We had our broadcasters send in their picks ahead of the first Big Ten tournament games. Read on to find out who they think will earn the conference’s automatic bid, and how far Northwestern will advance Wednesday: 12) Nebraska vs. 13) Penn State: Majority says: Nebraska, 8-3 Who picked Nebraska: Michael Stern, Ari Ross, Alex Lederman, Jason Dorow, Josh Burton,
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WNUR’s Ben Goren (@BenG412) and Jason Dorow (@jasondorow) are back from winter break, and the dynamic duo revisits their pre-season Big Ten predictions and re-shuffles their power rankings in their latest podcast. Former Oregon State head coach (and Northwestern assistant) Craig Robinson gets a mention, as does Incarnate Word University. https://soundcloud.com/wnur-sports/drizzy-and-goren-take-miami
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Chris Collins and Northwestern’s Men’s Basketball team open play Friday night at a renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena against Houston Baptist. WNUR’s Jason Dorow (@jasondorow) and Ben Goren (@BenG412) break down Northwestern men’s hoops on a podcast, available at our Soundcloud site by following the link below: https://soundcloud.com/wnur-sports/wnur-sports-mens-basketball-preview-2014-2015
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WNUR’s Austin Miller (@Austin_james906) gives you the game-by-game rundown of Northwestern men’s basketball’s non-conference schedule for the 2014-2015 season. Which games can Wildcat fans mark down as wins, and which will be classic non-conference nail-biters? Austin breaks down every match-up, starting with Friday’s season opener against Houston Baptist. In his first season as Northwestern coach, Chris Collins spent the
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WNUR’s Ari Ross (@aross50) looks through the stats of the Big Ten alumni in the NBA, and how they fared through the season, while also looking into how Northwestern alumni fared in their respective leagues. While Northwestern has no basketball alums currently playing in the NBA, the Big Ten Conference has 30 alums playing for NBA Teams. Here’s how Big
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, WNUR Sports co-Director Joe Misulonas previews the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. You know what the best thing about March Madness is? It’s that every team gets to participate in it, not just the good teams. Everyone thinks the Madness starts during the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but that’s simply not
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) returns with the second edition of his weekly look around the Big Ten. So here’s the scoop y’all, its ballin’ time again this week, and Im gonna give it to you in the coolest way possible. The other six of the twelve teams this week. I be feeling funny at times, so we going to go
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) returns with the first edition of this year’s weekly look around the Big Ten. So here’s the scoop y’all, its ballin’ time again, and I’m going to give it to you in the coolest way possible. Six of the twelve teams, short, sweet, and to the point. But we like to keep it with a theme,
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Earlier today, Chris Collins was introduced as the new basketball coach of the Northwestern Men’s Basketball team. Seth Bernstein got an exclusive interview with Coach Collins after the press conference. Click on the link below to take you to the interview. Welcome to the new era in Northwestern Men’s Basketball! Click here to listen to our WNUR Exclusive Interview with
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas explains why Northwestern will have a much harder time matching the successes of other small basketball programs like Butler and VCU. As the men’s basketball season comes to a close, the speculation about Bill Carmody’s future with the team will begin. Will Northwestern give him another year with Drew Crawford and
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In this week’s edition of Big Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers, Greg Mroz looks at how Tom Izzo has once again led Michigan State to the top of the Big Ten. Volume 4: Izzoned Is there a better coach in the Big Ten than Tom Izzo? Well, when you look at his body of work in comparison to other coaches,
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at this past weekend in Northwestern Wildcat basketball, where both the men and women were able to pick up wins in impressive fashion. At the end of this weekend, it was apparent that there were a lot of winners. The obvious ones are Blue Ivy Carter (for having the coolest freaking
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