In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, WNUR Sports co-Director Joe Misulonas looks at the players returning to next year’s Northwestern men’s basketball team and evaluates whether they have to earn their playing time. As the Northwestern men’s basketball season winds down and Chris Collins’ debut year comes to a close, it’s time to look to next year’s team. Unless
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, WNUR co-Sports Director Joe Misulonas examines the role of Northwestern’s Junior point guard Dave Sobolewski The Fate of Dave Sobolewski On Saturday, the Northwestern Men’s Basketball faces the Iowa Hawkeyes for the second time this season. Last time these two teams played each other, Iowa won easily, 93-67. Iowa beat a top ten
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) picks a dog breed that looks like each member of Northwestern’s basketball team. This season was supposed to be a lost one for Northwestern men’s basketball. After starting conference play 0-3, it looked clear that Chris Collins’s squad was in a year of transition. To cheer me up, I started wondering which
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look back at the 2012-13 Northwestern University Wildcats men’s basketball season, handing out his award for team MVP and recapping the highlights and lowlights. So, the 2012-13 Northwestern men’s basketball season was a bit painful. You know what else is painful? Being a Cubs fan, seeing offensive linemen run shirtless and watching
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) explains why the Northwestern Wildcats should not fire head basketball coach Bill Carmody after a disappointing season. Dr. Jim Phillips, if you are reading this, a) why? b) I love you c) don’t fire Bill Carmody. This comes after a recent Sippin’ on Purple poll in which 56% of fans said they believe Carmody
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In lieu of Northwestern’s close loss to the 16th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, Joe Misulonas ponders the existence of moral victories in this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner. Last night was a pretty tough loss for Northwestern. Coming off a five-game losing streak in which they hadn’t played very well, the Wildcats needed to win the rest of their games
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In this week’s edition of Kis This, Zack Kisfalusi tries to find the reasons behind Northwestern’s continued offensive struggles. Rock Bottom This Northwestern team has reached a new low after getting beat down on Sunday by the Purdue Boilermakers. With no one scoring in double digits, the offensive struggles continued for the entire team as even Reggie Hearn started forcing
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at Northwestern men’s and women’s basketball and gives reasons to be optimistic about both programs. As I ice-skated my way to campus last night through what some idiots call a wintry mix (which is far less conducive to frolicking than the phrase makes it seem), I realized I needed a reason
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WNUR Sports Director Zach Kisfalusi @zKisfalusi profiles the youth of the Northwestern men’s basketball team and touches on how the roles of each contributor should change. If you have watched a men’s basketball game this year, you have probably felt a roller coaster of emotions. Depending on which game you have seen, you opinion on this team could be polar
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