Updated NIT breakdown
Northwestern has seven regular season games left.
Wins:
Texas Corpus-Christi
Penn State
Must-wins:
Iowa
Indiana
Chance at upset:
Michigan
Likely losses:
Illinois
Michigan State
If NU wins the games it should and the must-wins over Iowa and Indiana and then loses the rest, the Cats would be 15-14 heading into the Big Ten tournament. It's probably going to be difficult to win two games at the Big Ten tournament, since if NU remains a No. 7 seed the team will play a No. 2 seed in the second round (Wisconsin or Michigan State). I'm not sure 16-15 will cut it for the NIT. Northwestern may need to win five of its final seven and beat Michigan as well.