Men’s basketball player reviews: Nick Martinelli
Recapping the season of Northwestern basketball’s newest legend.
Mar 7, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Northwestern Wildcats forward Nick Martinelli (2) looks on during the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Williams Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images As we move forward with more men’s basketball player reviews, it’s now time to analyze the season of Nick Martinelli, the 6-foot-7 senior forward from Glenview, Ill . The Good Some pundits of Big Ten basketball thought that Nick Martinelli would regress in his senior season without a supporting cast of Brooks Barnhizer, Jalen Leach, Ty Berry and Matthew Nicholson to support him on the offensive end.
What actually happened was quite the opposite. Martinelli ended last year, somehow, second on Northwestern in offensive Bayesian player rating per EvanMiya. com, with a final rating of 2.
79. This year, the senior finished with a rating of 5. 29, with an offensive output that, per this metric, was almost two-times as impactful.
En route to his second-consecutive Big Ten scoring title, the senior led Northwestern in scoring in 27 of their 34 games, totaling less than 20-points in just four of his 33 starts. In a stretch of games from December 6 (vs. Ohio State) to January 29 (vs.
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