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Rutgers shows its identity under Chris Ash with stellar defense vs. Purdue | Politi's 5 observations

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Rutgers 14, Purdue 12. Everyone can exhale, Ash included. He was asked after the game how he felt with Purdue driving toward a potential game-tying score in the final minutes, and his answer was the typically honest Ash: "Sickening," he called the feeling. But the Scarlet Knights

"It's huge. It's huge. It's huge," Ash said on the Big Ten Network broadcast as his players celebrated behind him. "We talked about build it up, build it up, build it up, and we wanted that breakthrough. Now we'll see if this is it."

We'll know in the coming weeks or months if it is.