Northwestern is one of only five original Division I members without an NCAA tournament appearance, and the only one of those from a power conference (Army, Saint Francis of Brooklyn, The Citadel and William & Mary are the others). At 16-4 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten, Northwestern can already check a lot of boxes. That Northwestern is in the hunt for an NCAA bid is no surprise to anyone who saw the nucleus Collins assembled over the last two years. With the first of our upcoming weekly looks at the NCAA tournament field, here’s how the bracket projects right now. A week ago, the Golden Eagles were a fringe NCAA tournament team.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2017 20:12 UTC