Last fall, the Rutgers football team finished 2-10 overall and 0-9 in Big Ten play. Earlier this month, the Rutgers women’s basketball team concluded a 6-24 campaign that included a 3-13 mark in Big Ten games. And the Rutgers men’s basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a 13-17 record overall and a 2-15 mark in Big Ten play.
Combined, Rutgers’ traditional “big 3’' programs totaled five regular-season Big Ten victories during 2016-17. It tops last season (10 combined Big Ten victories) as the lowest combined conference-win total between the football and two basketball programs in the same academic year.