Rutgers men’s basketball completed the first half of Big Ten regular season play with its second best record since joining the league eight years ago. Despite the 6-4 start in the conference, the Scarlet Knights are staring up a steep hill to climb to fulfill even their own expectations for this season.
Postseason aspirations that have been on the ropes for the majority of Steve Pikiell’s sixth campaign at Rutgers after a rocky November received a standing eight count on Saturday night against last place Nebraska. It wasn’t until Paul Mulcahy knifed his way through the paint to grab a crucial offensive rebound and scored on a putback floater with touch that Rutgers took its first lead of the game with just 1:32 to play.