After a short opening session at the podium, Northwestern coach Chris Collins met with the media for an hour at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago. It's here that Collins gets into some more intriguing topics. One of those was his non-conference scheduling, on which we'll have a full article next seek. Here's what else he had to say:
On the Spain trip
- Collins talked about the Spain trip as an opportunity for experimenting. He noted that he used different starting lineups and different rotations.
- Collins described the level of competition in Spain as "mid-major talent, but with man strength.