When the calendar flips from October to November and your local Home Depot has packed away every last ghoul and goblin and the store is awash with holiday lights and mistletoe, we know basketball season is nearly upon us. As another football season and the angst it has wrought starts to wind down, a weary Scarlet fanbase turns our hopes to all things hoops.
This past Sunday at Jersey Mike’s Arena with Eric LeGrand court-side, RU men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell and former Rutgers coach and current Fairfield head coach Jay Young played a scrimmage game in which all net proceeds went to support Team LeGrand of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.