After a 68-44 loss to Michigan State at home last year, Northwestern head coach Chris Collins walked into his postgame press conference dumbfounded. It was his team's 10th loss in a row, and Collins's well of answers had run dry. "I don't know," Collins said when asked what the necessary changes were. "I don't have the answer. I've got to get with my staff, I've got to listen to my instincts. We've got to figure out something."
Eleven-and-a-half months later, the feeling is eerily similar. Collins's team just suffered its second straight 30-plus-point loss, fourth in a row overall, and sixth of its last eight.