By Charlie Spungin, NUSports.com
EVANSTON, Ill. — Third-year guard Angelo Ciaravino and second-year guard Jake West will serve as Northwestern’s captains for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season, Sullivan-Ubben Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Collins announced Sunday.
Ciaravino is the first Wildcat third-year to be named a captain since Brooks Barnhizer in the 2023-24 season, while West is the first second-year to be named captain at Northwestern since 1991-92, when Pat Baldwin was selected as a captain.
The Wildcats’ returning leading scorer, Ciaravino started 18 games and averaged 6.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game with the team’s second-highest field goal percentage of 51.2-percent. Against Penn State last season (Jan. 29), Ciaravino scored 20 points on 75% shooting from the floor (9-of-12), becoming the first Wildcat underclassman to score 20+ points on at least 75% shooting in a conference game since Dererk Pardon in 2015.
West started the final 17 games of last season, averaging 7.7 points and 3.9 assists per game over that span. The second-year guard set a program first-year record with 13 assists last season against Penn State (Jan. 29), and over the full se...