Sitting quietly in its dressing room at Verizon Center late Friday night, members of the Maryland men's basketball team tried to come up with some answers for their second-half collapse against Northwestern in a 72-64 defeat in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
As was the case on the court against the sixth-seeded Wildcats, the third-seeded, 25th-ranked Terps didn't have many. Was it an offense that scored just once in a stretch of nearly nine minutes after Maryland led by 10 points? Was it a defense that got lost in transition during the 20-2 run by Northwestern?