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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


Chris Collins coaches from the sideline. Northwestern signed 2021 commit Brooks Barnhizer on Sunday.

Men’s Basketball: Brooks Barnhizer wants to be Northwestern’s point guard of the future

June 23, 2020

Men's Basketball In mid-May, Chris Collins called Brooks Barnhizer out of the blue. It had been almost five months since Northwestern officially offered the 2021 prospect a scholarship and four months...

Abbie Wolf drives to the basket in the Cats’ Big Ten-clinching win over Illinois. Wolf’s NU career is over, but she is still training hard in the hopes of playing professionally in Spain.

“Win the day”: How Northwestern athletes are training in the COVID-19 era

May 29, 2020

Even though she’s quarantining at home, Mondays are still quite busy for Julietta Thron. A technical workout at 9:30 a.m., followed by a run before class at 1 p.m. And then yoga, after she turns off...

Matt Nicholson poses in a Northwestern uniform. The Michigan native will be the Wildcats’ first seven-foot player since 2016 when he joins the team this fall.

Men’s Basketball: “7 foot block machine” Matt Nicholson set to make immediate impact for Northwestern

April 30, 2020

Two years ago, Matt Nicholson was riding the bench for Clarkston High School as the Wolves competed for the Michigan state championship. With just over a minute remaining and Clarkston comfortably ahead,...

Boo Buie makes a move. NU lost 77-73 to Rutgers in overtime.

Golden: Northwestern men’s basketball’s 77-73 overtime showed that they still don’t have their go-to guy

February 9, 2020

Men's Basketball Northwestern fans were just waiting for it to happen: Up by 18 early on and leading by 11 with just under seven minutes left, the Cats’ position felt like all too familiar territory,...

(Daily file photo by Joshua Hoffman). Miller Kopp drives the lane. The sophomore forward led the team in scoring Saturday.

Men’s Basketball: Slow starts in both halves plague NU in 79-50 loss to No. 14 Michigan State

January 29, 2020

The first possession of Northwestern’s game against Michigan State was a warning for how the rest of the game would go. Off the tip, the Spartans’ Aaron Henry missed a jumper, but they got a second...

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