Big Ten women’s basketball coaches and players gathered at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Wednesday for the first of two media days in Rosemont.

With the season approaching in less than a month, here are four things we heard from local teams and conference powers.

1. Northwestern coach Joe McKeown is trying to focus on preparing for the season — not the emotions of it being his last.

McKeown announced in March that he will retire after this season , his 18th at Northwestern and 40th overall as a head coach. He has a 268-258 record with the Wildcats and previously coached at George Washington and New Mexico State.

He said he believed it was time to move on from coaching, in part for family reasons .

“You’re looking back and you’ve been doing this now 44 years, and ther

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