Not bad!
3rd time ever ranked coming into the season. Last time was 2020/21 where we were 24.
3rd time ever ranked coming into the season. Last time was 2020/21 where we were 24.
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Basketball Rutgers Ranked #25 in Pre-Season AP Poll
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Did Rutgers basketball land in AP Top 25 heading into 2024-25 season?
The Associated Press' preseason Top 25 was released on Monday.
Whoop!
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2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings - ESPN
Find the 2024-25 NCAAM rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAM teams.
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Who's No. 1 in the final top 25 men's rankings entering 2024-25?
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights Basketball at College Poll Tracker
collegepolltracker.com
16 Victor Flores
17 Brian Holland
18 Trevor Hass
19 Dylan Sinn
20 Stephen Thompson Stephen Means
22 Chris Murray Mick Shaffer Mike Hlas Pat Rooney
23 Benjamin Rosenberg Brice Cherry Dave Borges Kate Rogerson Parth Upadhyaya
24 Bob Ballou Bob Holt Jay Tust Louis Fernandez Mia O'Brien Randy Heitz Reece Van Haaften Steve Greenberg
25 Jeff Rabjohns Jeff Borzello Jon Wilner Kevin McNamara Luca Evans Mark Zeigler Seth Davis Shane Mettlen Tony Paul
NR Dick Vitale Geoff Grammer Mark Berman Rick Bozich Scott Hamilton Jon Rothstein Marcus Fuller Scott Richey Bruce Pascoe Bret Bloomquist Justin Jackson Dave Preston Donna Ditota Zach Klein David Jablonski Brenna Greene Kevin Sjuts Andrew Quinn Darnell Dickson Jeff Neiburg Ian Kress Adam Lichtenstein C.J. Moore Eric Newman Johnny Congdon Kyle Franko Michael McCleary Peter Rauterkus
Rutgers,
2025 T-Rank #19, 2025 Ken Pom #63
TRank/Ken Pom
Houston 1/1, Duke 2/2
Iowa St 3/7, Kansas 4/6, UNC 5/14, Tenn 6/13, Auburn 7/3,
Gonzaga 8/9, Alabama 9/4, Arizona 10/8, Texas 11/18, T.A&M 12/16,
UConn 13/5, Creighton 14/12, Baylor 15/11, St Johns 16/19, Purdue 17/10,
MSU 18/35, T.Tech 20/15, Illinois 21/23, Miss St 22/32, Kentucky 23/42,
UCLA 24/26, Marquette 25/22
TRank not top 25, Ken Pom Top 25
Cincinnati 27/17, Villanova 42/20, BYU 28/21, Clemson 46/24, Arkansas 35/25
2025 T-Rank #19, 2025 Ken Pom #63
TRank/Ken Pom
Houston 1/1, Duke 2/2
Iowa St 3/7, Kansas 4/6, UNC 5/14, Tenn 6/13, Auburn 7/3,
Gonzaga 8/9, Alabama 9/4, Arizona 10/8, Texas 11/18, T.A&M 12/16,
UConn 13/5, Creighton 14/12, Baylor 15/11, St Johns 16/19, Purdue 17/10,
MSU 18/35, T.Tech 20/15, Illinois 21/23, Miss St 22/32, Kentucky 23/42,
UCLA 24/26, Marquette 25/22
TRank not top 25, Ken Pom Top 25
Cincinnati 27/17, Villanova 42/20, BYU 28/21, Clemson 46/24, Arkansas 35/25
...and KenPom has us ranked No. 17 in the Big Ten. SMH
https://www.si.com/college/purdue/b...a-indiana-maryland-rutgers-college-basketball
https://www.si.com/college/purdue/b...a-indiana-maryland-rutgers-college-basketball
To be fair, I wouldn't consider being borderline ranked as high expectations.
This same class at unc or duke or uk or ku gets you at least a top 10 ranking…but it’s RU…I can see RU skyrocketing early on
Those schools are probably returning a handful of season 4 and 5 stars who went to the elite 8 or higher last season and were part of similar ranked classes.
It’s a fair starting point.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights Basketball at College Poll Tracker
16 Victor Flores
17 Brian Holland
18 Trevor Hass
19 Dylan Sinn
20 Stephen Thompson Stephen Means
22 Chris Murray Mick Shaffer Mike Hlas Pat Rooney
23 Benjamin Rosenberg Brice Cherry Dave Borges Kate Rogerson Parth Upadhyaya
24 Bob Ballou Bob Holt Jay Tust Louis Fernandez Mia O'Brien Randy Heitz Reece Van Haaften Steve Greenberg
25 Jeff Rabjohns Jeff Borzello Jon Wilner Kevin McNamara Luca Evans Mark Zeigler Seth Davis Shane Mettlen Tony Paul
NR Dick Vitale Geoff Grammer Mark Berman Rick Bozich Scott Hamilton Jon Rothstein Marcus Fuller Scott Richey Bruce Pascoe Bret Bloomquist Justin Jackson Dave Preston Donna Ditota Zach Klein David Jablonski Brenna Greene Kevin Sjuts Andrew Quinn Darnell Dickson Jeff Neiburg Ian Kress Adam Lichtenstein C.J. Moore Eric Newman Johnny Congdon Kyle Franko Michael McCleary Peter Rauterkus
Is Carino not a voter anymore
No, some dude from The Trentonian I've never heard of took Jerry's spot. Didn't have us on his ballot
Supposedly KenPom does not project freshmen stats/contributions (or heavily discounts them), while Torvik DOES.
Without projecting and giving credit for RU's frosh, especially the 2 stars, RU is NOT going to look very good.
