College basketball’s season wrapped up this week, and that gives our staff plenty of time to throw down some hot takes on what 2015-16 is going to look like in the Big Ten. Joining us are Ari Ross, Jason Dorow, Ian McCafferty, and Ben Goren. 1) Wisconsin was clearly the best team in the conference in 2014-15. But with at
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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: Michigan State and Tom Izzo. As a “NU” era begins at Northwestern, Chris Collins and the Wildcats are encountering some struggles in Collins’ first year at the helm. The Illinois win was Collins’
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) prepares Northwestern students and fans for the Wildcats’ upset bid against #4 Michigan State. Welcome to the first edition of Feed the Post, a new breed of sports journalism. Feed the Post is all about giving the people what they want. There’s probably a fancy name for that, but I barely passed
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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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