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Four takeaways from Northwestern’s first two conference games

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.