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Tag: Northwestern Wildcats basketball

Vic Law throws down monstrous alley-oop during 31-0 Northwestern run

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2017March 9, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Rutgers hasn’t had a three-game conference winning streak since the 2005-06 season, and that streak doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Northwestern reeled off a 31-0 run in the first half of Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament second round game to take a 37-9 lead…

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Northwestern beats Michigan on the biggest shot in program history

  • Posted onMarch 2, 2017March 2, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Everyone thought the pass was long. It felt long out of Nathan Taphorn’s hands on the baseline and looked long to Dererk Pardon’s eyes in front of the opposite basket. From the sideline, coach Chris Collins thought the same thing. But Pardon came down with it…

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Illinois Rankings, Feb. 13

  • Posted onFebruary 12, 2017February 12, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

It was an up and down week for Northwestern, which hung on to its No. 1 spot with a huge win over Wisconsin. But Illinois State isn’t far behind after beating up on inferior competition in the MVC. All that and more in this week’s Illinois…

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Northwestern is playing like a team under pressure

  • Posted onFebruary 8, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

From the opening tip, Northwestern did not look right in Tuesday’s 68-61 loss to Illinois. While pressing on offense and alternating between rotating slowly and overcommitting on defense, the Wildcats looked like a team playing under pressure. Most likely the cause was the absence of leading…

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Vic Law dunked again, and it may have been his best ever

  • Posted onFebruary 7, 2017February 7, 2017
  • Northwestern

Northwestern sophomore Vic Law threw down a vicious fast break dunk in the early minutes of Tuesday’s game against Illinois. Leron Black and Malcolm Hill may have had a chance to make a defensive play, but they chose to let Law do his thing as he took…

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Illinois Rankings, Feb. 6

  • Posted onFebruary 5, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Not a whole lot of good things happened for teams in Illinois last week. In fact, Southern Illinois was the only team to make it out unscathed. But all the losses mean we’ve got some big changes in this week’s Illinois Rankings. 1. Northwestern (18-5,…

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Northwestern and 5 teams with the best chance to make first NCAA Tournament in 2017

  • Posted onJanuary 31, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Northwestern finally looks ready to break its NCAA Tournament drought after cracking the Top 25 for the first time since 2009. But the Wildcats may not be the only team playing in their first-ever NCAA Tournament in March. Along with Northwestern, here are five other schools…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 30

  • Posted onJanuary 30, 2017January 29, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

We’ve got a new No. 1 in the Illinois Rankings! Yes, Illinois State is still undefeated in the MVC, but Northwestern won more convincingly against better opponents last week. All that and more in this week’s rankings. 1. Northwestern (18-4, 7-2 Big Ten) Last week:…

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Pardon leads Northwestern to 5th straight win, 73-61 over Nebraska

  • Posted onJanuary 27, 2017January 27, 2017
  • Big Ten

The Northwestern Wildcats came into their matchup Thursday against Nebraska with a 16-4 record, which is their best start through twenty games in school history. Their 16th victory came against Ohio State in Columbus, winning there for the first time in forty years. The Wildcats definitely carried that…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 23

  • Posted onJanuary 23, 2017January 23, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Illinois has not had a team finish a season in the Kenpom Top 40 since the Illini in 2012-13. Well, with February nearing, the state has two such teams in Northwestern (No. 31) and Illinois State (No. 37). These are pretty exciting times for both programs, and…

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