It’s finally that time! The Northwestern men’s basketball season will officially kick off Friday night against Division 1 newcomer Merrimack. You’ve read our player previews and seen our bold predictions, which means it’s time for our basketball writers to give their full-season predictions. Suffice it to say, these are a bit less positive than last year’s, on the whole, but there is still optimism to be found if you know where to look.

Noah Coffman

Regular Season record: 10-20 (3-17)

Postseason: N/A

Look, I’ll just come right out and say it: this team ain’t great.