With the conclusion of the non-conference slate of games comes a moment of solitude where we acknowledge the blossoming of last season’s promise into this season’s reality. Outside the shadow of Mount Nittany, it may be a mild surprise that Conference’s best backcourt thus far comes from Penn State. The reign of Talor Battle and Stanley Pringle, however, may be short-lived as the Big Ten is loaded with talented guards. (more…)
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Posted by TD Lawlor on December 30th, 2008Wildcats Win Big
Posted by Jim Elsass on December 4th, 2008The 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, 2008They’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…)