Cardiac arrest at age 79.

Original Met, WS Champ, sad...NY Post, Ed Kranepool

There should be no reason to worry as Pikes & his coaching staff are more prepared than ever for one of the biggest offseasons in Rutgers hoops history.

The team finished the Fall ranked 133rd, their worst ranking in a long time. They are ranked 17th in the B1G, 1 spot behind #132 Maryland and only ahead of #148 PSU.

The team will compete in 6 events culminating with the B1G Championship April 25-27 in Maryland.

The other 5 with teams currently ranked in the Top 20 noted.....

Feb 9-11...Palmas Del Mar Collegiate in Puerto Rico, Teams competing include Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Nebraska, Arkansas, and BC.

Mar 2-3...Colleton River Collegiate in SC. Teams include MSU, PSU, Iowa, OSU, Missouri, and Wake Forest

Mar 17-18...Johnnie-O at Sea Island Ga. RU is Host school. Teams include Nebraska, MSU, PSU, Kansas, WVU, and Princeton.

Mar 23-25...Hootie Intercollegiate in SC. Teams include Iowa, Purdue, NC St, Missouri, #18 So Carolina, and Va Tech.

Apr 5-6... Augusta Haskins Award Invitational in Ga. Teams include #11 Illinois, #5 Texas, #6 UNC, #12 Arizona, and Texas Tech. Ouch.

Apparently there was a meeting of B1G and SEC AD's in Nashville last Thursday. I know this because I bumped into Ryan Pissarri in the Nashville airport. It was no secret though as the news was on twitter and there are some articles on line.

Supposedly the content of the meeting among other things, was determining an appropriate "salary" pool across all sports and how to marry that with NIL in an attempt to even the playing field for all conference schools. Just putting this out there to see if anyone has heard anything more about this. Sounds like it could be a good thing for RU and other schools not named OSU, UM, Bam and UGA.

B1G and SEC AD's Meet