The morning after Rutgers suffered a 21 point loss to last place Nebraska in a game that wasn’t even that close hasn’t brought any epiphanies or optimistic thoughts. The fact that this team delivered the worst performance of the Steve Pikiell era on a night when the program was positioned to unofficially clinch an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in 30 years is a moment that cannot be glossed over.
The world is not ending and its NCAA Tournament resume still has them in the field of 68 with bracketologist Brad Wachtel and others dropping the Scarlet Knights to a 9 seed as of now.