The Rutgers men's basketball team lost its third game in a row in a week’s time on Tuesday night. However, there is much more to the story than ascertaining that Rutgers isn't good enough to beat really good teams yet. The key word is yet, because the gap is certainly closing.
After playing the worst non-conference schedule in the country through its first six games of the season, Rutgers just played three teams ranked in the top 30 of the KenPom rankings. It's the toughest three game stretch that the program has faced in the Steve Pikiell era and actually, statistically the most challenging in many seasons.