Two eerily similar Ryan Taylor three-point heaves at the end of Northwestern’s first two Big Ten games did not fall, and the ‘Cats are 0-2 in conference play.
The extended Big Ten schedule now features 20 games instead of 18, and NU played its two additional contests in a four-day span. It will not restart conference play until 2019. There’s plenty to digest after two nail-biting heartbreakers, so here are some takeaways from the losses to Indiana and Michigan:
Pardon and Law, more Pardon and Law, and only Pardon and Law
The two seniors were projected to be among Northwestern’s stalwarts this season, and they have been just that.