3. Madison Square Garden isn’t the RAC, but that was definitely a road game for MSU
Maybe Rutgers is New York’s Big Ten team after all. I know this, Northwestern — “Chicago’s Big Ten team” or something — could never come close to putting as many fans in the United Center as Rutgers did Saturday at Madison Square Garden. The place was close to packed and mostly in red.Playing off campus at MSG instead of in Piscataway at the building known as the RAC — now technically Jersey Mike’s Arena — was certainly to MSU’s advantage. There were a couple thousand Spartan faithful in the building and you could see and hear them. But when Rutgers got rolling for a bit in the second half, the Garden was theirs. It felt as loud as any Big Ten home arena. I know Rutgers wasn’t thrilled that this “Super Saturday” showcase was deemed a home game in terms of its NET ranking and NCAA tournament considerations, but I don’t know what else you’d call it.
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