We all understand: attendance is tickets sold, not fans in the seats.
We also all know that Rutgers fans are still a long way away from being truly considered "die hard". How many of you know someone who had tickets for this game and sold them in order to recoup some money? It's still a bandwagon, front runner mentality. Which, as several commenters have noted, is very typical of the New York metro area. And that's sad for Rutgers....and the Mets....and the Islanders....and the Nets....
Rutgers reported a sellout several days before the game. The reported attendance was 53,111 and there was a big push to get people in their seats well before kickoff.