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Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball at Nebraska: TV, streaming, radio, betting line, injury report
Northwestern women’s basketball looks to get back on track after a tough loss to second-ranked UCLA, aiming to pick up its third conference win of the season. Standing in the Wildcats’ way is a strong Nebraska team that enters the matchup 4-5 in Big Ten play but 15-5 overall and ranked 21st in the NET. […]
Three keys for Northwestern vs. Penn State
Northwestern (9-11, 1-8 B1G) is tied for second to last in the Big Ten. However, after picking up its first conference win of the season out west against USC, the ’Cats will have a major opportunity against Penn State (9-11, 0-9 B1G) — who sits last place in the Big Ten — to channel their […]
BREAKING: Northwestern football releases schedule for 2026 season
The full 2026 slate for Northwestern football was released Tuesday, revealing the location of the Wildcats’ nine conference games and some notable updates for their three-game non-conference slate. Northwestern opens the season with home non-conference matchups against South Dakota State and Colorado, which the program announced previously. However, Tuesday’s release included a new date for […]
Big Ten Basketball Weekly: Wagler dominates, Iowa rolling and Nebraska stays perfect
With snow piling up outside, more than 150 million Americans were forced to spend their weekend stuck inside. But thankfully, we have Big Ten basketball to keep us distracted from the cold. From Keaton Wagler’s record-breaking performance in West Lafayette, Iowa women’s basketball’s statement win over Ohio State and Nebraska men’s basketball’s dominant run to […]
Big Ten Bracketology, Week 12: Welcome to Wagler’s World
In an extremely entertaining week of conference play, Illinois’ Keaton Wagler stole the show with a 46-point performance on the road against Purdue. UCLA started the week with a bang as the Bruins handed the Boilermakers their first loss in conference play. And of course, Nebraska just kept on winning, setting up a massive road […]
Softball position previews: Pitchers
We are officially in the post-Lauren Boyd Era of Northwestern softball, and it is a scary, scary place. Boyd, who graduated last May, was the heart and the engine of the 2025 Wildcat pitching staff. She pitched 125 of Northwestern’s 323 innings, the highest on the team by 36.8. Her 2.30 ERA and 1.16 WHIP […]
Rapid Reaction: No. 3 UCLA lives up to reputation, drubs ‘Cats 80-46
From start to finish, the No. 3 Bruins played championship-caliber basketball, dominating the ‘Cats 80-46. Northwestern women’s basketball (8-12, 2-7 Big Ten) suffered its fourth loss of 20 or more points this season, as UCLA (19-1, 9-0 Big Ten), one of this season’s national title contenders, remained undefeated in conference play. Not much went right […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. No. 3 UCLA: TV, streaming, radio, betting line, injury report
Northwestern women’s basketball (8-11, 8-0 B1G) faces its biggest challenge of the season thus far against top-five WNBA draft prospect Lauren Betts and her No. 3-ranked UCLA Bruins. Here’s how to follow the Wildcats as they take the court for the first time in a week: Broadcast Information Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Ill.) Game Time: […]
Old Problems doom Northwestern against UCLA
For the first time in the school’s history, Northwestern men’s basketball played a game at Pauley Pavilion. What came out of that said game? The ghost of John Wooden haunting the visitors. The Wildcats were coming off their first Big Ten victory, fittingly just under 10 miles away as the crow flies from this matchup. […]
Wrestling: Northwestern falls short against No.17 Rutgers
Despite a strong start and impressive performance from No. 30 Eddie Enright, Northwestern (3-4, 1-3 Big Ten) couldn’t contain No.17 Rutgers (8-4, 2-2 B1G), suffering a 30-10 loss at Welsh-Ryan Arena Friday night. This defeat marks the end of the most difficult part on the ’Cats schedule, as they came up winless in their stretch against […]
Three Takeaways From Northwestern’s 71-64 Loss to UCLA
The Wildcats finally showed some life down the stretch but couldn’t make up for UCLA’s strong first half shooting. After an 0-7 start in Big Ten play that featured a handful of second half collapses, Northwestern has shown a lot of improvement towards the end of the game in their past two contests. Despite their […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern’s late rally falls short in 71-64 loss to UCLA
Although the Wildcats ended their winless streak in the Big Ten with a victory over USC, they couldn’t sustain the momentum during their first trip to Pauley Pavilion. Northwestern lost to UCLA 64-71 to wrap up its West Coast trip as the Bruins remain undefeated at home. The ‘Cats faced two 14-point gaps during regulation, […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern men’s basketball at UCLA: TV, streaming, radio, betting line, injury report
After beating USC to capture its first Big Ten win of the season this past Wednesday, Northwestern men’s basketball (9-10, 1-7 B1G) continues its Los Angeles trip, taking on UCLA (13-6, 5-3 B1G). Here’s how to follow along as the Wildcats look for their second conference win. Broadcast Information Location: Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, Calif.) […]
Is Chris Collins running the best rotations for Northwestern men’s basketball?
