NORTHWESTERN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Northwestern opponents should worry about getting back-doored
Northwestern is playing some really good offense lately. During their current three-game winning streak, the Wildcats are averaging 80.3 points per game while shooting 53.7 percent from the field, including 46.1 percent from 3-point range. Four different NU players are averaging at least
15 points per game during the stretch: John Shurna (23.0), Dave Sobolewski (17.3), Reggie Hearn...
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Sobolewski Leading The Charge
Freshman point guard Dave Sobolewski has given Northwestern a much-need boost in its run for the NCAA tournament. Sobolewski has been counted on to lead the Wildcats and is taking advantage.
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3 days ago
Northwestern vs. Iowa Recap: Cats dominate Hawkeyes
Northwestern knew it needed a win against Iowa Thursday night in order to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive. With that in mind, The Wildcats promptly turned in arguably their best performance of the season, a convincing 83-64 win over the Hawkeyes.
Point guard Dave Sobolewski led the way for NU, recording a season-high 26 points and team-high seven assists. The freshman’s impressive...
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Northwestern 83, Iowa 64
Freshman Dave Sobolewski scored a season-high 23 points, John Shurna added 17 and Northwestern won its third straight, beating Iowa 83-64 on Thursday night.
Reggie Hearn added 16 points, and all five starters scored in double figures for the Wildcats (15-8, 5-6 Big Ten) in an easy victory.
Northwestern built a nine-point halftime lead and then blew this one open, matching its longest...
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4 days ago
Shurna, Sobolewski Earn Big Ten Honors
Northwestern's John Shurna and Dave Sobolewski took home Big Ten weekly honors. Shurna was tabbed Co-Player of the week; Sobolewski earned Co-Freshman of the Week, his first weekly honor.
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7 days ago
Wildcats Fly By Illini
Led by John Shurna’s 24 points and a career-high in scoring from Reggie Hearn, Northwestern downed in-state rival Illinois in Champaign for the first time since 1999, winning by a score of 74-70.
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8 days ago
Small Lineup is NU's Best Bet
Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler was worried upon seeing that John Shurna, the Big Ten's leading scorer, was slotted at center for Thursday's game. In his postgame press conference, Sadler stated Northwestern is at its best with a smaller lineup. He's got a point.
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9 days ago
Battle of NUs: Northwestern outshoots Nebraska
In what essentially turned into a three-point shooting contest, Northwestern was able to beat Nebraska in the battle from beyond the arc, taking down the Huskers 84-74.
The Wildcats shot 45.2 percent from three (14-31) and 12 of their first 13 shots came from beyond the arc. The Huskers relied on the three as well, hitting on 11 of 26 shots for 42.3 percent on the night.
Because...
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Former USC WR, All-American Recruit Comes Home to Northwestern
Pat Fitzgerald is having a great non college football Saturday. He got a big w this afternoon as Northwestern University announced the addition of transfer wide receiver Kyle Prater to the Wildcats program.
A product of nearby Proviso West High School (not to be confused with Proviso East, which produced Illini legend Dee Brown) Prater comes home after redshirting one season at USC...
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Third straight has Gophers in thick of conference
So this is what a winning streak feels like. The Gophers decimated the Northwestern Wildcats 75-52 on Sunday for their third straight conference win, putting them at 3-4 in the Big Ten and square in the middle of the conference race – marking the first time since about when Al Nolen went down with a [...]
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Wildcats dead-set on making the Big Dance
The tone in Bill Carmody's voice is cordial, not combative, even though he knows the question that's been asked presumably a thousand times will be posed for the 1,001st occasion. It centers on the two words that have haunted Northwestern's men's basketball program for eight decades now two words that Carmody hopes will stop being used as a punch line in conjunction...
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27 days ago
Is this finally the year for Northwestern?
The tone in Bill Carmody's voice is cordial, not combative, even though he knows the question that's been asked presumably a thousand times will be posed for the 1,001st occasion.
It centers on the two words that have haunted Northwestern's men's basketball program for eight decades now two words that Carmody hopes will stop being used as a punch line in conjunction...
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27 days ago
CFB Recruiting: Northwestern Wildcats Get Commitment from Top 150 Defensive End Ifeadi Odenigbo
The Northwestern Wildcats won arguably their biggest offseason battle on Saturday afternoon when 4-star defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo (Centerville, OH) chose to play his collegiate football in Evanston, Illinois instead of Notre Dame or Stanford.
The nation's No. 109 overall prospect and No. 9 ranked defensive end becomes the second 4-star prospect to commit to the Wildcats...
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January 08, 2012
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January 08, 2012
Northwestern Player Punches Monkey Doll In Face
The Northwestern Wildcats have lost 8 bowl games in a row and hope to change that in this years Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas against the Texas A&M Aggies. Of course in order to combat that losing streak, Northwestern made a doll of a monkey in which they can “Get the monkey off of their back”. Real cute guys. Maybe you should focus on blocking and tackling. You...
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December 31, 2011
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December 31, 2011
B1G Preview: Northwestern Wildcats
This probably won’t be the year. Sure it could, but folks have been asking if this will finally be the year that the Northwestern Wildcats make the NCAA tournament and the answer year after year, forever, has been a resounding no. The Wildcats are no pushovers, and haven’t been the last few seasons. They are [...]
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December 24, 2011
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December 24, 2011
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