ROUNDTABLE: Northwestern men’s basketball season predictions

Ladies, gentlemen, basketball season is here.

On Monday we embark upon a five month national journey, with our sights steadfastly set on what in basketball, is both a physical and temporal end: March.

For Northwestern, the season will tip off at 7 p.m. CDT at Welsh-Ryan Arena against Binghamton. The ‘Cats will debut a lineup full of new faces and uncertainty and begin their quest to make it back to the NCAA Tournament.

With NU’s season set to take off in just a few hours, here are the Inside NU staff’s official predictions for the season ahead:

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Zac Penson: 10-22 (3-17 B1G) — Last in B1G

MVP: Jake West

MIP: Phoenix Gill

Most Impactful Newcomer: Jack Karasinski

The air was sucked out of the stadium when Iowa State went on what felt like a 30-6 run in the middle of the first half. Maybe this is what a Northwestern basketball team without Nick Martinelli is like. I hate to be so negative about this season, but I just don’t see this basketball team going anywhere. The ‘Cats looked on par with Illinois State and nowhere close to where it needs to be in order to be ready for Big Ten play. If there was anything redeeming about the exhibition game last week, it was that Jake West can really score, posting 21 points and shooting 4-for-9 from three. The team seemed to have found their footing slightly in the second half, but the game was far gone by that point.

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Phoenix Gill got a significant chunk of playing time compared to last year, posting four points, all of which from the free throw line, in his 13 total minutes on the court against the Cyclones. Angelo Ciaravino’s long range shooting hasn’t really improved much from last year either, but he is still a monster by the rim. The player I am most excited for (if I can be excited about anything) is Jack Karasinski. A transfer from Bellarmine, he had a nice performance in exhibition season posting 11 against Iowa State. I originally was excited for BYU transfer Aleksej Kostic, but with only two points in his 12…

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