Loyola-Chicago, Northwestern and DePaul each play exhibition games this week. Here are some links to get you ready for the games. Chicago College Basketball will have reports from each of the games this week. UIC:
- The Flames have struck a radio deal with ESPN1000 to air at least 16 games this season.
Northwestern:
- Purple Reign looks at the ability of Northwestern players to shoot threes. (Subscription required.)
- A quick AP story about Bill Carmody and the upcoming season.
- Vendors will be able to sell things on the streets outside of Welsh-Ryan Arena this season as the plan has been tabled for now.
- The Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein checks in with Northwestern freshman Drew Crawford.
- Tom Izzo said it, "This is his year to get there," he said about Bill Carmody.
- John Gassaway told Inside the Hall that Northwestern's improvement last season was the biggest improvement of any major conference team over the past four seasons.
DePaul:
- More about Mac Koshwal and DePaul from WeAreDePaul.com.
- While coaches can't directly comment on scrimmages, the Bradley athletics department posted comments after the scrimmage the Braves played with the Blue Demons in Peoria.
- The South Bend Tribune checks in on the Big East Conference and predicts a relatively down year.
- WeAreDePaul's Dan Stack on Will Walker. (Subscription required.)
General:
- While this post was done tongue-in-cheek, it raises a good point about how spread out the new Great West conference is this season.
- Robert Morris is going to play Loyola and Northwestern this season, here's a quick preview from Chicago Hoops. Notice that former UIC forward Robert Eppinger has ended up on the Eagles. More about Robert Morris on Monday. Here's its roster.
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Nice report on the Loyola game--and even better pictures--Keep it up !!