In a perfect world if two undefeated teams go up against each other, there is no underdog. Rutgers came into this matchup with Syracuse as the 21st nationally ranked team in the country. In the end, Rutgers defeated Syracuse 79-69 inside the RAC and ended the Orange’s undefeated record.
Before tonight Ron Harper averaged 21 PPG and 7.7 REBS. Prior to this Syracuse beat Rutgers 20 times out of the last 24 times they played in the Big East. With Buddy Boeheim out and Bourama Sidibe out we knew there was not going to be true big.