NBA Draft. If this is the end (he has an extra year of eligibility), it’s been an amazing career for No. 0 in Evanston.
0
4
32
I’d stop playing basketball forever if I got dropped in a pickup game, the pic got posted and then one of the best accounts on this platform compared me to a painting from the Renaissance
0
0
33
Northwestern basketball is back baby
0
0
32
How I’m about to sleep after being blessed with six hours of quintessential March Madness basketball
0
0
33
Greetings from Chapel Hill. I’ve journeyed south to my home state for Northwestern’s Final Four clash with Duke. Stay tuned for coverage for
@DailyNU_Sports
:
1
2
32
Chris Collins calling this game a “rock fight” is currently at -750 odds
1
2
31
Man, there's so much I can say about Chase, but he's simply awesome. Long before this team started proving so many wrong, I got to talk with Chase 1-on-1 in the fall. I had a ton of questions and he answered every single one for the better part of 20 minutes. (1/4)
2
0
30
Everyone stay calm
Hearing there’s some good news coming next for Northwestern fans!
15
0
71
0
2
31
Brooks Barnhizer top five glue guy in the country confirmed
Guy’s Guys, first edition:
🏀 The Top 10 Glue Guys in College Basketball 🏀
12
22
168
2
1
31
@Iam_Ram2128
@ESPNFC
Two totally different squads (the U-23 team didn’t qualify). The USMNT is not a 2022 World Cup favorite, but give them the time to develop cohesion between Pulisic, Dest, Reyna, McKennie, Adams, etc. and they could definitely be a 2026 favorite.
5
0
30
In all seriousness, watching Chase in an NU jersey was a blast. Really excited to see him play at the next level, wherever that may be.
As for Northwestern’s outlook next season, the ‘Cats now have one scholarship open. Don’t know if Collins will look to the portal…
Source: Northwestern's Chase Audige is staying in the 2023 NBA Draft.
38
53
464
2
0
30
The 2023-24 UConn Huskies with Dan Hurley, Donovan Clingan, Cam Spencer and Alex Karaban:
2
0
30
It’s Northwestern University. Northwestern is one word. Yet people abbreviate it “NW” instead of “NU.” Now why would they do that?
0
1
29
How did Boo Buie not get an invite?
G League Elite Camp participant list. 44 players will scrimmage for two days in Chicago starting May 11. At least a half dozen will move on to the NBA Draft Combine.
30
130
438
3
2
29
Update: the exam in question might’ve been the hardest I’ve taken in my four years here. Pray for me.
By 2 pm tomorrow my fall classes will be completed. Time to finish up this essay and study for tomorrow’s exam. Christmas instrumental music playlist queued up. We’re locked in.
0
0
39
3
0
28
Robbie Beran just went over and thanked the band for showing out. What a class act.
0
3
28
King of the court 1 on 1 to 5. All 1s.
Boo Buie
Jahmir Young
Tyson Walker
Kanye Clary
Braden Smith
Who wins? 👀
59
2
127
0
2
27
‘The Library’ living up to its name 10 minutes before kickoff (will update on the status of the student section upon conclusion of the first quarter)
2
2
27
They really did it man. This team is just so much fun to cover.
0
4
27