Back in 2011, Mike Rice was a second year coach with a heck of a recruiting class just starting to find its way at the RAC. On December 22, the Scarlet Knights beat NJIT to creep 2 games over .500 during a disappointing Out Of Conference portion of their schedule. There was only one game left in the OOC, and it was a doozy.
Nationally ranked Florida—with former Rutgers guard and transfer Mike Rosario on the roster—was about to come swaggering into the RAC. They were ranked 10th in the nation, and the odds weren’t looking good for the Scarlet Knights.