According to BasketballReference.com, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights can count 10 NBA players in their history. The program’s own media guide claims 19 who have been part of an NBA Draft.
None of them are named Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton or Shabazz Napier. Probably because all three went to UConn.
So you can imagine the surprise that likely spread around the Huskies basketball offices this morning when they awoke to a red and black shaded tweet from Rutgers basketball with Allen, Napier and Hamilton figuring prominently and a big headline reading $1.1 billion earned.
Somewhere Jim Calhoun is probably wondering if he missed a page on his resume, or if he Rip Van Winkled his way through his days in Piscataway.