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Northwestern Beats Stanford 70-62 For 8th Straight Share + Dec 19, 2009 5:58 pm US/Central Northwestern Beats Stanford 70-62 For 8th Straight Box Score - Stanford v Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill.

With freshman guard Drew Crawford leading the way, Northwestern set a pair of Big Ten records during its 90-65 win over North Carolina A&T on Sunday.

An 11-day layoff didn't seem to bother Northwestern and it certainly didn't bother freshman Drew Crawford, who scored a career-high 35 points, including eight 3-pointers, as Northwestern defeated North Carolina A&T 90-65 Sunday.

It may be early in the college basketball season, but the Big Ten pecking order has already begun to take shape.

We're closing in on the holiday season, so it's time to evaluate who's been naughty and nice this season in college basketball.

Northwestern men's basketball is for real. I have no doubt about that. Everyone wrote them off after both Kevin Coble and Jeff Ryan were declared out for the year due to injury.

Michael Thompson watched his Northwestern teammates scrimmage while he stood beside the scorer's table during a recent morning practice at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

John Wall, Eric Bledsoe and the rest of the Wildcats have Kentucky at 8-0 for the first time in 17 years.

Junior point guard Michael Thompson has especially stepped his game up a notch. 2. Illinois State : The Redbirds are the only unbeaten team remaining in the state.

It is a time unlike any other in college basketball. Where each conference views another as an equal counterpart, the ACC certainly has had the Big Ten's number lately.

Everyone who predicted the Big Ten would be stronger this season was right. They just had some of the teams wrong.

John Shurna lugged the Chicago Invitational Challenge MVP trophy out of Northwesterna s locker room on Saturday night -- and did it while wearing a look that defined the word sheepish.

Coach Mike Brey was on a roll, joking in a G-rated Ozzie Guillen kind of way that the Chicago Invitational Challenge should be renamed the "Big Ten Invitational." Friday's Notre Dame -Northwestern game is on the Big Ten Network, he pointed out.

This was supposed to be the most exciting season in Northwestern basketball history.

EVANSTON, Ill. - Michael Thompson, the smallest player on the court, was a major force for a Northwestern team learning to survive without its star.

With apologies to Dallas journalist Blackie Sherrod, scattershooting while wondering whether Butler would ever expand enrollment to 5,000 students: -- Star forward Kevin Coble of Northwestern will miss Wednesday's game against No.

The Wildcats have had the worst luck so far. They already have lost star Kevin Coble and key backup Jeff Ryan for the season.

Matt Painter began his Monday morning teleconference by telling media members that there's nothing new to report about sophomore point guard Lewis Jackson's foot injury, which was suffered during Thursday's practice.

Nick Gore scored 20 points and Andrew Sparks added 19 as VMI defeated West Virginia Wesleyan 111-92 on Wednesday night.

The 11th-ranked Butler Bulldogs are fresh off an impressive victory to open the season, and they will take on the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois this evening.