WNUR’s Zach Pereles (@zach_pereles), Sam Rudnick (@luhtammer) and Ian McCafferty (@itmccaf52) look back at the week that was in Northwestern Men’s Basketball. Northwestern now sits at 5-3 on the year after losing both games this week, falling to Georgia Tech and Butler. Game 1: Georgia Tech Northwestern got off to a rough start against Georgia Tech, falling into a 20-2
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WNUR’s Ian McCafferty (@Itmccaf52) looks back at the week that was in Northwestern Men’s Basketball. As week two of the season comes to an end, Northwestern sits at 5-1, winning games against Elon and University of Miami (Ohio), but losing to University of Northern Iowa in the Cancun Challenge championship game. Game 1: Elon Northwestern started the week with a
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WNUR’s Josh Burton (@Josh_Burton1) looks back at Northwestern’s first road win of the season, a 69-56 beat-down of Brown. After a less-than-convincing season-opening win on Friday night at home against Houston Baptist, the Northwestern Wildcats dominated—for almost 40 minutes—the Brown Bears on Monday night at Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island, winning by a final score of 69-56. On
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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 Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) explains why Northwestern fans have reason to be happy and hopeful. Normally, this is a basketball column. However, the Northwestern men’s team has lost five in a row and the women have lost six in a row. The last time either team won was February 1st, when the men’s team beat Minnesota.
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, WNUR co-Sport Director Joe Misulonas examines this year’s football and basketball recruiting classes. Yesterday, Pat Fitzgerald and the Northwestern Wildcats announced their 2014 recruiting class. There were no Signing Day surprises, and many consider this year’s class to be the best of the Fitzgerald-era. Most of the 2014 signees were recruited following last
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WNUR’s Jason Dorow (@jasondorow) looks at how Chris Collins has built a top-25 recruiting class in his first year at Northwestern. As college basketball’s early signing period opens and high school stars around the country begin to pen their national letters of intent, the Northwestern hoops program is already seeing signs of the improvement in the “NU era”. Northwestern’s 2014
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