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Eight Questions of Fate No. 7: Who should start? Does it matter?

With Northwestern basketball under two weeks away, it's time to start addressing the most important issues facing this team and the questions it must answer as it hopes to progress toward the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament. We'll call this segment the "Eight Questions of Fate," as the answers to these questions will likely determine how close Northwestern gets to that goal. We move on to question No. 7: Who starts? And does it matter?

Starting lineups can be difficult to piece together. Some say put your best five players on the court and hope to get off to a good start.