In the biggest game of its season to date, Northwestern (13-1, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts No. 4 Maryland (12-1, 1-0 Big Ten) at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Saturday. The Wildcats are coming off Wednesday's come-from-behind, nine-point victory at Nebraska while Mark Turgeon and co. struggled to a six-point home victory over Penn State.
The Terrapins came into 2015 as one of the top teams in the nation but have only played two teams inside KenPom's top 50: North Carolina and UConn. Maryland suffered an eight-point loss at UNC in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and took held off a late rally by UConn in Madison Square Garden.