It’s crazy how fast things can flip in college basketball.
On Jan. 28,, Northwestern had won its third consecutive game in conference play, beating Minnesota 81-61 and moving to second in the Big Ten standings. A week later, the Wildcats sit at the middle of the pack in the conference, with a 6-5 B1G record, and are right back on the bubble after losing to Michigan and Iowa by double-digits. ‘Twas a rough week for the ‘Cats.
In its last two blowout losses to the Hawkeyes and the Wolverines, NU held second half leads before collapsing down the stretch, being outscored by 16 points in the final 20 in both respective games.