The 2017-2018 men’s basketball schedule was released on Wednesday and Rutgers will play twenty-two home games at the RAC. This includes all thirteen non-conference games, as well as nine Big Ten contests. Here is a full analysis of the Rutgers schedule, followed by a game by game listing.
The first six games of the season are against Division III CCNY and five DI teams that had an average KenPom ranking of 280 last season. It is by far the softest part of the schedule and Rutgers must take advantage. Hopefully, the newcomers can get their feet wet and the team can build some chemistry ahead of what will be a challenging three game stretch versus Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.