Northwestern is second in the conference and on course for their second NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years, with a shot to break the program record for wins in a season.
Like a boxer sprawled on the canvas, Northwestern coach Chris Collins seemed as if he was ready for the final bell. It turned out he wasn’t quite down for the count.“I fight,” Collins said. “I’m a fighter. I always have been. I’m not a quitter in any sense of the imagination. If I put my heart and energy into something, I’m going to see it through. ... If you get knocked down, get up. Keep fighting until you’ve got no breath left.
Collins, whose dad, Doug, played and coached in the NBA, seemed like the perfect fit when he was hired to replace the fired Bill Carmody in 2013. Northwestern went 60-90 overall and 26-71 in conference play over the next five seasons. The heat on Collins was so high a year ago that athletic director Derrick Gragg released a statement in March saying the coach would get at least one more season to turn around his struggling program.
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