The opening week for Rutgers men’s basketball was a blur with three games in five days, but it was a successful one. They opened a season with three consecutive double digit victories since the 1980-1981 campaign. However, a lot happened, both positive developments and points of concern. As they are about to play a much more difficult schedule moving forward, here are ten takeaways on the the current state of this team, which maintained it’s national ranking of no. 24 in this past week’s AP Poll.
Geo Baker absence hangs over ceiling
As encouraging as it was that this team took care of business against three inferior opponents, the injury that Geo Baker suffered in the opening half of the season was at a minimum, a major buzzkill.