Northwestern blew another double-digit lead on Monday night.
If you’re keeping track, that’s three straight games where leads of 11 points or more have turned into losses. Just two weeks after Chris Collins laughed at people calling this season a disaster, it has unquestionably turned into one.
Having lost to Maryland for the second time in 10 days, the Wildcats are now 6-10 in Big Ten play and have fallen out of the NIT conversation. They’ve been playing without their top two point guards, which certainly hasn’t helped. But at the same time, these repeated second-half collapses raise a question that four months ago I never would’ve thought I’d have to ask
Is Collins the primary culprit for Northwestern’s struggles?