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“I am so glad he stayed,” McConnell’s mother, Stefanie Meade, said. “He’ll always be able to say he went to one college, that this was his school. That means something.”
“Where I come from, there are not too many kids who even get to go to college,” McConnell said. “My freshman year didn’t start off as good as I wanted it to be, but I learned how to fight and I learned how to overcome things.”
“I feel like kids, they don’t want to stay and fight, they don’t want to grow, they don’t want to go through the fire,’ he said. “The benefit of staying at a university like this is you get to stamp your name, you get to leave your own legacy.”
Loyalty is a life skill that these guys have honed over the past four or five years.
“It’s cliché, but we’re watering our own grass and I think that will help us down the line in our marriages, it will help us raise our kids,” Mulcahy said. “That’s part of life. Basketball and life are similar – staying the course is huge.”
And some perspective on the last 4 years:
"Over the last four seasons, only four teams have won at least ten Big Ten regular season games.
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, AND Rutgers."
"McConnell is not the perfect player. Far from it. His offensive struggles at times can challenge the patience of most fans. But his dedication, his toughness, his defensive prowess make him an all-time Rutgers player."
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“I am so glad he stayed,” McConnell’s mother, Stefanie Meade, said. “He’ll always be able to say he went to one college, that this was his school. That means something.”
“Where I come from, there are not too many kids who even get to go to college,” McConnell said. “My freshman year didn’t start off as good as I wanted it to be, but I learned how to fight and I learned how to overcome things.”
“I feel like kids, they don’t want to stay and fight, they don’t want to grow, they don’t want to go through the fire,’ he said. “The benefit of staying at a university like this is you get to stamp your name, you get to leave your own legacy.”
Loyalty is a life skill that these guys have honed over the past four or five years.
“It’s cliché, but we’re watering our own grass and I think that will help us down the line in our marriages, it will help us raise our kids,” Mulcahy said. “That’s part of life. Basketball and life are similar – staying the course is huge.”
Rutgers basketball: Senior Night, Caleb McConnell and the value of loyalty
The Scarlet Knights have a huge game against Northwestern. First comes a meaningful rite of passage for a Rutgers man through and through.
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And some perspective on the last 4 years:
"Over the last four seasons, only four teams have won at least ten Big Ten regular season games.
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, AND Rutgers."
"McConnell is not the perfect player. Far from it. His offensive struggles at times can challenge the patience of most fans. But his dedication, his toughness, his defensive prowess make him an all-time Rutgers player."
Rutgers has had one constant in becoming consistent winner
Sunday night’s regular season finale marks the fourth consecutive season that Rutgers faces a must win situation. Despite the ups and downs of this season with more of the latter of late, the Scarlet Knight have an opportunity to punctuate their postseason resume with a clutch victory for the...
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