Three games into the season, the wait continues for No. 24 Rutgers to deploy its preferred lineup. On the bright side, Friday's high-scoring win served as NBA prospect Ace Bailey's official introduction to college basketball. Bailey and the Scarlet Knights conclude a season-opening four-game homestand against Merrimack on Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers (3-0) entered the season with plenty of hype thanks to five-star recruits Bailey and Dylan Harper, considered the second- and third-best freshmen in the incoming class. Bailey sustained a reported hip flexor injury in practice days before the team's season opener against Wagner. The Scarlet Knights got by without him, beating Wagner by 23 points and staving off Saint Peter's by 10.
No. 24 Rutgers meets Merrimack in latest test for talented roster
