Reverse wiring basement lights
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "reverse wired?"

If you're saying you want to put the switch at the far end, near the last light,the most straightforward way to do that is to pull power into that switch box, then feed the lights from there (don't feed the lights directly from the panel).

Or, I suppose you could pull 3-rope all the way through from the first light to the last light. You'd run 2-rope from the panel to the first light.

EDIT: a commentor pointed out that code now requires a neutral in all switch boxes. So run 3-rope from the last light fixture to the switch box, use the red and black for your switch leg, and cap the neutral for future use (presence-detecting switches and so on).

Connect the black wire straight through all the light fixture boxes. Then connect the switch leg (the 3-rope running from the last light fixture to the switch) to the black and red wires. At each light fixture, pigtail and connect the red (hot) and white (neutral) to each light fixture. Or you could switch black and red (wire red straight through, wire black to each fixture)--doesn't matter.

You always want to switch the hot wire, not the neutral. Otherwise, you end up with power at the fixtures even when the switch is off and it's a shock hazard.

I'm not sure why I feel compelled to say this, but if the lights in question are all on the same circuit, they should be wired in parallel (not in series), so the hot and neutral wires need to be pigtailed in the box at each light fixture to connect to each light, but also run directly to the next light (not wired through each light to the next).