Good piece on the 'Cats. I didn't know that statistically this isn't even the best Collins defense.
This is not, statistically, Northwestern’s best defense of the last decade. The adjusted efficiency number (94.7) ranks third in that span. Five times in the Collins era, the Wildcats have been harder to score on inside the 3-point line than they are this season. But given what happened in the previous five years, and given what could have happened if this winter was no different, this particular defense has the best timing. “We knew to change,” Audige says, “we had to change.”
This is not, statistically, Northwestern’s best defense of the last decade. The adjusted efficiency number (94.7) ranks third in that span. Five times in the Collins era, the Wildcats have been harder to score on inside the 3-point line than they are this season. But given what happened in the previous five years, and given what could have happened if this winter was no different, this particular defense has the best timing. “We knew to change,” Audige says, “we had to change.”
