NCAA Tournament March Madness

#124 Rutgers

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Projection: likely out

Rutgers sits outside the field because its few résumé-building moments — a neutral-site win over UNLV, a home victory over Oregon and road wins at Penn State and Maryland — are overwhelmed by a steady run of damaging results, including an unexpected loss to Central Connecticut and heavy defeats at Michigan, UCLA and Illinois along with setbacks to Purdue, Michigan State, Nebraska and Indiana. With limited success away from home, scant neutral-site signatures and little left on the profile to reverse course, there simply aren’t enough quality, road or neutral wins to overcome those blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Rider357W81-53
11/10Maine348W72-60
11/14Lehigh284W84-72
11/18American Univ238W80-71
11/21Central Conn306L67-54
11/24(N)Tennessee16L85-60
11/25(N)Notre Dame89L68-63
11/27(N)UNLV108W80-65
12/2Purdue8L81-65
12/6@Michigan3L101-60
12/13@Seton Hall51L81-59
12/20Penn150W70-69
12/29Delaware St362W65-50
1/2Ohio St26L80-73
1/5Oregon99W88-85
1/8@Illinois7L81-55
1/11Northwestern57W77-75
1/17@Wisconsin22L96-87
1/20@Iowa25L68-62
1/23Indiana46L82-59
1/27Michigan St9L88-79
1/31@USC80L78-75
2/3@UCLA27L98-66
2/7Nebraska14L80-68
2/15Maryland120W68-57
2/18@Penn St138W85-72
2/21@Minnesota77L80-61
2/24Washington53L79-72
3/1@Maryland120W69-65
3/5@Michigan St9L91-87
3/8Penn St138W74-62
3/11(N)Minnesota77W72-67
3/12(N)UCLA27L72-59