Maryland guard Melo Trimble didn’t look as if he wanted to leave Verizon Center after Friday night’s 72-64 loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. He was still in his sweaty uniform about a half-hour after the final buzzer, the face of the program still serving as something of a spokesman after this latest baffling setback. He sat in his stall next to the showers in the locker room, the dripping water audible through the hushed silence of his packing teammates.
Trimble tried to explain how Maryland blew a 10-point lead in the second half.