It is no secret that the Rutgers men’s basketball team was absolutely terrible defensively last season. As Dave White said yesterday, there is hope that new head coach Steve Pikiell will lead this team in making progress on the court this season. The biggest reason Rutgers fans should believe this team will be improved this season is because of defense. We know Pikiell is focusing on this and has traditionally had strong defensive teams. We also know that Rutgers cannot be much worse on the defensive end then they were last season.
In conference play, Rutgers allowed a video game-like 86.