In the first men’s basketball roundtable published before the 2022-2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball season, not one writer predicted Northwestern to have a winning record. Not one thought the team had any chance to compete at all this season, not after going 15-16 in the 2021-2022 campaign and losing Pete Nance to North Carolina and Ryan Young to Duke.
We were wrong, and the country was wrong about these Wildcats, who defied expectations from Day One. Northwestern finished with a record of 22-12, made the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history and set the program record for Big Ten wins.