After a hard-fought season, it appears that the Northwestern Wildcats (17-12, 8-8 B1G) came up just short of college basketball’s biggest stage. The ‘Cats were not a part of the field of 68 selected to the NCAA Tournament, failing to hear their names called during Sunday evening’s selection show on ESPN.
In the end, NU was slighted by the committee in favor of DePaul, Dayton, Florida State and Missouri State, who made up the last four teams in. The Blue Demons were the only team of the group to face off with the Wildcats this season, downing them 78-75 on November 21.