Updated May 7, 3:15 p.m. Although the Big Ten partially redeemed a down-year by having two teams advance to the Final Four, the league’s national title drought reached 15 years with Wisconsin losing to Duke in Monday night’s championship game. While the Big Ten likely won’t…
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All-Chicago Team Billy Garrett Jr., DePaul Garrett increased his shooting percentages and assist-turnover ratio during his sophomore season. The 6-foot-6 point guard will be a force in the Big East moving into the latter half of his collegiate career. Jay Harris, UIC In his one season…
It’s time for the weekly Chicago awards. Every week, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week, Freshman of the Week, Team of the Week, and Game of the Week from the six schools in the Greater Chicago Area: DePaul, Northwestern, UIC,…
It’s time for the weekly Chicago awards. Every week, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week from the six schools in the Greater Chicago Area: DePaul, Northwestern, UIC, Loyola, Chicago State and Valparaiso. Here are the…
It was a thrilling weekend in the Big Ten, to say the least. Three games were decided by five points or fewer, including a monumental upset, and one more went to overtime. The other two matchups had two-possession margins in the final five minutes. Here…
2014 was not a great year for the five Division I schools in the Chicago area. Three of them finished last in their respective leagues in the 2013-14 season, and Northwestern also finished near the bottom of the Big Ten. But between the second half…
Time for the first-ever weekly Chicago awards. Every week, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week from the six schools in the Greater Chicago Area: DePaul, Northwestern, UIC, Loyola, Chicago State and Valparaiso. Here are the…
The Catch and Shoot’s Ultra Early 2014-15 season preview continues with an early look at the Big Ten. Wisconsin enters as the big favorite with four starters returning from a team that is fresh off a Final Four appearance. There are still some questions about…
All-Chicago Team (Chicago Player of the Year in bold.) Milton Doyle, Loyola—14.9 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.2 spg Doyle had a major impact the second he stepped on the floor for Loyola, despite being a freshman. The Chicago native led the Ramblers in scoring, assists, steals…
Northwestern’s 2013-14 season came to a close Friday with a 67-51 loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten quarterfinals. 11th-seeded Northwestern (14-19, 6-12 Big Ten) exceeded tournament expectations with a first-round victory against No. 6 seed Iowa, but No. 3 seed Michigan State (24-8,…