It’s really happening. According to all of the major bracketologists, Northwestern is going to play in the NCAA Tournament.
Of course, Wildcat fans know better than to take anything for granted until the moment their team is officially announced as a March Madness participant for the first time ever on Selection Sunday. Even so, the consensus of experts who predict the field of 68 is that those fans can rest easily over the next eight days regardless of what happens in Northwestern’s regular season finale against Purdue.
ESPN’s Eamonn Brennan has been posting a bi-weekly “Bubble Watch” breakdown since early February.