If the beatdown at the hands of Naz Hillmon and the Michigan Wolverines was a wakeup call for No. 22Northwestern (5-2, 3-2 B1G), then Wednesday’s drubbing of Wisconsin was the equivalent of slamming the alarm clock and jumping out of bed. Even though the Badgers (3-5, 0-5) currently sit at the bottom of Big Ten standings, head coach Joe McKeown was still optimistic following his team’s 80-55 win in Madison.
“I just thought that was a really good come back game for us,” McKeown said postgame. “I feel like we needed that mentally. I thought our players just took the challenge coming off of the Michigan game — that’s not who we are.