Do you remember the days of the old Welsh-Ryan Arena?
At its worst, it was a glorified high school gym filled with rickety benches, the majority of which were taken up by an opposing fanbase.
At its best, well, it was about the same, but that place could get rowdy. It clearly needed a makeover, but those same imperfections also neatly represented the Northwestern men’s basketball program for some years — At first glance, it may look ugly, but if you take a closer look, there’s some good to it.
That almost perfectly describes the state of NU men’s basketball during my early years as a fan.