re: LSU Swimming...Is this the worst performing sport for LSU currently?

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The Nat was built quick n dirty for the Olympic sports fest, which was a consolation prize for the athletes that just missed making the Olympics in 1984. It was built with zero foresight, some say to be torn down afterwards, but being that The Huey was the best thing LSU had at the time, they kept the Nat. Any money they’ve spent there through the years was barely putting lipstick on a pig... and they grossly overpaid for what they got nevertheless.
Interestingly in the 1980s the Nat wasn’t too bad compared to what some others in the SEC had.

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The USOC's Olympic Festival program was actually started in 1978, and it wasn't a "consolation prize" for people who didn't make the Olympic team. It was supposed to be a response to similar programs that were run in East Germany and the Soviet Union.
Cities bid fiercely to host the Olympic Festivals. Baton Rouge was ecstatic. LSU athletic director Carl Maddox built EVERYTHING on the cheap at that time, so he didn't know the difference. But I was working there then and Maddox was proud of the Natatorium, thought it was state of the art and expected it to be around for decades, like the Field House.

Maybe I'm wrong, but all we're talking about here are a couple of swimming pools, a diving pool and two real nice locker rooms. That can't be that expensive to build.
LSU needs to upgrade.