Northwestern comes into Wednesday night’s game against IUPUI on a six game win streak. Saturday evening’s victory over Dayton effectively put the Wildcats in postseason discussion, and they’ll look to take care of business in this non-conference matinee and avoid the much-maligned “bad loss”.
IUPUI comes into this game just 5-7, but against two Big Ten opponents, the Jaguars fell to Michigan by 12 and Illinois by just eight. Combine that by Northwestern’s lackluster performance in a four-point win over Chicago State, and the 13-point spread is suddenly very understandable and perhaps even generous. IUPUI is ranked 199th in RPI and 158th in KenPomeroy’s rankings.