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Men's basketball team of Rutgers University

Rutgers Scarlet Knights
men's basketball

2025–26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

University

Rutgers University

First season

1906–07; 119 years ago^[1]

All-time record

1,298–1,263 (.507)

Head coach

Steve Pikiell (10th season)

Conference

Big Ten

Location

Piscataway, New Jersey

Arena

Jersey Mike's Arena
(capacity: 8,000)

Nickname

Scarlet Knights

Colors

Scarlet^[2]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament Final Four

1976

Other NCAA tournament results

Elite Eight	1976
Sweet Sixteen	1976, 1979
Appearances	1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1991, 2021, 2022

Conference tournament champions

1975, 1976, 1979, 1989

Conference regular-season champions

1943, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1991

TheRutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team representsRutgers University inNCAA Division I college basketball competition and competes in theBig Ten Conference. Rutgers made the NCAA Final Four in1976. Rutgers has appeared in theNCAA tournament eight times, most recently appearing in2022. Rutgers has produced manyNBA players, most notablyRoy Hinson,John Battle, andJames Bailey. In 2025,Dylan Harper andAce Bailey made history in the2025 NBA Draft being selected as the highest Scarlet Knights drafted in theNBA Draft being drafted with the Second and Fifth pick respectively.

History

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The history of Rutgers men's basketball dates back to 1906 when they began their first season of play. Their first recorded game was a loss to New York University by a score of 38–16.^[3] The team was dissolved following the 1907-1908 season, only to be reformed in 1913 where they remained intact uninterrupted until the 1943 season.

The team played in the Final Four in the1976 NCAA tournament and ended the 1976 season ranked fourth in the nation, after a 86–70 loss against theMichigan Wolverines in the semifinal round and a 106–92 loss to theUCLA Bruins in the tournament's third-place consolation game.^[4] This was the last men's Division I tournament to date to feature two unbeaten teams, as bothIndiana, who won that year's title, and Rutgers entered the tournament unbeaten. Rutgers went 31–0 during the regular season.

The Scarlet Knights also played in the championship game of the 2004 NIT Final, losing to the Michigan Wolverines 62–55.

The Scarlet Knights had a prolonged down period through the following decade, cycling through a number of coaches and routinely finishing at the bottom of the Big East standings. This period included a scandal in 2013 with then head coachMike Rice Jr. being shown on video verbally and physically abusing players.^[5] The scandal resulted in the firing of Coach Rice as well as the resignation of then Rutgers athletic directorTim Pernetti.

Rutgers basketball played their first season in the Big Ten conference in 2014–2015. After the hiring of Head CoachSteve Pikiell in 2016, the program began to see renewed success. In the2019–20 season, led by guardsGeo Baker andRon Harper Jr., the Scarlet Knights reached the 20-win mark for the first time since the 2003-04 season, including an 18–1 home record and four wins against ranked opponents. That year, they ranked in thetop 25 of the AP men's college basketball poll for the first time since 1979.^[6] Experts widely predicted Rutgers' inclusion in the2020 NCAA tournament, but the event was cancelled before the field was announced as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[7]The following season, the team would officially break its 30-year tournament drought when it earned a 10-seed in the2021 NCAA tournament, where it would also achieve its first tournament win since 1983 in a first round win overClemson.^[8] The Scarlet Knights returned to the tournament again the next season, becoming the team with the lowest NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) ranking at 77th overall to receive an at-large bid since the NCAA has utilized the NET to inform tournament selection choices.^[9]

After disappointing back-to-back seasons of missed tournaments, the Scarlet Knights now anticipate the arrival of their 2024 recruiting class, which ranks among the best of all collegiate basketball programs for the year, headlined by twoMcDonald's All-American players: forwardAirious "Ace" Bailey and guardDylan Harper.^[10]

Postseason

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NCAA tournament results

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The Scarlet Knights have appeared in theNCAA tournament eight times. Their combined record is 6–9.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1975		First Round	Louisville	L 78–91
1976		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Princeton Connecticut VMI Michigan UCLA	W 54–53 W 93–79 W 91–75 L 70–86 L 92–106
1979	#6	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#3 Georgetown #10 St. John's	W 64–58 L 65–67
1983	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Southwest Louisiana #1 St. John's	W 60–53 L 55–66
1989	#13	First Round	#4 Iowa	L 73–87
1991	#9	First Round	#8 Arizona State	L 76–79
2021	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 Clemson #2 Houston	W 60–56 L 60–63
2022	#11	First Four	#11 Notre Dame	L 87–89^2OT

