Two years ago in Salt Lake City, Zach Pereles asked each Northwestern player the same question after their season-ending loss to Gonzaga. “What will you remember about this year and this experience?” As the clock neared 11 p.m. Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago, we walked into an emotional locker room after NU’s 74-69 overtime loss to Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament and tried to ask as many players as possible the same question.
Here’s what they had to say:
Dererk Pardon:
Pardon, who finished with 17 points in his final game as a Wildcat, was frank but emotional in the locker room.