Northwestern Wildcats - Grade: B-
- 2025-26 record: 15-19 (5-15)
Roster departures
- Nick Martinelli (20 ppg and 6.2 rpg)
- Arrinten Page (10.2 ppg and 4.5 rpg)
- Jayden Reid (10.1 ppg and 5.0 apg)
- Tre Singleton (7.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg)
- Max Green (4.3 ppg and 1.8 rpg)
- Tyler Kropp (3.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg)
- KJ Windham (3.5 ppg and 1.1 apg)
Roster returnees
- Angelo Ciaravino (6.3 ppg and 3.9 rpg)
- Jake West (5.3 ppg and 0.8 rpg)
- Phoenix Gill (0.5 ppg and 0.5 rpg)
Roster additions
- Jack Karasinski (21.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg at Bellarmine)
- La Pratt (17 ppg in 3 games at Northeastern)
- Aleksej Kostic (4.4 ppg and 0.9 rpg at BYU)
- Okku Federiko (8.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg at Drake)
- Ryan Soulis (5.8 ppg and 4.6 rpg at Columbia)
- Luke McEldon (11.7 ppg and 6.2 rpg at Mount Saint Mary’s)
- Colin Smith (11.9 ppg and 4.2 rpg at UC Santa Barbara)
Northwestern isn't a program that will admit everyone because of its admissions standards. Still, landing one of the nation’s leading scorers in Karasinski, who they hope is the next star offensive player for the program. Pratt, who averaged 11.2 ppg in his last full season, is another key guard to watch.
But while Martinelli had no eligibility left, losing Reid and Page to the transfer portal stings. The hope is that Ciaravino and West have a big breakout campaign, while a guy like Kositic takes advantage of a larger role himself after coming off the bench at BYU.
After a breakthrough couple of years for Northwestern as a program, they don’t have an elite, proven scorer on their roster. If it wasn’t for Karasinski, the grade would’ve been a lot worse for the program.
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