2014-2015 Northwestern Basketball Preview

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Northwestern:

Northwestern finished 11th in the Big Ten last year with a 6-12 record. There is no guarantee that they will get any better as they lose some key players. 10th Year senior Drew Crawford finally graduates, and they also lose seniors Nikola Cerina, and James Montgomery the third. Kale Abrahamson, and Chier Ajou also are transferring. Northwestern loses 26% of their assists, 29% of their rebounds, 32% of their minutes, and 34% of their points. They do bring in 4 freshmen so that could be promising.

Here is their projected roster:

#   Name                    HT   WT   YR       POS

23 Jershon Cobb       6-5   205  RS.SR. G

Cobb will have to be their go to guy, losing Crawford means a huge void in scoring. Cobb showed the ability last year to take over, he may be able to this year as well. Cobb will be the starting Small Forward.

3   Dave Sobolewski  6-1   180   SR.      G

The starting Point Guard, got hurt last year, but will continue to start. Takes A LOT of shots, but does not make many of them.

14  Tre Demps           6-2    193   RS.JR  G

Demps was another player that could score in bursts, he will be the starting Shooting Guard and the second go-to scorer.

22  Alex Olah            7-0     265   JR.       C

Olah is a foul magnet, but is a large body that hopefully can continue his defensive prowess. The latest installment in the old looking young guy series. Starting Center.

34  Sanjay Lumpkin  6-6     210   RS. SO  F

Lumpkin will be the starting Power Forward, and will look to add to his 3.8 points per game. He will most likely add to his points due to the large amounts of minutes he will get.

31  Aaron Liberman  6-10   215   RS.SO   C

Liberman did not play much this year, and probably won't play that much this year either.

32  Nathan Taphorn   6-7    190   SO.        F

The 6th man, Taphorn averaged 2.5 points last season and he is going to be an important piece going forward.

     Victor Law             6-6     185   FR.        F

Northwesterns highest touted recruit, a Four star, that could be playing meaningful minutes right away.

     Bryant McIntosh    6-3     175   FR.       G

A three star, will most likely be the first guard off the bench.

    Scott Lindsey         6-5      180   FR.       F

Another three star, probably a 8 minute a game kind of guy.

    Johnnie Vassar      5-11     175   FR.       PG

Most likely a redshirt

 

Projected Starting Lineup:

Point Guard: Dave Sobolewski

Shooting Guard: Tre Demps

Small Forward: Jershon Cobb

Power Forward: Sanjay Lumpkin

Center: Alex Olah

Northwestern will not be good. I think they will finish 12th in the conference with a 5-13 record. They are very thin, and not uber experienced. 

Michigan plays them at Home and Away, which again is very favorable.

Next up... Indiana.

 

 

Comments

champswest

March 28th, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^

I trust that you will read my comment/suggestion in the Rutgers recap (which I just posted today).
Thanks again for doing these. I too look forward to your review of Indiana, which I suspect will be coming up soon.