2020 Opponent Breakdown: Tulane
Northwestern and Tulane are set to meet on the gridiron in Week 2 for the first time since 1956.
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Position Preview: Quarterback
What does Northwestern’s crowded QB room look like heading into 2020?
Read moreBrooks Barnhizer Commits to MBB
Chris Collins adds his second 2021 commitment in rangy Indiana wing Brooks Barnhizer.
Read moreSB season recap: a moot projection
By John Volk Under ordinary conditions, it would be unwise to draw big-picture conclusions 23 games into the collegiate softball season. In a sport so focused on the daily grind of four months of competition, a team’s strengths and weaknesses can’t truly be shown in the Kajikawa Classic and the Louisville Invitational.However, 2020 doesn’t count as an ordinary condition. Coming
Read more2020 Opponent Breakdown: Michigan State
By Nicholas Magas The Northwestern Wildcats will open the 2020 football season on the road against the Michigan State Spartans on September 5. There is still plenty of speculation surrounding logistics for playing college football during COVID-19, most of which remains out of the team’s control as they get set for the upcoming campaign. Michigan State is coming off a
Read moreLAX Season Recap: 4 Ups, 3 Downs
By Jack Lido This season, Northwestern lacrosse again escaped the wrath of February and March in Evanston inside Ryan Fieldhouse. Coming off a Big Ten Tournament Championship and a Final Four appearance in 2019, the No. 3 Wildcats looked ready to make another deep run. But as the world adapted to the realities of COVID-19, the dreams of that run
Read moreWORKOUT CHALLENGE: Lauren Gilbert
By Kikue Higuchi Besides the bread bakers and Netflix watchers, some people are using quarantine to get in shape. There are also people who have to stay in shape all the time: collegiate athletes. I thought this was a perfect time to fulfill my dad’s lifelong dream of me becoming a Division I athlete by trying out a Northwestern lacrosse
Read moreMBB Season Recap: Five Takeaways
By Margaret Fleming Northwestern’s men’s basketball didn’t have an awesome season. Its overall record was 8-23 with three conference wins, finishing second to last in the Big Ten. Unlike most of those teams, it finished its season before the cancellation of the tournament, with a 74-57 loss to Minnesota. Returning almost every key player–the loss of grad transfer Pat Spencer
Read moreMen’s Soccer Season Recap: Reasons to Celebrate
By Nicholas Guiang Gatorade showers are usually reserved for champions, but despite an average season, the Wildcats and Head Coach Tim Lenahan made it rain Gatorade. On paper, the 2019 season for the men’s soccer team was average. It went .500 overall with a 8-8-2 record. It was the year that many expected out of Lenahan’s squad. Nevertheless, there are
Read moreWBB Season Recap: Monumental Moments
By Eli Finkelstein Nobody expected the ‘Cats to finish close to the top of the Big Ten—not even us at WNUR Sports. Before the season, members of the station placed Northwestern anywhere from fourth to seventh in the conference, right in the middle of the pack. Our expectations were blown out of the water. The 26-4 Wildcats co-championed the Big
Read moreThe Last Time They Danced: The 2015 Women’s Basketball NCAA Run
By Margaret Fleming The 2019-2020 season was a dream. Northwestern won 26 games and the Big Ten. Northwestern had the best 3-point shooter in the nation and the Big Ten Coach of the Year (for the first time in 30 years). And the Wildcats were going to The Big Dance. We don’t have to talk about what happened. The fire
Read moreThe Strange History of the Evanston YMCA and Northwestern Basketball
By John Volk On Jan. 31, 1907, Northwestern men’s basketball secured its first victory of the season. A headline on the front page of the next day’s The Northwestern (now The Daily Northwestern) proclaimed that Head Coach Louis Gillesby’s hope of the team winning at least one game was fulfilled. Three straight losses was not how he wanted to start
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