I don’t know how last year’s recruiting class will work out but I am not sure if it made sense to give scholarships to two smallish guards in the same class. If we give Smith a scholarship, we have one scholarship for a transfer. Unless you have a high confidence level with the recruits, it might be better these days to leave more scholarships for transfers.

Posting strictly to maintain a board tradition during this streak of good play

Frannie must have loved that.

Badgers are 3.5 favorites over Illini v. Cat at 2.5 over Iowa. I know the people who set lines know what they are doing, but it is hard for me to see the Badgers as the better bet based on how the Cats and Badgers have performed lately, and Illinois’ raw talent will be really hard for Wisconsin to contain.

They sounded optimistic that he’d be back for tonight, but he’s out again, per NU hoops twitter. Iowa’s offense is way better than Maryland’s, so this is a real setback. Was really hoping to have his shooting hand back for this one.

Northwestern's Pro Day has been set for quite some time for March 6, and the official media release went out this afternoon.

QB Ben Bryant, WR Cam Johnson and LB Bryce Gallagher will participate in the drills and workouts for the Wildcats, and be available for comment afterwards. Head coach David Braun will also address the media, he's scheduled for roughly 15 minutes on the itinerary. Local athletes from smaller schools are also welcome to run the 40-yard dash before NU's players go through the battery, but a list was not provided at this time.

Wasn’t sure whom to root for in today’s game up in Madison, but after watching Hawkins with his repeated palms up, whiny-faced reaction to every call makes it very easy to say “Go Bucky!”

In our two previous NCAA tournament seasons, there were a few “signature” road wins that helped guarantee being called on Selection Sunday. In 2017, it was unquestionably @Wisconsin. They were ranked in the top ten, and Scottie L was out with mono. It felt like things might be slipping away, and then that win really solidified that we were good.

Last year, there are a few possibilities. At ranked Indiana may have been the most impressive. The win at Rutgers ended up being critical for a few reasons, on the final day of the regular season.

This year, while it was huge to win at PSU and Indiana (boy did we need the latter), I think @Maryland might be the signature win, especially considering how shorthanded we were & how the guys managed to pull together and get the W. Of course, there’s one more opportunity for a signature road win straight ahead.

Just letting off some nervous energy before tonight, which reminds me: Beat Iowa!

To those orthos around here - maybe a little help…

Sand volleyball, jumped straight up to hit ball, landed two feet on sand and felt crunchy feeling lower thoracic/upper lumbar. Played another couple points. Checked out of game.

Hurts a bunch, initially some breathing pain.

Does it sound like a vertebrae issue requiring medical attention and imaging or more likely muscular. No prior back injury history. Very active. And crappy AHCA insurance that leads to asking the question before ensuring the money and time commitment.

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I just heard about this today from a friend. Ryan Field items are showing up at the Rebuilding Exchange, which has sites in Evanston and Chicago. You can see some of it on their website, and seats are being sold through Ebay.


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Head coach Chris Collins, Boo Buie and Nick Martinelli addressed the media ahead of tomorrow night's game against Iowa where Northwestern will honor Billy McKinney and retire his jersey. McKinney is the first Northwestern athlete in any sport to earn the honor.

Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

I’m going to be in town and time to see the WR redo. Before I jump on StubHub, anyone got a pair not used? Or want to bring a friend/foe from the Board? Bonus points for Club seats

Head coach Chris Collins, Boo Buie and Nick Martinelli addressed the media ahead of tomorrow night's game against Iowa where Northwestern will honor Billy McKinney and retire his jersey. McKinney is the first Northwestern athlete in any sport to earn the honor.

Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

If so, this is one recruit we should definitely get. Took unofficials to NU, U of I, and Princeton last fall according to his X account.

Once again going for "dress like an opposing fan" day, I enjoy the creativity and look forward to the whining of Iowa fans

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@lou v has the story on the Belmont, Mass. DL's visit to Northwestern and the future of his recruitment.

My wife and I had a wonderful weekend hosting out of town friends, who are both NU alums. The husband is a big Cats fan. The wife is not particularly interested in sports. What was fascinating to me, was that unprompted, the wife began to discuss the Ryan Field at Dyche Stadium teardown and rebuild. Unprompted she said she could not imagine a better spot than the lakefill with temporary bleachers, even without parking and no more than. 10,000 seats. In my humble opinion, if a non sports fan can see this as obvious, why can’t the administration give this a serious evaluation?

With spring on its way, I was wondering whether Coach Braun has a different view on a spring scrimmage. Fitz did not believe in them, but with the changing of the guard, it would be something to look forward to, particularly after MBB runs the table in March Madness. (Yes, I know there's also WLAX, Softball and a resurgent baseball team, too).

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2025 RB offer Ryver Peppers tagged a couple of assistants that I hadn't seen before in their current roles, apologies if this is double posting or already well-known:

Trey Klink will be an offensive line grad assistant this season. He was previously at NU from May 2022 - April 2023 as a defensive assistant, and coached as a linebacker graduate assistant at Kent State last season.

Zac Krause will be an offensive GA this season. He was previously at NU as a walkon quarterback from 2020 through 2022.