Northwestern's loss to Chicago State often comes up in conversation as a bad loss for them. Although they have a 12-18 record this year, historically Chicago State is one of the worst basketball programs. The most significant wins this year before joining the NEC next year: Morgan State, Stetson, Bethune-Cookman, Valparaiso, University of Texas Rio Grand Valley and FDU. While researching their website, I found that Scott Spinelli was on their staff starting this season. He has been out of coaching since leaving Boston College after the 2021 season in which he served for a period as the interim head coach. Since then he has worked as a television analyst for New England Sports Network, guest analyst on ESPN, Fox Sports and CBS radio. Big come down for a coach who was highly thought of as a recruiter.