At the two-thirds point in the Wildcats’ 2025-2026 season, Northwestern sits 9-10, with a disappointing 1-7 mark in Big Ten play. Considering the ‘Cats’ in-conference struggles, it’s critical to consider: Is Chris Collins running the best rotations for Northwestern? Context: Collins’ rotations this season Over the first ten games or so of the season, the […]
Big Ten Transfer Portal Recap: Departures
This article is the first of two parts. The focus? On the notable players who transferred from their teams in the Big Ten. While there are obviously many more who did transfer than I’ll have listed here, the goal is to look at the main losses. Illinois Fighting Illini DL Tomiwa Durojaiye Durojaiye was named […]
2025 Northwestern football position reviews: Defensive line
Northwestern’s bounce-back season, finishing with a 7-6 record, was spurred on by a resilient offense and a stifling defense. The ‘Cats allowed over 25 points four times this season, the same number of times they held their opponents under ten. The NU defensive line was a huge reason why Northwestern allowed the sixth-fewest points per […]
Northwestern lacrosse 2026 position previews: Midfielders
We creep closer and closer to the start of lax season. Well, it’s starting to feel more like a free-fall. Just two weeks ago, we previewed the newcomers to Northwestern’s roster and what they bring to a squad hungry to reach the mountaintop. Last week, we dove into the defensive makeup of the team, pointing […]
Tennis: Northwestern women’s squad vaults to 3-0 start, men’s squad struggles early
Tennis season is back underway for Northwestern, and last weekend saw both men’s and women’s tennis participate in their first three matches of the new campaign. On the women’s side, the season began with a dominant 7-0 victory over VCU on Jan. 16. The Wildcats’ lone defeat in that contest came in doubles, as Mika […]
Three keys for Northwestern men’s basketball against UCLA
Northwestern will try to carry momentum from its win over USC into Saturday’s matchup against UCLA. The Bruins enter the game fresh off a statement 69-67 victory over No. 4 Purdue and have won three of their last four games. While UCLA is currently unranked, it climbed as high as No. 12 earlier this season […]
Three takeaways from Northwestern’s first conference win at USC
A great response Let’s start off by addressing the elephant in the room: that conference record was starting to look really bad. Anyone following the Northwestern Wildcats this year has probably seen the way Nick Martinelli has talked in interviews, the burden he has placed on himself as a leader of this team. It’s clear […]
Collins’ Classroom: Breaking the seal
In a season that has made no sense, it’s only fitting that Northwestern’s first conference win came in the most ridiculous game they’ve played to date. USC brought back its top recruit, point guard Alijah Arenas, to make his debut on Wednesday after returning from a torn meniscus suffered in the offseason. Northwestern elected to […]
2025 Northwestern football position reviews: Pass catchers
As we continue to evaluate Northwestern football’s season in retrospect, it’s now time to take a look at one of the more up-and-down player groups on the roster: the pass-catchers. Overall Grade: B NU’s pass-catchers are a tough group to grade for a number of reasons. For one, the inconsistency of Preston Stone at quarterback […]
The three biggest storylines for Northwestern lacrosse in 2026
15 days remain until the Lake Show make their arrival in 2026. And it’ll be a suspenseful 15 days. After falling narrowly short in a Hollywood-esque adventure to a national title, Northwestern women’s lacrosse finds itself in an extremely intriguing position. Kelly Amonte Hiller has done an overhaul in the transfer portal to shore up […]
With a combination of old and new, Northwestern men’s basketball finally prevails at USC
During my sophomore year at Northwestern, some of my friends organized a mocktail-making competition. Not super interested but still wanting to get involved, I hurriedly threw together a concoction of ingredients with zero expectation of “winning” the contest, which resulted in a questionably-tasting cup of sparkling water mixed with matcha powder. Needless to say, said […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern men’s basketball defeats USC 74-68 to earn long-awaited first Big Ten win of 2025-26 season
Better late than never. Eight games in, and Northwestern men’s basketball finally has its first win in Big Ten play. As Wednesday night turned into Thursday morning in Evanston, the ‘Cats found themselves in an all-too-familiar situation: in the driver’s seat, with the fate of the game in their hands. All they had to do […]
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