Northwestern will host Valparaiso in the non-conference portion of its 2017-18 schedule, Jon Rothstein announced Sunday morning.
Northwestern will host VALPO as part of its 2017-18 non-conference schedule, per a source.
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The Crusaders were a top-100 team in Kenpom for the vast majority of this past season, finishing at 104 after crashing out of both the Horizon League Tournament and the NIT. That collapse came after losing star senior Alec Peters to injury. Peters won’t be back next season, so second-year coach Matt Lottich may have somewhat of a rebuilding year ahead.