Steve Pikiell paused the film session to inform his team it had a new captain.
Jake Dadika had no idea it would be him.
"It never entered my head. I never even thought about it. I just kept doing what i was doing," Dadika, a Spotswood native and senior guard for Rutgers, said before practice on Friday. "It's nice to hear. it sounded good, and it feels awesome."
Dadika's teammates clapped. Then they started watching film again. It was a fitting transition back to work for a guy who earned his captaincy, awarded by Pikiell earlier this week, by grinding.