Rutgers Basketball should always carry a chip on its shoulder in the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights were given even more motivation on Monday.
In the unofficial league poll from The Columbus Dispatch, Rutgers was picked to finish 10th in the Big Ten in the upcoming season. A panel of 28 voters pegged the Scarlet Knights to finish in the double-digits of this poll for the first time in four years.
Cliff Omoruyi was selected to the Preseason All-Big Ten second team, according to the poll. This comes Omoruyi was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten team by the conference.