The season may have ended for Rutgers men’s basketball over a month ago, but the final book of the college basketball season just ended a little more than a week ago. With it comes final rankings, complete advanced stat numbers and publications doling out postseason awards. Two notable accomplishments, one based on advanced statistics and the other subjective, have recognized Rutgers has having made significant progress this past season.
First, the final KenPom team rankings are complete after last week’s national championship game. Rutgers finished 78th out of 353 Division I men’s basketball teams. The notable accomplishment was that RU finished 71 spots better than its preseason ranking of 149.