For a brief moment, Northwestern women’s basketball was in full flight. With Nia Coffey, Ashley Deary, and Christen Inman, as well as stalwarts like Maggie Lyon and Alex Cohen, Joe McKeown made Northwestern a relevant Big Ten program. Despite this, Coffey’s stacked recruiting class made one NCAA Tournament. That “golden generation” is gone now. For all intents and purposes, the program is almost back to square one.
Welcome to the rebuild.
1. What is this team going to look like?
Most Northwestern sports fans don’t know anyone on the current Northwestern women’s basketball roster (although we should all watch more women’s basketball, in my opinion).