With seven games remaining in its regular season, Northwestern basketball sits on the fringes of the NIT bubble. After a five-game losing streak that required a matchup with Minnesota (0-10 in the Big Ten) to finally come to an end, the Wildcats are on the outside looking in, and a postseason berth, for a third straight year, looks somewhat unlikely.
But would missing out on the postseason be a major negative for Chris Collins and the Wildcats?
We presented the following question to our staff: How important would an NIT berth be for Northwestern basketball?