College Basketball - Big Ten Conference
Northwestern Wildcats
| Location: Evanston, IL University Founded: 1851 Enrollment: 14,108  Nickname: Wildcats Mascot: Willie the wildcat School Colors: Purple and white Joined the Big 10: 1896 Varsity Sports: 19 U. President: Henry Bienen Director of Athletics: Mark Murphy Basketball Head Coach: Bill Carmody Conference (Co-) Champions: 1931 and 1933 Basketball Arena: Welsh-Ryan Arena Current Capacity: 8,117 |
The athletics teams of the Northwestern University are known as the Wildcats. The school is one of the founding members of the Big Ten conference of the NCAA Division I.
The Men’s basketball team has not achieved a recent championship as their last win was recorded in 1933 and the last time they got to the NIT was in 1999.
The team plays its home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena stadium.
The current Wildcats head coach is Bill Carmody. More less since 1995, the men's basketball team has had some irregular appearances in the post season games.
Last season 2007-08, Northwestern didn’t have a good season by just winning 1 game and loosing 17 games in conference. For 2008-09 season, the Wildcats and its Coach Bill Carmody expected better results this season.
Northwestern 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | Northern Illinois | W 77-55 |
| 18-Nov | No. 10 Butler | L 67-54 |
| 22-Nov | Tennessee State | W 69-62 |
| 24-Nov | Liberty | W 69-53 |
| 27-Nov | vs. Notre Dame | W 72-58 |
| 28-Nov | vs. Iowa State | W 67-65 |
| 1-Dec | at North Carolina State | W 65-53 |
| 13-Dec | North Carolina A&T | W 90-65 |
| 16-Dec | North Florida | W 84-54 |
| 19-Dec | Stanford | W 70-62 |
| 22-Dec | Central Connecticut State | W 74-54 |
| 30-Dec | at Illinois | L 89-83 |
| 2-Jan | No. 11 Michigan State | L 91-70 |
| 7-Jan | Texas-Pan American | W 53-44 |
| 10-Jan | at Michigan | W 68-62 |
| 13-Jan | No. 16 Wisconsin | L 60-50 |
| 16-Jan | No. 6 Purdue | W 72-64 |
| 19-Jan | at No. 25 Ohio State | L 76-56 |
| 23-Jan | Illinois | W 73-68 |
| 26-Jan | at Minnesota | L 65-61 |
| 30-Jan | at No. 5 Michigan State | L 79-70 |
| 2-Feb | Michigan | W 67-52 |
| 7-Feb | Indiana | W 78-61 |
| 10-Feb | at Iowa | 8:30 PM ET |
| 14-Feb | Minnesota | 5:00 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | Penn State | 8:30 PM ET |
| 21-Feb | at No. 13 Wisconsin | 2:00 PM ET |
| 25-Feb | Iowa | 7:00 PM ET |
| 28-Feb | at Penn State | 12:00 PM ET |
| 3-Mar | Chicago State | 8:00 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | at Indiana | 12:00 PM ET |