2026–27 season
Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +4.5
- No. 77 in Division I
- Home
- Evanston, IL
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthGrinds the pace downPace: 63.25th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%89th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jack Karasinski
- 24.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Symon Ghai
- 7′3″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Angelo Ciaravino
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44Angelo CiaravinoGuard · Chicago, IL | 6′6″ | 205 | 3 | 3 | 35.0 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 22.0 |
| 3Jake WestGuard · Plymouth Meeting, PA | 6′3″ | 180 | 2 | 3 | 34.0 | 21.3 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 33.3 | 92.9 | 29.6 |
| 4LA PrattGuard · Columbus, OH | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 34.0 | 18.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 41.2 | 83.3 | 25.3 |
| 32Jack KarasinskiForward · Grand Rapids, MI | 6′7″ | 215 | 1 | 1 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 63.6 | 33.3 | 28.8 |
| 8Okku FederikoForward · Helsinki, Finland | 6′9″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 26.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 9.7 |
| 13Phoenix GillGuard · Chicago, IL | 6′3″ | 185 | 2 | 3 | 20.3 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 66.7 | 55.6 | 17.3 |
| 7Colin SmithForward · Dallas, TX | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 16.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| 12Ryan SoulisForward · Athens, Greece | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13.4 |
| 6Aleksej KosticGuard · Pfaffstätten, Austria | 6′4″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 18Symon Ghai · Tiam, South Sudan | 7′3″ | 210 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2Dylan WilliamsGuard · Columbia, SC | 5′11″ | 180 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| 21Luke McEldonForward · London, England | 6′10″ | 255 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42Elijah Eschmeyer · Boulder, CO | 6′7″ | 195 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11Jayden Hodge · Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium | 6′7″ | 190 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
3–0
ATS as favorite
3–0
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsBINBinghamton | W86–60 | -20.5 | 146.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 6 | vsSTOStony Brook | W78–65 | -12 | 144.25 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 9 | vsBOSBoston University | W72–55 | -15 | 144 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 13 | vsDEPDePaul | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | vsCOLColumbia15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | NVIRVirginia Tech11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | NDAYDayton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | vsNORNortheastern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsWISWisconsin11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | NBYU#23BYU7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @MIC#20Michigan4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsMERMercyhurst | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | NOKLOklahoma State11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsCHIChicago State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 3 | vsMINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @OSUOhio State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 10 | @PENPenn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsRUTRutgers | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | @WASWashington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @OREOregon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsINDIndiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsUSCUSC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @PURPurdue10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | @INDIndiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsIOWAIowa8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | @ILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | @MINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsUCLA#9UCLA6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsNEB#25Nebraska6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vsMSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7 | @MARMaryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |