With a no-show performance in the Big Ten Tournament befitting the rest of this blech campaign, the 2023-24 Rutgers basketball season ended with a thud on Wednesday night. And now, buckle up, because the fun part is about to begin.
Rutgers won’t play a single basketball game that matters this month, and still, it will be the most fascinating and consequential March that this program has had in decades. College basketball has never been more similar to professional hoops, and for the next few weeks, we’ll have the drama of an NBA offseason.