Northwestern Wildcats NCAA Basketball News

Everyone knows Northwestern men's basketball has never made the NCAA Tournament.

Watching Illinois baskets fall like December snow late in the first half and early in the second Sunday, Western Michigan forward Flenard Whitfield had something to say to Illini forward Mike Davis.

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.

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

Their next game is against North Carolina A&T on Sunday. Their next significant game isn't until Dec.

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.

When I visited with Bill Carmody a few days before official practice began on Oct.

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.

State can't stay undefeated - can Farnold Degand get is * It doesn't get any more simple than that.

Even though he scored a school-record 51 points in an NBA-paced win over Mundelein last week, Evanston junior guard Garrett Jones knows it might have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Michael Thompson scored 22 points and Northwestern beat North Carolina State 65-53 on Tuesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

It was a strange sight; Northwestern standing at half-court of the UICA PavilionA holding a giant tournament trophy.

C.J. Williams has discovered that the best way to help the North Carolina State men's basketball team is to help himself.

Iowa State got the shot it wanted with 5 seconds to play against Northwestern Saturday night in the championship game of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

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.

John Shurna scored 23 points and Michael Thompson added 16 as Northwestern defeated Iowa State 67-65 Saturday night in the championship game of Chicago Invitational Tournament.

John Shurna scored a career-high 25 points and freshman Alex Marcotullio made a pair of key 3-pointers in the second half Friday night as Northwestern beat No.

NAMPA, Idaho ? Donovan Plunkett scored 20 points and led four Dixie State College players in double figures as the Red Storm defeated Central Washington University 78-75 in day one action of the Northwest Nazarene Thanksgiving Classic at the Johnson Sports Center.

Longtime adversaries renew their rivalry for the first time in a quarter century tonight, as the 23rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish clash with the Northwestern Wildcats as part of the Chicago Invitational at UIC Pavilion.