Northwestern goes cold in second half, drops B1G home opener to Minnesota
After a hot start, the ‘Cats struggled to score and couldn’t hold on to a second half lead.
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Game Preview: Minnesota
WNUR’s Michael Stern (@MichaelJStern23) previews tonight’s hardwood matchup between Northwestern and Minnesota. Northwestern faces Minnesota for the second time this season Sunday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Both teams enter the game 5-7 in the Big Ten and are led by first-year head coaches. In the teams’ first meeting of the season, the Wildcats escaped “The Barn” with a 55-54 victory
Read moreThen and Now Preview: Minnesota
WNUR’s Michael Stern (@MichaelJStern23) previews each of Northwestern’s opponents by looking at how each team did for the first few years under their current head coach. Today: Minnesota and Rich Pitino (and Tubby Smith). Saturday, the Wildcats look to even their Big Ten record at 5-5 (5-5!!!) when the visit The Barn to face Minnesota. The Gophers and Wildcats both
Read moreB1G Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers
With the Big Ten conference season coming to a close, Greg Mroz makes some key judgements about all of the Big Ten’s top teams in this week’s edition of Big Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers. Volume 5: Burning Down The House The Big Ten has become the foundation of upsets the past few weeks in college basketball. Indiana and Michigan
Read moreKis This
In this week’s edition of Kis This, Sports Director Zach Kisfalusi analyzes the effectiveness of Northwestern’s Princeton offense and wonders if some changes are necessary for Northwestern to have future success. Princeton or Northwestern that is the question Generating offense has been a problem all season for this year’s edition of Wildcats. Is it the youth, the lack of a
Read moreJoe’s Corner: A Rough Year for Bill Carmody
In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas takes a look at the many challenges Northwestern basketball coach Bill Carmody has faced this season. With 1:30 left in the Northwestern-Ohio State game last night, the Wildcats trailed by only two points. This is incredible, considering the team was without both freshman center Alex Olah, a seven-footer who had come
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas looks at how Northwestern can play its way into the NCAA tournament following an upset victory over #12 Minnesota. A Preposterous Conclusion from Northwestern’s Upset over Minnesota With their upset win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday night, the Northwestern Men’s Basketball team put themselves on the bubble for the
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