Stats that defined 2016: Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The 2016 season is officially in the rear-view mirror, but the Big Ten blog is taking one last look back at the numbers that defined each conference program. Some teams underperformed, while others surprised by making drastic improvements in key areas.

Here are three stats that help explain the 2016 season for each Big Ten team. Next up: Rutgers, which went 2-10 and was winless in the Big Ten under first-year head coach Chris Ash.

Chris Ash has a lot of work to do for a Rutgers program coming off a very rough season.99: That's how many points Rutgers scored against its Power 5 opponents. For you non-math majors out there, that equates to 9.9 points per game. It's pretty hard to average single…