After the football team's strong start but fairly quick demise over two games, attention has begun to shift to the upcoming basketball season. Although Northwestern has never sent a team to the NCAA tournament, there are reasons to be optimistic heading into this season.
The consensus surrounding the 2015-16 men's basketball team has been that this is Northwestern's most talented team of Chris Collins' tenure, and it may even rival the 2010-2011 roster led by John Shurna, Juice Thompson and Drew Crawford. Indeed, the team returns seven of its top eight scorers from a year ago and the one player of that group who left, JerShon Cobb, spent much of last season injured.