Take a minute to put aside the emotions of this season so far and the hopes for the postseason ahead. Make yourself remember back to what true pain felt like while watching Rutgers basketball in the early days of joining the Big Ten.
The Scarlet Knights amassed a record of 9-63 in the first four seasons joining the league. The first two seasons, which were the last as Eddie Jordan as coach, RU went 3-33. In Pikiell’s first two seasons, they went 6-30. Double the wins, but still miserable.
As I recently wrote, things really started to change at the end of that second season when Rutgers beat Indiana and advanced the Quarterfinals at the Garden for the Big Ten Tournament.