Meg Barber’s first five years as NYU’s women’s basketball coach came without a true home game. Natalie Bruns’ recruiting visit to Mercer Street came without seeing a court.

“I just saw a hole in the ground,” Bruns said.

As NYU awaited the completion of construction on its new home court — delayed multiple times by the pandemic — the Violets became nomads, hosting games at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility, Hunter College, St. Francis Brooklyn and Westchester’s Pace University.

Practices were held at the Palladium on 14th Street, where walls hug the sidelines and six baskets surround the court.