As the clock ticked under ten minutes remaining in the game, No. 6 Rutgers was in danger of letting another opportunity to advance to the Final Four slip away once again. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead after the first quarter against No. 3 Penn, the Scarlet Knights were trailing 8-6. This team didn’t carry the burden of the program’s all-time 0-7 record in the Quarterfinals coming into Saturday. However, they did have the experience of taking No. 1 North Carolina to overtime last season and falling just short of pulling off the upset of the tournament. A year later on the same field at Hofstra University in Long Island, Rutgers pulled an epic comeback that delivered the biggest win in program history.
A comeback for the ages fueled by the Rutgers defense
