The legendary coach left Northeastern and made UConn a college basketball power. Can the student equal the success of his teacher?
Steve Pikiell will be announced as the new Rutgers men's basketball coach this afternoon. After 11 seasons at Stony Brook of the America East conference, Pikiell is making the jump to the Big Ten. He had taken over a program that was transitioning to Division I and hadn't found success before his arrival. After a 20-67 record in his first three seasons, there was surely skepticism on whether Stony Brook would ever become a competitive team.