With its 2016-2017 campaign in the books, Northwestern will begin to focus on a 2017-2018 campaign that holds a ton of promise. The Wildcats return 12 of the 14 players from this year’s Round of 32 roster, and Chris Collins will have two more players entering the rotation battle with forwards Aaron Falzon and Rapolas Ivanauskas returning from injury. Additionally, guard Anthony Gaines will be joining the program as the lone class of 2017 recruit. Of course, the Wildcats’ offseason is still very young, and there is not only the possibility of more recruits — Mark Smith is the main name right now — or graduate transfers, but the vast improvement of players during this offseason that could shake up the depth.
Projecting Northwestern’s lineups and rotations in 2017-2018
