Men's basketball preview: Northwestern
Northwestern
Coach: Bill Carmody (140-163, 11th year)
Last year: 20-14, 7-11 (T-7th in Big Ten)
Key players lost: SG Jeremy Nash, SF Kevin Coble.
Newcomer: SG JerShon Cobb.
First practice: 8 a.m. Friday.
First exhibition: Robert Morris, Nov. 4
First game: at Northern Illinois, Nov. 12
Initial issues: Thanks to their trip to Italy six weeks ago, the Wildcats already have 10 days of practice and four exhibition games under their belt. That allowed Cobb a chance to get comfortable with the offense and for Carmody to pair various guys (Drew Crawford, Alex Marcotullio, Cobb) in the backcourt with fourth-year starting point guard Juice Thompson.
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