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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Men's Basketball

Sophomore Blake Smith wearing white defends a basketball player wearing black and yellow.

Men’s Basketball: Northwestern walk-on Blake Smith provides unlikely defensive spark for March Madness squad

March 21, 2024

NEW YORK  — Just beyond the Big Ten’s halfway point, Northwestern coach Chris Collins faced a daunting task. His team was churning through its Big Ten tests, but he soon found himself at a crossroads.  The...

Rich Falk coaches Don Davis. Falk took Northwestern to its first ever postseason tournament at the 1983 NIT.

Men’s Basketball: Team alumni discuss pride and legacy of Northwestern’s second consecutive March Madness bid

March 21, 2024

NEW YORK — Mere minutes after the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Sunday show began, Welsh-Ryan Arena erupted for the second consecutive season. With their ticket punched to Brooklyn, New York, Chris Collins...

Graduate student guard Boo Buie runs the offense, while coach Chris Collins watches on from the bench.

Men’s Basketball: Northwestern’s second consecutive March Madness bid serves a testament to Buie, Collins’ mutual belief

March 18, 2024

Minutes after purple and white confetti shot atop an exuberant Northwestern men’s basketball squad, smothering each corner of Welsh-Ryan Arena’s floor for the second consecutive season, coach Chris...

Graduate student guard Boo Buie celebrates during game action at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Men’s Basketball: Northwestern punches second consecutive March Madness ticket

March 17, 2024

Two days after bowing out of the Big Ten Tournament with a 70-61 loss to Wisconsin in the Target Center, Northwestern awaited its March Madness fate with the rest of the college basketball landscape during...

Wisconsin guard AJ Storr drives toward the hoop against Northwestern Friday.

Men’s Basketball: Wisconsin’s stars align behind Storr, Northwestern sputters apart from Buie in Big Ten Tournament loss

March 16, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — Less than an hour after Zach Edey’s top-seeded Purdue squad churned ahead to defeat upset-hungry Michigan State, Northwestern graduate student guard Boo Buie and Wisconsin guard AJ Storr...

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