Rutgers fought hard in a 12 point loss to No. 5 Purdue on Sunday night. While the result was disappointing, the Scarlet Knights played relatively well for most of the game. After winning four consecutive games against ranked teams for the first time in program history, the streak is now over. Even so, it was a stretch that propelled Rutgers from postseason never was to the talk of college basketball.
After the loss, Rutgers dropped from No. 76 to No. 80 in the NET rankings. That’s currently out of NCAA Tournament range, as the teams with the worst rankings to ever go dancing were St.