Wildcats Win Big

Posted by Jim Elsass on December 4th, 2008

The Northwestern Wildcats helped even out the split of games in the ACC/Big10 matchups by beating the Florida State Seminoles 73 to 59 last night in Evanston before 3537 fans.  For a long time fan and watcher of Wildcat basketball there were some reasons to gain some optimism that things may be heading in the right direction for the Cats.  (more…)

Not Basketball for Dummies

Posted by TD Lawlor on December 4th, 2008

They’ve been such an easy mark for the better part of fifty years.  But, with an influx of talent and size combined the maturation of several key players, Northwestern, yes Northwestern, is poised to become more than an also ran of Big Ten basketball this season.  Customarily overlooked and routinely disparaged, Northwestern has an opportunity to crack the upper division in the Big Ten and with it (yes, Lake the Posts)…post-season play. (more…)

Hoopraker’s first day in Indy was bookended by some petty theft from a taxi driver and a shank of cow saved from St. Elmo’s fire and delivered, perfectly scarred and oozing, to our table adjoining Bruce Weber and his victorious Fighting Illini. (more…)