I have always felt that a strong eastern corridor in college basketball shines a national light on the region and can only help Rutgers. The Post and the Daily News will never exclusively focus on Rutgers,but with a healthy St John's and a reinvigorated Georgetown the entire region gains relevance once again in tandem with the Princeton,FDU and St Peter's runs. Can you visualize an AP Top 25 in 2 years dotted with Rutgers,St John's,UConn, Georgetown and yes Nova because Kyle Neptune has loads of street credibility in recruiting. The east dominated in the 60's,70's and 80's and that can or might happen again.Rutgers can't be viewed in a vacuum or solely in a Big Ten prism,but instead a potentially key cog in a rich region. I intentionally left out Syracuse and BC because they are and should remain in no man's land and Seton Hall as well, because they could be moved down the pecking order with St John's and Georgetown on the move upwards.It's exciting times.