Northwestern University NCAA News

Site: Evanston, Ill. Score: No. 18 Penn State 77, Northwestern 63 Records: NU , Penn State Next NU Event: Thursday, Feb.

BRADENTON, Fla. -- For the third-consecutive year, Northwestern is the champion of the Big Ten Match Play championship after earning its most recent title Saturday afternoon with a 4-1-1 victory over No.

The NFL scouting combine kicks off in just 11 days. The talk may be about Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III , but there are 300+ other athletes who have hopes and dreams resting on their performance in Indianapolis.

Alex Marcotullio scored a season-high 13 points to go along with six assists in Thursday's win over Iowa.

Leonard uttered those words several days after his team lost to the Wildcats in Champaign, and he surely was frustrated.

Purdue is fighting for its NCAA tourney life. Losses in four of its last five games leave the Boilers on the edge, if not the brink, although there are seven regular-season games to change that.

Erin Fitzgerald was one of two Wildcats to come away with a hat trick in NU's season-opening road win at Stanford.

Site: Tempe, Ariz. Score: No. 1 Arizona State 10, Northwestern 5 Records: NU , Arizona State Next NU Event: Saturday, Feb.

Score: No. 12 Northwestern 4, No. 9 Virginia 2 Records: NU , UVA Next NU Event: Saturday, Feb.

NU takes on No. 6 Stanford tonight in Palo Alto, a tough opening match-up for the Wildcats.

POINT DAVE Sobolewski got the first 'Cat basket in their Thursday night meeting with Iowa at Welsh-Ryan. It was a three from the right wing and came with just over two minutes gone.

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Loren Landow, the director of sports performance for Steadman Hawkins, put the 30 players training under his supervision for either the league's scouting combine or their respective pro days through a dress rehearsal at the South Suburban Family Sports Center.

Season tickets are now on sale for the upcoming 2011-12 Northwestern men's basketball season.

Northwestern 's Dave Sobolewski left, drives to the basket against Iowa 's Matt Gatens during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb.

The Northwestern Wildcats were looking to extend their winning streak to three games as they welcomed in the Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday night.

Before we get all caught up in the euphoria of the men's basketball game against Iowa, a little downer news.

At Saguaro, Sanders went 62-7 and recently led the Sabercats to the Division III state title.

Postseason play isn't all that senior guard Matt Gatens has missed out on since joining the Iowa basketball team in 2008.

It's been way too long since I've written a column. It's been like Winter Quarter: gray, cold and lonely.