In life, it’s one thing to stay the course when adversity hits and be able to fight through it to get to the other side. It’s an entirely different animal to willingly join a group in a difficult situation and attempt to do what no one has ever done before you, let alone accomplish it. For Rutgers men’s basketball, the group of seniors set to be honored on Sunday has amazingly done all of the above.
Geo Baker, Ron Harper Jr. and Caleb McConnell have been the cornerstone of the program’s turnaround under head coach Steve Pikiell. Rutgers had never won more than three games in a Big Ten regular season when each of them committed.