It’s fair to say that Ken Pomeroy’s ranking system has been rather high on Northwestern all season.
Even when Northwestern was in the doldrums after losses to Purdue and Illinois, Pomeroy’s number-crunching never dropped the Wildcats below 32nd in his efficiency-based rankings. The Wildcats have impressively risen from 61st at the start of the year to 31st as of Thursday night.
But despite Northwestern’s big win over Wisconsin, the team has lost three of its last four games without Scottie Lindsey, and because Pomeroy doesn’t factor injuries or team morale into the rankings, it’s worth wondering whether No.