Rutgers men’s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell has quipped several times over the years that the in-season topic that he receives the most emails about from fans is in regard to free throw shooting. It’s been an issue of consternation among the fan base during his entire tenure. Season after season, the Scarlet Knights have struggled mightily from the foul line.
Even as the program got better in many ways, winning 20 games two seasons ago and winning an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in 38 years last season, Rutgers was completely unreliable and incredibly frustrating to watch from the charity stripe.