As Rutgers enters the first full week of the new year, one thing is clear. The time to make a run has come. Let’s state some clear facts at the moment first.
The Big Ten is the best conference in college basketball and it’s not particularly close from top to bottom with the next best conference in the Big XII.
Rutgers is one of the better teams in the Big Ten.
While the Scarlet Knights fell just one spot to no. 15 in this week’s AP Poll after Saturday’s loss to Iowa, that ranking doesn’t really matter.