In a season full of hard to take losses, Saturday’s 68-65 defeat at Minnesota had its share of regret and heartache. Without three of its best four players, leading scorer Jamison Battle along with EJ Stephens and Eric Curry, Rutgers had a golden opportunity to earn a second consecutive road win. If they had pulled it off, it would have marked the program’s best ever start in Big Ten play. Instead, the result left the Scarlet Knights farther away from the NCAA Tournament bubble than when the day started.
There are plenty of things to be upset about from this game and it starts with coaching.