Ask any Northwestern fan you know, and they’re likely to tell you that last year’s men’s basketball team disappointed. They lost three “buy games” to Merrimack, Radford and Hartford, defensive leader Anthony Gaines went out for the season and the young squad blew several second half leads to Big Ten opponents as the year wore on.
At face value, the arrow is pointing up in the 2020-21 season, as the ‘Cats’ should improve or simply get more lucky in this pandemic-altered season. However, if they want to ascend from the basement of college basketball’s deepest conference, they need to start taking smarter shots.