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

I’m usually more pessimistic in here, some call me negative but I just match my posts to the direction of the MBB program. I’m Going to flip the script today. I think DG could lead the team in scoring. We know he’s not afraid to mix it up. Was a fairly highly rated recruit. He’s long and will be another year stronger. He can rebound which will create second chance points. Some for himself. And he’s not afraid to shoot the three. But shooting is a learned skill and look at JMikes % jump from frosh to soph. Plus the kid is hungry. Don’t sell Dortch short either.

The crappy Super Bowl is over and football season has ended. However, the timing is great. Pitchers and Catchers report tomorrow with their first workout Tuesday. Apparently a good numbers of players are already there.

A good off-season. Not signing Soto hurt a bit but the reality was the Yankees needed a lot more then just another future DH in the roster.

Many good signings but still need a 3rd baseman. DJ was mentioned by Cashman and Boone as in the mix for 3rd. Please no!!

Looking forward to the news cycle and the games starting on February 21st.

Let's Go Yankees!

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.

I know there were some recent threads out there, but I looked and could not find them.

So I'm starting one up fresh.

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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Was our top Target. According to article. “95 % sure was going to Rutgers” before going back to Quinnipiac

Good News. “ RU was the most genuine” didn’t offer the most NIL but hey we’re Genuine- other suitors UConn, Kansas, Tennessee, Memphis

Credit to the kid for staying loyal, but it fits our nice guy coach narrative who Can’t close in this new wild Wild West no rules game

The BIG10 returns to the Pete Dye design Par 72 Bulle Rock Golf Club in Havre de Grace, MD for the 3 day, 54 hole Conference Championship. The winner gets an auto-bid to the NCAA Regionals. Last year the course played to 6,314 yards.

This is Rutgers' 10th time (2015-2019, 2021-2025) competing in the championship. Last year, led by Leigha Devine's 10th place finish, Rutgers finished tied for 11th with Illinois. 11th Place tied their best all time finish (2022). Devine also holds RU's best all time individual finish with a 5th Place in 2023. Last year 7 B1G teams qualified for the NCAA Regionals. This year the championship adds 4 teams that also played the Regionals with UCLA, USC, and Oregon making it all the way to the Match Play Final 4. Stanford emerged as NCAA Champ by defeating UCLA in the Final. Indiana is defending B1G champ. Last year's Individual Co-Champ, Minnesota's Isabella McCauley, returns to defend her title.

Recently, the B1G championship field had been a bit larger than most other tournaments. Instead of 5 players, 4 best scores per round count, it had been played as 6 players, best 4 count. This year, perhaps due to the addition of 4 squads, the format will be 5 players, best 4. Additionally you can bring a substitute. You can decide each round if you want to substitute but believe once you sub, the player sitting out can only sub back in for the player who subbed in previously. Admittedly not sure about that. This is the same format as last year's Golfweek National Invitational which Rutgers won, In that event, Rikke Nordvik played rounds 1 and 3 with Krystal Li subbing in Round 2.

As of last week, Rutgers comes in ranked 17th in the conference, only ahead of Nebraska. RU will send out the regular 1-4 in the team's highest ranked player, Frosh Joline Truong, RSSO Grace Lu, Sr Lucrezia Rossettin, and Soph Lorena Rossettin. Earning the 5th spot will be Soph Emily James, who has been on the best stretch of her young career the past 2 events. The substitute will be Frosh Judy Amano. This Spring has been a real up and down for the Knights. So far the team has finished 4th out of 15, 11th/11, 17th/17, 5th/17, 1st/17, and 4th/13. A big reason for that has to do with strength of field.

B1G Team National Rankings (4.11.25)

#5 Oregon
#7 USC
#10 Northwestern
#17 Ohio State
#25 Michigan State
#27 UCLA
#41 Purdue
#51 Illinois
#58 Washington
#59 Maryland
#64 Indiana
#71 Michigan
#72 Minnesota
#77 Wisconsin
#99 Iowa
#107 Penn State
#115 RUTGERS
#136 Nebraska

In a tournament last week in Calif, Northwestern finished 1st, USC 2nd, and Oregon 5th.

The NCAA Regionals will have 29 Conference Champs and 43 at-large for a total of 72 teams in 6 different locations. The B1G could have 10 teams invited, To be considered Indiana. Minnesota, amd Michigan need good finishes and hope there are few upsets elsewhere. Rutgers Women's Golf Coach, Kari Williams, is a member of the committee.

Top B1G Individual Rankings (4.11.25)

#2 Jasmine Koo (USC)
#5 Kiara Romero (Oregon)
#14 Catherine Park (USC)
#17 Kally Hollenbach (Ohio State)
#21 Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (Oregon)
#27 Karen Tsuou (Oregon)
#29 Lauryn Nguyen (Northwestern)

Pairings and tee times have not been announced. If they go by rankings Rutgers will be paired with players from PSU and Nebraska in Round 1.

The new Flo high school rankings are out.
Hamilton a senior - unlimited ranked # 3. Can he do both or will it be footbal?
White a senior 145lb ranked # 15
Chletsos a junior 132lb ranked 13th
Soldano a junior 182 ranked 4th

No other recruits ranked by Flo

It seems that our recruiting has fallen off. Are we saving money for Shane Griffith? What do you think?

Would think he would announce by now 🤷🏻‍♂️

From Football Scoop

Tennessee: Nico Iamaleava was the first recruit to sign a mega NIL deal as a recruit, and now he's the first to publicly threaten to hit the portal if his school doesn't give him a raise.

On3 reported Thursday that Tennessee and Nico Iamaleava are in "active negotiations" to the quarterback a new contract ahead of the spring transfer portal window opening next Wednesday, April 16. The article includes plenty of soft language -- it opens by saying it's a move "many around the program expected" and that Iamaleava "is happy at Tennessee and has a strong relationship with coach Josh Heupel." The implication is so clear that it doesn't need to be said, but On3 notes that "it remains unclear if those negotiations will impact" Iamaleava's decision to enter the portal next week.
A 5-star recruit out of Long Beach, Iamaleava was the first recruit believed to have signed a mega-NIL deal before enrolling in school. In March 2022, The Athletic reported a recruit, later revealed to be Iamaleava, signed an $8 million NIL deal that paid him $350,000 "almost immediately," and in then in monthly installments totaling in the neighborhood of $2 million a year for his first three years on campus. Iamaleava is now entering the final year of that contract, but the market for top-level college quarterbacks has now surpassed that deal. Carson Beck (Georgia to Miami) and Darian Mensah (Tulane to Duke) both got $3 million to transfer, and Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit in the 2025 class, got the same amount to sign with Michigan, On3 reports.

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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?