Men's Basketball Play the veterans Bobby Pillote: There’s no tanking in college basketball. Coach Chris Collins has a roster still populated with competent veterans, and he should be giving...

Men's Basketball When Northwestern hired Chris Collins in March 2013, I bought in without reservation. I wasn’t alone in imagining the timeline: Collins would learn the ropes in year one, integrate...

Men's Basketball The intensity and effort that defined Northwestern during its close-game losing streak seems to have faded. The Wildcats (10-12, 1-8 Big Ten) went quietly against the Nebraska...

Men's Basketball At least it wasn’t close. Northwestern (10-11, 1-7 Big Ten) fell 68-60 on Saturday at Welsh-Ryan Arena to conference foe Purdue (14-8, 6-3) for its seventh consecutive loss....

Northwestern blew an easy victory late in its game against Maryland. A jumper by freshman point guard Bryant McIntosh put the Wildcats up 11 with 3:46 to play. It should have been smooth sailing from...