Basketball season is now less than a month away, which means that it’s time to kick off our preseason content for the men’s and women’s teams. To start off, members of our staff ranked each of the games on both teams’ schedules by difficulty, with 1 being the toughest matchup. Here’s what the composite looked like for the women’s squad. A table with each individual’s rankings is at the bottom, so as not to spoil the fun.
Note: Northwestern’s second game of the four-team Ball Dawgs Classic in late November — which will take place against either Stanford or Belmont, depending on how the ‘Cats fare against Florida State in the first game — was not included here.