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Northwestern Basketball Team Preview
What a weird year 2020-21 was for Northwestern. They lost by just 1 point to Pittsburgh early, but then beat Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State to improve to 7-1 and jump to #19 in the AP Poll. Yep, these Wildcats were ranked at one point last year. But they then lost 13 in aContinue reading “Northwestern Basketball Team Preview”
Illinois Basketball Team Preview
Illinois reached new heights last year despite being knocked out by Loyola-Chicago in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. They finished the year 24-7, won the Big Ten Tournament and earned a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (their first appearance in the Big Dance since 2013). This years team loses a few piecesContinue reading “Illinois Basketball Team Preview”
DePaul Basketball Team Preview
Tony Stubblefield begins his first season at DePaul. He takes over a program that has a 5-28 Big East record over the past two seasons and that lost seven guys from last year’s rotation. Given that, the Blue Demons are projected to finish last in the Big East again, but I’ll be more interested inContinue reading “DePaul Basketball Team Preview”
Loyola-Chicago Team Preview
There’s two big elephant’s room going into the season for Loyola this year, so let’s address them up front. Porter Moser is gone, he took the head coaching job at Oklahoma and assistant coach Drew Valentine steps in as the new head coach. The other is that Cameron Krutwig is gone and you’re not goingContinue reading “Loyola-Chicago Team Preview”
Illinois-Chicago Basketball Team Preview
We definitely can’t jump to any conclusions after Luke Yaklich’s first year at UIC, especially in what was a weird COVID year that had to hurt first year coaches everywhere. Excuses aside, the first year growth wasn’t there and it’s time for a do-over this year. Yaklich is known for his defense and for whateverContinue reading “Illinois-Chicago Basketball Team Preview”
Northwestern Football Preview: What To Know Before Week 1
Northwestern comes off a 7-2 year that saw the Wildcats win the Big Ten West for the 2nd time in the last three years and beat Auburn 35-19 in the Citrus Bowl. The defense carried the team at times last year and Peyton Ramsey helped the passing game a lot. But Pat Fitzgerald will alwaysContinue reading “Northwestern Football Preview: What To Know Before Week 1”
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