The Rutgers men’s basketball team takes on Maryland (11-3; 2-1) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the RAC. The Scarlet Knights resume Big Ten play with a 7-5 record overall and having lost both conference games by a combined 16 points to two of the league’s best, Michigan State and Wisconsin. While Rutgers has generally played more talented teams very hard this season, with St. John’s the lone exception, there are certain areas that this team must improve on in order to have success in conference play. If Rutgers wins more regular season games and finishes better than last place in the Big Ten since joining five seasons ago, then they likely made progress in the five statistical categories discussed below.