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Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. Kansas: TV, streaming, radio, injury report

For the first time in two weeks, Northwestern women’s basketball returns to Welsh-Ryan Arena. It looks to bounce back after its first loss of the season to Missouri with another power-conference matchup against Kansas. Here’s how to follow along: Broadcast Information Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill. Game Time: 7:00 p.m. CST TV/Streaming: B1G+ Radio: WNUR Sports (89.3 FM) Northwestern […]

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Evaluating Northwestern men’s basketball one month into the season

After a 4-0 start featuring some significant scoring margins, Northwestern men’s basketball received its first reality checks over the past couple of weeks. Losses to Virginia and Oklahoma State exposed vulnerabilities that had been masked by softer early-season competition. With a 5-2 record before Big Ten play opens Wednesday against Wisconsin, what’s working for the […]

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Big Ten Power Rankings, Week 14

In Big Ten Power Rankings, we take a close look at each team’s body of work up to this point in the season. When comparing teams head-to-head, I will first answer the question: “Who would be favored if these teams were to play head-to-head?” From there, if no obvious favorite exists, I will be specifically […]

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Evaluating Northwestern women’s basketball one month into the season

For Northwestern women’s basketball, 2025-26 has had a far smoother start than 2024-25. The ‘Cats currently sit at 6-1, with their lone loss coming to a power conference opponent in Missouri. Contrast that with the 1-3 start from a season ago featuring losses to Illinois State, Lehigh and Harvard, and it’s easy to see the […]

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Big Ten Basketball Weekly: A Week’s Worth of Feasting

Men’s Basketball Game of the Week: Iowa beats Ole Miss, 74-69 To be blunt, it was a bad week for Big Ten basketball. After a really impressive start to the season, Thanksgiving week wasn’t so kind to the conference, which lost a large majority of its big games in all types of fashion. But poking […]

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Around the Big Ten: Rivalry Week (Week 14)

From snow games to shootouts to blowouts, Rivalry Week had it all. Three Big Ten teams have now locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff, but that didn’t stop Week 14 from being a classic. It doesn’t matter what your record is before. All that matters is whether or not you get to […]

10 days ago | 1 read

Three takeaways from Northwestern football’s HAT week loss

Two days removed from the end of Rivalry Week, ‘Cats faithful continue to seethe at the fact that their rivals have claimed bragging rights for the second straight year. But their anger doesn’t stem from the fact that it happened. It’s how it happened that infuriates Northwestern fans. A second half full of miscues helped […]

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Big Ten Bracketology, Week 4: Wonderful Wolverines

The B1G had a great feast week, with three teams (Michigan, Iowa and USC) taking home titles in their respective Multi-Team Events (MTE) after Purdue won the Baha Mar Championship a week prior. Michigan State also had a great showing in an MTE without a formal bracket, capping off a good overall week in B1G […]

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Three takeaways from Northwestern women’s basketball’s Fort Myers Tip-Off

The undefeated season is no more. After taking down Abilene Christian in a nail-biter down in Fort Myers, Fla., the Northwestern Wildcats dropped their first contest of the year, falling 85-70 to Missouri. Now sitting at 6-1 on the year, NU returns home to take on Kansas this Wednesday before opening up its conference slate […]

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Recurring mistakes come back to haunt Northwestern in loss to Illinois

Turnovers and game management told the story in Northwestern’s loss to Illinois.  The game was nearly even in total yards and time of possession, but the difference came from NU’s inability to take care of the ball. Northwestern turned it over four times, including three giveaways in the fourth quarter, while Illinois had only one […]

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Stock up, stock down for Northwestern’s 20-13 loss against Illinois

Snowy weather and a historic rivalry collided on Saturday night, producing classic Big Ten football at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Northwestern moved to 6-6 on the season with a tough 20-13 loss in the Land of Lincoln game, as Illinois claimed “The Hat” for a second straight season. Stock Up The Robby Preckel […]

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Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. Missouri: TV, streaming, radio, injury report

After a nail-biter of a victory against Abilene Christian on Friday, Northwestern concludes its time in Ft. Myers with a power-conference showdown against Missouri. Here’s how to follow along: Broadcast Information Location: Suncoast Credit Union Arena, Fort Myers, Fla. Game Time: 12:30 p.m. CST TV/Streaming: Ion TV Radio: WNUR Sports (89.3 FM) Northwestern Injury Report OUT — Lauren Trumpy […]

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Northwestern football vs. Illinois 2025 predictions

Charlie Jacobs: Northwestern 24, Illinois 31 Illinois did just lose to Wisconsin and Northwestern did just beat Minnesota and overcome the Wrigley Field curse. For Illinois, 10 points against Wisconsin was tied for its lowest of the season. For Northwestern, it scored its third-most points of the season and most ever against a Big Ten […]

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Rapid Reaction: Northwestern women’s basketball staves off Abilene Christian in 62-59 thriller

Joe McKeown took his squad down south for the Thanksgiving weekend. Specifically, Ft. Myers, for the Elevance Health Tip-Off. Northwestern women’s basketball (6-0, Big Ten) was slated to kick off the weekend tournament on Friday morning in its first-ever meeting with Abilene Christian (4-2, WAC) inside Suncoat Credit Union Arena. The opening chapter to the […]

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Northwestern men’s basketball needs to right the ship, now

It was quite the tale of two halves for Northwestern basketball on Turkey Day. Playing some hoops after dark a-la-the former Pac-12 (coming back to television screens near you soon), Northwestern faced off against Oklahoma State on Thanksgiving looking for a chance to pick up a win against some its last valuable non-conference competition left. […]

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Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. Abilene Christian: TV, streaming, radio, injury report

Northwestern women’s basketball continues its non-conference slate with a matchup against Abilene Christian at the Ft. Myers Tip-Off. Here’s how to follow along: Broadcast Information Location: Suncoast Credit Union Arena, Fort Myers, Fla. Game Time: 10:00 a.m. CST TV/Streaming: Ion TV Radio: WNUR Sports (89.3 FM) Northwestern Injury Report OUT — Lauren Trumpy QUESTIONABLE — None Abilene Christian Injury […]

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Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern men’s basketball vs. Oklahoma State: TV, radio, betting line, injury report

Northwestern will head downtown on Thanksgiving night to face off against Oklahoma State in a big test for both sides during Feast Week. Northwestern will look to continue its momentum following a huge last-second win over South Carolina, but faces a Cowboys team averaging 93.2 points per game. Here’s how you can catch these late-night […]

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Back to the Stone Age: Week 13 film room

For the first time ever, Northwestern football was able to hold onto a victory at Wrigley Field. Not only that, but Preston Stone had his best game as a Wildcat, earning the B1G Co-Offensive Player of the Week award, shared with Penn State running back Kaytron Allen. Zach Lujan’s offense scored its most points ever […]

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Opinion: Is Maddie Zimmer the G.O.A.T Northwestern athlete?

Following Maddie Zimmer’s final game in purple and white, Tracey Fuchs openly stated that the midfielder should be in conversation to be the greatest Wildcat of all time. Not just regarding field hockey, but regarding ALL Northwestern athletes. Now, it’s easy to dismiss this as Fuchs’ usual praise of her team captain who’s been riding […]

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