Northwestern's big man will look bigger tonight when the Wildcatsopen their season against the University of Chicago at Welsh-RyanArena.
Kevin Rankin, NU's 6-11 center, weighs 264 pounds.
That's up from the 245 he weighed as a freshman starter twoyears ago and 10 to 15 more than he weighed last season, when he ranhis string of starts for the Wildcats to 56 games.
"My weight fluctuates, depending on the day," said Rankin, whoseadditional weight is all muscle thanks to a new weight-trainingprogram instituted for the basketball players this year.
In previous years, the players did their weight training underthe direction of Larry Lilja, the …
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