It’s been eight long days since Northwestern came up short against Purdue, but the Wildcats (5-4) are finally done with finals and ready to get back into the swing of things, starting tonight with a game against Chicago State (2-10) at Allstate Arena.
On paper, this game should be a blowout. The Cougars are No. 343 out of 351 teams in Kenpom and are winless against Division 1 competition this season (their two wins came against NAIA foes East-West University and Silver Lake College). Their smallest margin of defeat in five games against top-100 competition is 26. The largest?