NEW YORK — Mere minutes after the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Sunday show began, Welsh-Ryan Arena erupted for the second consecutive season. With their ticket punched to Brooklyn, New York, Chris Collins and his players soared from their purple seats. As Northwestern received its postseason fate and its first ever back-to-back March Madness bid, Rich Falk... The post Men’s … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Team alumni discuss pride and legacy of Northwestern’s second consecutive March Madness bid
Men’s Basketball: Wisconsin’s stars align behind Storr, Northwestern sputters apart from Buie in Big Ten Tournament loss
MINNEAPOLIS — Less than an hour after Zach Edey’s top-seeded Purdue squad churned ahead to defeat upset-hungry Michigan State, Northwestern graduate student guard Boo Buie and Wisconsin guard AJ Storr set the Target Center floor ablaze Friday afternoon. Two backcourt superstars — the latter, a young talent infusion poised to push for a potential NBA... The post Men’s … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Wisconsin’s stars align behind Storr, Northwestern sputters apart from Buie in Big Ten Tournament loss
Lacrosse: Izzy Scane’s season-high seven goals leads No. 1 Northwestern to conference-opening victory over No. 12 Johns Hopkins
Graduate student attacker Izzy Scane needed just 70 seconds to break the deadlock in No. 1 Northwestern’s conference-opening clash with No. 12 Hopkins Saturday. The sixth-year sensation received a feed from behind the cage, slipped by a sliding defender and fired upon the cage. “We’ve been working a lot on getting close to the cage... The post Lacrosse: Izzy Scane’s season-high … [Read more...] about Lacrosse: Izzy Scane’s season-high seven goals leads No. 1 Northwestern to conference-opening victory over No. 12 Johns Hopkins
Men’s Basketball: Northwestern’s second consecutive March Madness bid serves a testament to Buie, Collins’ mutual belief
Minutes after purple and white confetti shot atop an exuberant Northwestern men’s basketball squad, smothering each corner of Welsh-Ryan Arena’s floor for the second consecutive season, coach Chris Collins and graduate student point guard Boo Buie sat side-by-side in the media room on Selection Sunday. An underrecruited prospect and a coach considered down and out... The post … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Northwestern’s second consecutive March Madness bid serves a testament to Buie, Collins’ mutual belief
Men’s Basketball: Northwestern punches second consecutive March Madness ticket
Two days after bowing out of the Big Ten Tournament with a 70-61 loss to Wisconsin in the Target Center, Northwestern awaited its March Madness fate with the rest of the college basketball landscape during its Selection Sunday party at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Wildcats (21-11, 12-8 Big Ten) breathed a sigh of relief, as they... The post Men’s Basketball: Northwestern punches … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Northwestern punches second consecutive March Madness ticket