Feb. 20 was a phenomenal day to be a Northwestern basketball fan.
The Wildcats had just finished quite possibly their best week in program history, defeating No. 1 Purdue, No. 15 Indiana and Iowa in the span of eight days. That morning, Chris Collins’ squad was ranked at No. 21 in the AP Poll, its first appearance in such rankings since December 2020. Life sure was good.
Ten days later, much of that good feeling is nowhere to be found.
After reaching seemingly its pinnacle of not only the year, but its entirety as a program, Northwestern has now lost three straight games against Illinois, Maryland and Penn State.