NIT results

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The Scarlet Knights have appeared in theNational Invitation Tournament (NIT) 15 times. Their combined record is 16–15.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1967	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Utah State New Mexico Southern Illinois Marshall	W 78–76 W 65–60 L 70–79 W 93–76
1969	First Round	Tennessee	L 51–67
1973	First Round	Minnesota	L 59–68
1974	First Round	Utah	L 89–102
1977	First Round	St. Bonaventure	L 77–79
1978	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Army Indiana State Texas Georgetown	W 72–70 W 57–56 L 76–96 W 85–72
1982	First Round Second Round	Iona Purdue	W 55–51 L 65–98
1990	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Holy Cross Fordham Penn State	W 87–78 W 81–74 L 55–58
1992	First Round Second Round	James Madison Manhattan	W 73–69 L 61–62
1999	First Round Second Round	Hofstra Clemson	W 58–45 L 68–78
2000	First Round	Kent State	L 62–73
2002	First Round	Yale	L 65–67
2004	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Temple West Virginia Villanova Iowa State Michigan	W 76–71 W 67–64 W 72–60 W 84–81 L 55–62
2006	Opening Round First Round	Penn State Saint Joseph's	W 76–71 L 62–71
2023	First Round	Hofstra	L 86–88^OT

Retired numbers

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Three Rutgers players have had their numbers retired:^[11]

No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure
12	Phil Sellers	SF	1972–1976
14	Bob Lloyd	G	1964–1967
20	James Bailey	PF	1975–1979

Scarlet Knights in the NBA

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23 Rutgers alumni have been selected in theNBA draft.Dylan Harper is the highest selected Scarlet Knight ever in the draft being selected as 2nd overall in the2025 NBA Draft.

15 Rutgers alumni have played at least one game in theNBA, including:

Bob Lloyd, 1968–1969
Bob Greacen, 1970–1972
Phil Sellers, 1977
Eddie Jordan, 1978–1984
Hollis Copeland, 1980–1982
James Bailey, 1980–1988
Roy Hinson, 1984–1991
John Battle, 1986–1995
Charles Jones, 1999–2000
Dahntay Jones, 2004–2017
Luis Flores, 2005
Quincy Douby, 2007–2009
Hamady N'Diaye, 2011–2014
Eugene Omoruyi, 2022–2023
Ron Harper Jr., 2023
Caleb McConnell, 2023
Dylan Harper, 2025-present
Ace Bailey, 2025-present

Players in international competition

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Junior Etou (born 1994), Congolese basketball player forHapoel Be'er Sheva of theIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Steve Kaplan,American-Israeli basketball player in theIsrael Basketball Premier League

References

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^Rutgers Men's Basketball History, 22 December 2020.
^"Colors | Visual Identity System". RetrievedApril 6, 2017.
^"2023-24 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF)"(PDF).Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved2024-06-14.
^1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament Archived 2008-01-19 at theWayback Machine at shrpsports.com, accessed 29 December 2006.
^The Guardian,Rutgers' firing of coach Mike Rice exposes a toxic locker-room culture, 3 April 2013.
^ESPN,[1].
^NCCA.com,[2].
^twitter.com,[3].
^Bennett, Brian."NET returns: How the selection committee's main metric has fared, and what's ahead".The Athletic. Retrieved2024-04-02.
^"ESPN Basketball Recruiting - Player Rankings".ESPN.com. Retrieved2024-04-02.
^Rutgers Men’s Basketball Media Guide (PDF),2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Men’s Basketball Media Guide, Rutgers Sports Information Department, Pages 92–94.

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Rutgers University

Located in:New Brunswick,Newark, andCamden,New Jersey

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Academics

Campus

Student life

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Field hockey Football Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Track and field Wrestling
Venues	College Avenue Gymnasium SHI Stadium Jersey Mike's Arena Yurcak Field
Rivalries	Connecticut (women's basketball) Princeton

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Newark Campus
Newark, New Jersey
Academics	College of Arts and Sciences Graduate School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Newark campus) New Jersey Medical School Rutgers Business School (Newark campus) Rutgers Law School (Newark campus) School of Criminal Justice School of Dental Medicine School of Health Professions (Newark campus) School of Nursing (Newark campus) School of Public Affairs and Administration School of Public Health (Newark campus) University College (Newark campus)
Student life	The Newark Targum Rutgers Law Review Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal
Athletics	Scarlet Raiders Golden Dome Athletic Center Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium
Campus	American Insurance Company Building John Cotton Dana Library One Washington Park George F Smith Library of the Health Sciences

Camden Campus
Camden, New Jersey
Academics	College of Arts and Sciences StoryQuarterly Cooper Library Graduate School Rutgers School of Business Rutgers Law School (Camden campus) Rutgers Law Journal School of Nursing (Camden campus) University College (Camden campus)
Athletics	Scarlet Raptors (Camden) Campbell's Field

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Students: 40,720
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Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Conference challenges	ACC–Big Ten Challenge (1999–2022) Gavitt Tipoff Games (2015–2023)
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