In its first ever Big Ten Tournament semifinal, Northwestern fell flat in a major way. Blame fatigue from the two previous games if you want, or even blame it on the late finish in the Maryland win. That certainly wasn’t how the players perceived it.
“When you get this late into the tournament, it's about energy,” Bryant McIntosh said. “It's about effort. We didn't have enough of either today. They beat us to every 50/50 ball. They deserved to win the game, and we didn't. We didn't even deserve to be on the floor at some points. They put it on us today.