NEW YORK CITY — It felt like a slight exaggeration to get a point across from Steve Pikiell.
Asked why Geo Baker didn’t make the trip to Columbus for Rutgers final road game of the regular season, the Scarlet Knights’ head men’s basketball coach said his freshman guard was suffering from the flu. The illness got bad enough Baker — already slight for a Big Ten guard — lost 11 pounds.
As difficult as it felt to comprehend, Pikiell may have undersold it — according to Baker, he may have lost even more.