Northwestern men's basketball released its 2015-16 non-conference schedule Wednesday, and... well, it was chock-full of cupcakes. Rather than beef up what was already a weak non-conference slate last season, coach Chris Collins went in the other direction. From SIU-Edwardsville to Fairfield, from Mississippi Valley State to UMass-Lowell, he constructed arguably the worst non-conference schedule in college basketball.
So the question is this: With the NCAA Tournament selection committee's recent emphasis on strength of schedule, does Collins' decision to fill his schedule with low mid-majors hurt his team's chances to make the NCAA Tournament come March?