Eleven games into a so-far tumultuous season, Northwestern’s women’s basketball team is readying itself for a mountainous slate of conference games. The first third of the season has been smeared with blowout losses to several Power Five schools and populated with (mostly) dominating wins against lackluster competition.

Before moving onto Big Ten play, it’s worth reflecting on the team’s non-conference performance in order to assess NU’s odds moving forward.

The offensive scheme needs fixing

Whatever head coach Joe McKeown has been doing through 11 games isn’t working. Despite playing teams as weak as the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers and the Niagara Purple Eagles, the Wildcats rank second to last in the Big Ten in total offense.