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Northwestern Basketball Should Have Been an Underdog Story; Result was Polar Opposite

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It's amazing how rapidly the story of Northwestern basketball in the NCAA Tournament went from underdog to oversaturated to OVERKILL to deserved backlash. That's a shame because there are so many true blue Northwestern basketball fans out there who truly embodied the idea of "act like you've been there before," even though their program had not. Then there is the team … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball Should Have Been an Underdog Story; Result was Polar Opposite

Six Candidates to Eventually Succeed Coach K at Duke

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Coach K is the teflon don of college basketball; the kingpin of March Madness. He’s been at Duke for close to four decades, and in that time he’s seen many, if not most of his peers deal with scandalous situations, of varying degree. With Mike Krzyzewski though, it’s been pretty much all squeaky clean. He’s achieved five national championships and 12 Final Fours, and it’s … [Read more...] about Six Candidates to Eventually Succeed Coach K at Duke

Northwestern Basketball Will Be Analogized to Both Duke and the Cubs a lot this Month

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As we enter the B1G Tournament, Northwestern basketball will be looking to solidify their position in the NCAA Tournament, and improve their seeding by winning as many games as they can in Washington D.C. Off-the-court, the local and national media will be producing lots of content surrounding what Jim Nantz deemed "the story of the year in college basketball." That story of … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball Will Be Analogized to Both Duke and the Cubs a lot this Month

#16 Purdue Basketball at Northwestern Game Preview, Prediction

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The Purdue basketball team clinched the 2016-17 outright Big Ten Championship last night after Iowa upset Wisconsin in a hideously ugly contest at the Kohl Center. The Badgers are indeed in free fall almost as badly as Indiana right now. The Boilermakers also secured the #1 seed in next week’s Big Ten Tournament with their win over their in-state rival. Purdue has now won a … [Read more...] about #16 Purdue Basketball at Northwestern Game Preview, Prediction

Northwestern Basketball Making their First NCAAs: a Fair and Balanced, Centrist View

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Northwestern basketball is almost certainly making their first NCAA Tournament in the entire history of the program this season; and 99.999% of the media coverage will take/has already taken the same exact tone. It's the feel good, underdog, Cinderella story angle. The 0.001% is the hater angle, and it belongs to Will Leitch of Sports on Earth, who wrote a piece that we will … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball Making their First NCAAs: a Fair and Balanced, Centrist View

Northwestern Basketball Could Seriously Win 25+ This Season

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Heading into this season, the average Northwestern basketball fan likely looked at the 2016-17 campaign like a game of blackjack- hit 21 and you're a winner. After all, last season saw the Wildcats win 20 in the regular season for the very first time in school history. NU unfortunately fell to Michigan in the B1G Tournament (the famous Tre Demps postgame "they want the rich to … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball Could Seriously Win 25+ This Season

Illini Basketball Achieve Huge Upset; Damage Northwestern NCAA Tournament Hopes

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There was much less burnt orange and navy blue than in years past at the annual Illini basketball trip to Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena. However, the crowd was still approximately about 40-45% in favor of Illinois and they got exactly what they came for as the Illini, seven point underdogs, came up to Evanston and put together the most complete effort of the season. The … [Read more...] about Illini Basketball Achieve Huge Upset; Damage Northwestern NCAA Tournament Hopes

Northwestern So Much Better than Illini Basketball Right Now It’s Unnatural

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As Northwestern and Illini basketball prepare to tangle tomorrow night, you have two programs headed in polar opposite directions. Momentum could obviously change next season, but at this point, the inertia is so strong in both directions that it's at the program, not just the team level. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, NU is 38-17 (.690 winning percentage) overall, … [Read more...] about Northwestern So Much Better than Illini Basketball Right Now It’s Unnatural

#SavageCats17 #NUView18 Northwestern Football Recruiting Notes, Quotes

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The latest Northwestern football recruiting class has a nickname #SavageCats17 and #NUView18 is on deck for 2018. Said Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald at his National Signing Day press conference was asked about it: "It’s all about the hashtag" and praised the recruiting office for their "analytics and what ever other things I can say here that would be sexy." … [Read more...] about #SavageCats17 #NUView18 Northwestern Football Recruiting Notes, Quotes