After Cinderalla run in '23, No. 8 FAU battles No. 9 Northwestern

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NEW YORK -- Northwestern and Florida Atlantic are separated by more than 1,300 miles as well as a vast gap in resources between a school that's been in the Big Ten for a century and one that just joined the American Athletic Conference.

But when it comes to men's basketball, the schools are mirror images.

A pair of programs looking to build on their recent unprecedented succ