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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
