If you have followed Rutgers sports for decades like I have, and there are many alumni and fans who have done so for much longer than I, you know the answer to which athletics program was the most successful of any from the late eighties to the mid-nineties. It wasn’t football, who had wins over Penn State and Michigan State during this time period and won the first Big East game ever played. It wasn’t men’s basketball, which made the NCAA Tournament twice and were both Atlantic 10 regular season and tournament champions once. Women’s basketball made the NCAA Tournament every single season during this time period, including a Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight appearance, but was only the second most successful program on the banks at this time.