The Northwestern Wildcats (6-2) return from a week of final exams to take on the New Orleans Privateers (4-3) on Sunday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The hosts hope to continue their impressive start as non-conference play begins to wind down, and they shouldn’t have too much trouble with their opponents out of the Southland Conference. Mark Slessinger’s team is ranked 247th in Kenpom and two of its four wins have come against non-D1 programs. The Privateers do have one Power 5 win this season, but it’s against Washington St., by far the worst team in the Pac 12 per Kenpom.