OPENING TIP: Before its fifth-straight sell-out crowd, a RAC record and the eighth overall this season, No. 25 Rutgers hosts Purdue Tuesday evening looking to improve upon its nation's-best home record. A victory would move RU's RAC mark to 15-0, tying the Boilermakers' Big Ten-best home record last season. The Scarlet Knights have an opportunity to go four games over .500 in conference play for the first time since the 1998-99 Big East campaign (9-5). A win would also provide RU its most season victories since 2005-06 (19-14).
The Scarlet Knights are nationally-ranked in consecutive weeks for the first time since voted No. 16 and No. 18, respectively, in the Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 AP polls in 1978.
Purdue is the first of three straight match-ups, followed by Michigan and Maryland, for RU against foes it has never defeated in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights' remaining schedule ranks 3rd nationally in difficulty per ESPN's BPI.
https://scarletknights.com/news/2020/1/27/no-25-mens-basketball-set-to-battle-the-boilermakers.aspx
The Scarlet Knights are nationally-ranked in consecutive weeks for the first time since voted No. 16 and No. 18, respectively, in the Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 AP polls in 1978.
Purdue is the first of three straight match-ups, followed by Michigan and Maryland, for RU against foes it has never defeated in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights' remaining schedule ranks 3rd nationally in difficulty per ESPN's BPI.
https://scarletknights.com/news/2020/1/27/no-25-mens-basketball-set-to-battle-the-boilermakers.aspx
