Northwestern women’s basketball releases full schedule

An hour after the men’s team sent out their conference slate, the Wildcat women followed suit. Joe McKeown’s squad, who lost only center Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah from last year’s WNIT finalists, will try to follow up their 21-15 (9-9) output in the 2018-19 season with a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

They will do so against a solid group of opponents both in and out of conference play. Their Big Ten schedule features home-and-home splits with reigning Big Ten champions Maryland, recent conference bottom-feeders Illinois, historic Northwestern-killers Penn State, and typically above-average groups from Michigan and Michigan State.

The Wildcats will also play host to Rutgers, Nebraska, Purdue, and Iowa. They released their non-conference schedule, featuring marquee opponents in Marquette and DePaul along with a host of other solid programs, about a month ago:

Northwestern and their talented backcourt will begin their quest for a Tournament berth (and perhaps even more) in just over two months time.