Losing to Rutgers: The Survival Guide

So we lost to Rutgers.

For many Big Ten men’s basketball fans, this is something that seemed impossible. For Northwestern fans, this is something we always feared but never thought possible with this group. Coming into last night, Rutgers had 8 Big Ten regular season wins since joining the conference in 2014-15. That’s it. 8 conference wins in three and two-thirds seasons (plus one win over Ohio State last year in the Big Ten Tournament).

You weren’t ready. No one is ever ready for a loss to Rutgers. Yet here we are.

Look, outside of the big/revenue sports (football and basketball), losing to Rutgers is somewhat respectable. Rutgers women’s basketball is 6-7 in the Big Ten and 13-2 at home.…