The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are back on the diamond for their series opener versus the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Scarlet Knight comes into this series with a 17-20 and 6-9 conference record. Minnesota comes into this series with an 18-17 record. They have struggled in conference play with a 5-10 record. First pitch is at 6 pm EST. Lineups will be posted soon

What are we doing?! Can’t even get a visitor from the portal. We have no money, and clearly can’t close anyone to even consider a starting job in Big Ten

No real center this past season totally derailed us from any success. Now I see Parker Washington a high school 6’9” kid is our Answer? it’s clear we’re going into next season with Ogbole, an undersized Dortch and a Freshman. It’s malpractice.

An important issue for our AD ... find and hire the college basketball version of Billy Beane to overhaul the staff and roster.

Go RU

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Rutgers forward PJ Hayes plans to enter the transfer portal per Brian Fonseca.

He joins a list of players who technically ran out of eligibility to enter this offseason, as there’s an ongoing court case to potentially allow players to get five seasons instead of four.

Per IL. Again I think it's Kirsts, but this is resume building for '26 and '27.

What sort of impact do we think the portal/NIL will have on coaches serviceability?

Obviously we have seen coaches jump ship for better opportunities and bigger NIL bankrolls, but what will happen to the coaches struggling to win?

Since all of these rosters are turning over year after year will there be a bit of an adjustment on expectations for coaches? It was always 4 years for coaches to “get their guys” in the program. Will that remain is? Or is there now a more immediate expectation to win and be competitive?

Will be interesting to see that play out.

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2016 : Recruiting Rank 78 : Football Record 2-10
2017 : 43 : 4-8
2018 : 58 : 1-11
2019 : 53 : 2-10
2020 : 67 : Schiano comes back : 3-6
2021 : 32 : 5-7
2022 : 38 : 4-8
2023 : 62 : 6-6
2024 : 35 : 7-5
2025 : 30
2026 : 29 so far

Football Games : first 3 years had losing records. Talent level was dismal. Last 2 years got us back to respectability on the field.
Recruiting : Not counting 2020 when if i recall he came into a dead period and had a few weeks to salvage the class, we are averaging a Rank 39 class even with the 2023 outlier. I know NIL has put Rutgers at a disadvantage to some programs, hopefully B10 Revenue sharing can help us some.

I got to believe that we will crack top 30 in recruiting ranking and get a 8-4(B10 5-4) record in the next 3 years.
Schiano 1.0 best recruiting years were 2011/2012 with ranks 32/24

Hoping we can get to 7-5 this year which will be tough with only 4 B10 home games and Oregon, PSU and OSU on the schedule..... but maybe with a winning record and an upset we can get a 25ish ranked recruiting class. Anyone think there is any chance at this? at least a 40% chance?

I spent a little time yesterday folding the 2025 results into the model.

First, expected points, including bonus, per seed. Not a lot of big changes, but the hump in the 26/27 range has begun to flatten out a bit.

The other interesting thing is, despite the change in scoring there was not a noticeable change in bonus. While it is higher than the previous two years, those years were very down. I am looking at 11 years of data (the 16 and 32 seed era), and across that range 2024/25 bonus scoring does not stand out.

One of the worst kept secrets of all time. Ashame for the team and the fans that this surfaces on the eve of their sweet 16 game.

There are 73 objectors and so (not surprisingly), Judge Wilken declined to rule from the bench. It is thought that her decision will be out within two weeks

Note that the settlement does not resolve anti-trust litigation brought by athletes who decided not to be among those who are settling. Note also that the judge regards the treatment of third-party NIL as an important issue.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2025/04/07/house-settlement-update-ncaa/stories/202504070041

Basketball recruiting once again looks bleak, and we can’t continue like this if we want to win. With the way things are going, we’ll be lucky to get 15 wins next year, and may not even get to 10 Wins.

UConn, Villanova, Michigan, Penn State, and Ohio State fans also have bills, grandchildren, income taxes, property taxes, electric bills, mortgages, car payments, and children’s tuition. I’ve heard the litany of excuses. What we need is money from our stakeholders, not excuses.

The school currently has No President, No AD, and currently No direction. Our peers find a way to support winning athletics via NIL without much cajoling. Do you know what the University of Miami did to encourage NIL giving? Nothing.
With the support they’ve received, they can buy the best players money can buy.
People are either motivated to support NIL or they’re not.

In my estimation, there is nothing additional the school could do to motivate people to give to http://knightsoftheraritan.com

It couldn’t be easier. All people have to do is go to the website and drop some bills.

Chol. The man. The myth. The legrnd.

Lighting it up in CC. Now a high major transfer target

#FreeChol is for life

https://www.gobroncbusters.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/bios/chol_antonio_5u3v

Let me preface this with, a large part of my livelihood involves raising equity. Over the past decade my 2 partners and I have raised close to $100,000,000 from investors. So I have some experience to lean on here.

What I dont have experience with is raising funds when the people youre asking money from will get no financial return.

What do people with alot of money who will not get a financial return on their money want? I believe they want access and to feel important. I believe Pike should be meeting with big $$$ alums and generally just big local basketball fans with $$$ and pitching them as joining his “front office”.

“Front Office” perks: you are treated as an executive of the basketball program much like the owner, GM and president of an nba team are. You can come to the facility any time you want, come into meetings, sit in on the negotiations with agents of players on the team and in the portal, have full access to our big board of recruits both portal/high school, come to practice, have court side season tickets, can travel with the team to away games on the team flight, stay with the team at the team hotel, eat with the team etc. To get all these perks we need a minimum $1,500,000/year towards NIL and we are looking for just 2-3 guys.

It is ALOT easier to land 2-3 whales than try to get 3,000 people to donate $100/month.

He needs to stop wasting his time with the average fan donating $100/month. Quality > quantity. Stop going to top golf events, stop going to a small whiskey tasting, just be targeted in your approach.

Who loves our program, who loves bball in general and has a ton of money? Who is an aspiring NBA owner who can get his name out there in the press by taking a mediocre at best Rutgers program and turning them into a national power?

It takes minimal effort to do this. Hopefully pike is up for earning his paycheck.