In Northwestern’s 67-54 defeat to #10 Butler at Welsh-Ryan Arena Wednesday night, there was clearly one thing missing: Kevin Coble.
The senior forward will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair a Lisfranc fracture in his left foot, taking away his 15.5 points per game with him. Given the vast [...]

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The first round of the NBA Playoffs is almost over, and you know what that means … only another month and a half before we have a basketball champion! We better savor basketball while we can, starting with this video of otters in South Korea playing basketball. There are a few slight rule [...]

The Wildcat men’s basketball team fell to the Minnesota Gophers 66-53 today in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. The loss effectively puts an end to the ‘Cats hopes for an at-large berth for the NCAA tournament.
Senior guard Kevin Coble was the only Wildcat to score in the double digits, finishing [...]

Northwestern’s NCAA Tournament hopes are still alive after a 64-61 victory over the No. 20 Purdue Boilermakers Wednesday night. Junior Kevin Coble led NU, now 8-9 in the Big Ten and 17-11 overall, with eight rebounds and 16 points. Junior Michael Thompson and senior Craig Moore also finished in double digits in scoring for the [...]

Should NU fans be content with anything less than a trip to the NCAA Tournament?

In what was easily the team’s poorest showing since they were blown out on Jan. 7 at Wisconsin, Northwestern got demolished by the Minnesota Gophers, a team that the ‘Cats defeated earlier in Evanston. The Northwestern offense was unable to do much against a stifling Minnesota defense. The Gophers held the ‘Cats to just 30 [...]

Junior Kevin Coble hit an improbable, off-balanced three-point shot with 21 seconds left to send the game into overtime, but couldn’t stop the ‘Cats from losing their third straight game as the Wolverines outscored NU 14-11 in the extra period to defeat Northwestern 70-67.
The Wolverines were led by sophomore Manny Harris, whose heroics gave [...]

By the time you’ve started reading this, Northwestern’s men’s basketball team will probably have either stepped a tiny bit closer to making its first NCAA Tournament appearance of all-time, or it will have had its bracket-bubble burst by the Fighting Illini. Tonight’s game against the University of Illinois is huge, and to help pump [...]

Northwestern defeated the rival Wisconsin Badgers in front of a raucous student section to improve to 4-5 in the Big Ten and 12-7 overall. The win came in spite of a poor performance by star junior Kevin Coble, who finished with just seven points. With Coble struggling, it was senior Craig Moore who provided most [...]

Coming into Saturday night’s game at Michigan, Northwestern basketball coach Bill Carmody warned his players about the danger of a letdown following Wednesday’s program-defining win at Michigan State. Unfortunately, Carmody’s words went unheeded as the ‘Cats played with little intensity in a 68-59 defeat at the hands of the Wolverines.
Perhaps the most telling sign [...]

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