Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| University | Rutgers University | ||
| Head coach | Mike Rice (1st season) | ||
| Conference | Big East Conference | ||
| Arena | Louis Brown Athletic Center (capacity: 8,000) | ||
| Nickname | Scarlet Knights | ||
| Colors | Scarlet and Black | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
| 1976 | |||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1976 | |||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1976 | |||
| NCAA tournament second round | |||
| 1975, 1976, 1979, 1983 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1991 | |||
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represents Rutgers University and is a NCAA Division I college basketball team, which competes in the Big East Conference. Rutgers will play its 103rd season of collegiate men's basketball in 2009-2010.
History
Rutgers basketball is owner of the longest streak for a major college basketball program not being ranked, dating back to 1979. Oregon State is #2 on this list, last time being ranked in 1990.
Rutgers basketball has not won a NCAA Tournament game since 1983.
Rutgers basketball has not played a NCAA Tournament game since 1991.
The Rutgers men's basketball team played in the Final Four in the 1976 NCAA Tournament and ended the 1976 season ranked fourth in the nation, after an 86-70 loss against the Michigan Wolverines in the semifinal round and a 106-92 loss to the UCLA Bruins in the tournament's third-place consolation game.[1] This was the last men's Division I tournament to date to feature two unbeaten teams, as both Indiana, who won that year's title, and Rutgers entered the tournament unbeaten. Rutgers went 31-0 during the regular season.
The Scarlet Knights also played the Michigan Wolverines in the 2004 NIT Final which resulted in a Rutgers loss. In 2005-2006 Quincy Douby set a Rutgers Basketball single season record by scoring 839 points.[2] He left after his junior year to enter the NBA Draft.
Recent Seasons
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Gary Waters (Big East Conference) (2001–2006) | |||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Rutgers | 18-13 | 8-8 | 5th | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Rutgers | 12-16 | 4-12 | 7th | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Rutgers | 20-13 | 7-9 | 9th | NIT Runner Up | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Rutgers | 10-19 | 2-14 | 12th | |||||
| 2005–2006 | Rutgers | 19-14 | 7-9 | 10th | NIT First Round | ||||
| Gary Waters: | 79-75 | 28-52 | |||||||
| Fred Hill (Big East Conference) (2006–2010) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Rutgers | 10-19 | 3-13 | T-14th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | Rutgers | 11-20 | 3-15 | T-15th | |||||
| 2008–2009 | Rutgers | 11-21 | 2-16 | 15th | |||||
| 2009–2010 | Rutgers | 15-17 | 5-13 | 14th | |||||
| Fred Hill: | 57-77 | 13-57 | |||||||
| Mike Rice Jr. (Big East Conference) (2010–Present) | |||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Rutgers | 15-17 | 5-13 | 13th | |||||
| Mike Rice Jr.: | 15-17 | 5-13 | |||||||
| Total: | 151-169 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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External links
- ^ 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament at shrpsports.com, accessed 29 December 2006.
- ^ Rutgers Men's Basketball record book, accessed 5 February 2009