Change is never easy. Even when the change in question will undoubtedly lead to a brighter and better future, it is bound to create to some turbulent situations as it unfolds.
For the Northwestern Men’s Basketball program, change is afoot in the form of a revolutionary and vital overhaul of their home, Welsh-Ryan Arena, which has been nothing more than an object of scorn from Big 10 basketball peers for the past two decades. The university has poured upwards of $100 million into the renovation effort in what is surely their most emphatic commitment to big time athletics in recent memory.