"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?"
After his team lost a crazy, 72-70 overtime game to Michigan in this March's Big Ten Tournament, Chris Collins felt bitter. Northwestern's season was over. Tre Demps and Alex Olah's careers were over. His voice had devolved into an raspy croak from impassioned screaming. And according to his postgame press conference, all that was partly due to the lack of objective officiating that played a key role in Northwestern's defeat.
Ever the cautious diplomat, Collins danced around directly criticizing the referees, who missed a travel on Michigan's Duncan Robinson that, if called, would have given the Wildcats a chance to avoid overtime and advance to the next round.