In the end, I’m not sure we learned too much from Northwestern’s loss to Nebraska Tuesday night at Allstate Arena. Chris Collins’ squad played badly, which it has done on numerous occasions this season. Those who’ve watched this squad have seen some abysmal basketball, and a half like the second half we saw against Nebraska wasn’t surprising. The Wildcats were always going to be in trouble if a) their top three scorers on the floor combined to shoot 30 percent from the field, b) Gavin Skelly and Aaron Falzon managed only 35 combined minutes due to foul trouble and c) the team lacked defensive intensity in crunch time.
Northwestern’s defense faltered down the stretch against Nebraska
