Northwestern was outclassed and Chris Collins knew it.
The game, and thus the season, ended in a 71-56 beatdown at the hands of Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. There would be no postseason play for the 15-17 Wildcats, as Collins would decline an invitation to a tournament such as the College Basketball Invitational.
His reasoning:
"We're going to be done for the season. Nothing against any of those tournaments, just we're u2010u2010 it's time for us to start getting ready for next year. The finality of u2010u2010 we're a little bit banged up, everybody is, and we wanted to put everything into this tournament and see where it could lead for us.