After five days off, Northwestern returns to action in Brooklyn, New York, taking on the No. 23 Texas Longhorns (3-0) in the opener of the championship rounds of the Legends Classic.
The Wildcats are coming off a brutal heartbreaking loss to Butler, 70-68, on the road. Led by Vic Law and Bryant McIntosh, the Wildcats went back-and-forth with the Bulldogs throughout but a Kamar Baldwin step-back with 0.4 seconds left ultimately doomed the visitors.
Chris Collins’s bunch won’t find it any easier against Texas, which is led by Shaka Smart. Smart, as you may remember, made his mark on the college hoops world by implementing a full-court press at his first head coaching job, Virginia Commonwealth University.