Decourcy is a Big 10 studio analyst so a little bias there although he is a respected writer from the Sporting News for years. We have to beat Penn State and Illinois on the road on Saturday to get votes and possible crack the top 25. Penn state win alone , which would be huge for us, giving us 3 top tier wins , will not be enough to be ranked.
Agreed it is fabulous press. We have not been talked about positively since our 2006 NIT run since we lived through the Rice , Hill and Jordan years, mostly as a laughingstock. You are too young but I was a freshman we went to the Final Four in 75-76. Should have been back in 78-79 and played against Magic Johnson until St John ‘s , who we beat twice during the year and was up by 10 at half, upset us with a tip in near the end of the game. Sellers and Bailey was followed by Hinson and Battle and that 9-10 year stretch we were one of he best teams in the northeast along with Syracuse and St. John’s. I thought it was never going to end then we hired Craig Littlepage( Think hiring Chris Ash) and it died. A couple of NCAA teams in 89-90 and 90-91 and now this 29 year drought. Believe me, I am loving all this positive press and wondering where it has been for 29 long years. So soak it up Young RUfan, it is good for your soul.
Let them have some fun BAC. We know it is better to be cautious and wait another month until we should get excited but these newbies are so starved for success , as we are, that they finally have hope and can hold their heads high and brag about their school. It is good for school spirit and good to think something positive is happening at Rutgers. Not just men’s basketball, but women’s, and wrestling and Schiano should have us bowling almost immediately., plus soccer and now softball and lacrosse and so on. It finally feels like it is happening as the purse strings have been opened and the administration is finally acting like an adult in the room. Let’s have fun with the speculation.
