How Rutgers is playing one of their most exciting seasons in history with an unlikely duo
The Scarlet Knights are ranked 24th in the country after a 3-0 start.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have never made a run into the NCAA tournament past a Sweet Sixteen, and that was in 1979. Their last conference championship was a 1990-91 Atlantic 10 title, and the program has been in the Big East, AAC and Big Ten since then.
Yet, none of that seemed to stand in the way for Rutgers in their recruiting of the 2024 class, ranking fourth on 247Sports, just behind Duke, Alabama and Arkansas, and seven spots ahead of back-to-back national champion UConn.
Most of that high ranking comes from the landing of the second and third best players in the country, Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper. Bailey could be making an impact on the top team in the nation, Kansas among 15 Division-I offers. Harper could have teamed up with the 2024 class’ top player, Cooper Flagg, at Duke, or gone to Kansas as well among seven other schools.
They both chose Piscataway, New Jersey and a Rutgers team trying to turn the corner. The question is: Why?
