During his first two seasons at Northwestern, the mention of Scottie Lindsey’s name often coupled with the idea of inconsistency. The slender guard from the Chicago area could score; that much was clear. And when he did, it was beautiful and seemingly effortless.
Yet those moments of brilliance were frustratingly few and far between. A 26-point masterpiece against New Orleans in December of 2015 preceded a stretch of five-straight non-conference games in which he scored fewer than five points in each. Then, after back-to-back games in which he finished in double figures to end in the non-conference slate, he went the first nine Big Ten games without cracking 10 points, which included three games in which he played but failed to score and one game where he didn’t play at all, a brutal 76-45 loss to Michigan State.