Sitting at 3-2, Northwestern finds itself with the same record it had a year ago. Yet, the team looks vastly different. The Wildcats proved themselves to be a smart and gritty group last season after a win over Texas and close losses to Butler and Notre Dame, rarely making mistakes and holding opponents to ugly shooting percentages in low-scoring affairs.
This year? Quite the contrary. Northwestern has allowed 78.4 points per game, given up 41.4 percent shooting from three-point range, and just got taken behind the woodshed by Texas Tech. The last time the Chris Collins-led Wildcats got beaten this badly was January of 2016, back when Vic Law was sitting on the sidelines and Scottie Lindsey was earning DNP-CDs.