It’s only the end of May, but the Rutgers men’s basketball team has clear direction as to who will be the leaders on the court next season. On Wednesday night, the program announced that head coach Steve Pikiell named senior center Shaq Doorson and junior forward Eugene Omoruyi as captains for the 2018-2019 season.
I love this decision for several reasons.
Rutgers will have a very inexperienced team next season. The next few months will be instrumental in developing team chemistry and challenging each player to improve with fundamentals. Deciding on captains now enables the coaching staff to have two veterans they can lean on and push to get the most out of the entire roster.