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(03/12/13 12:00am)
The fate of the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s season rested on a heave from behind half court Saturday as time expired. The Scarlet Knights surrendered the lead it held firm for more than 38 minutes in their second-round matchup against the Bulls. All that was left to do was depend on a nearly impossible shot from tightly guarded senior guard Erica Wheeler to extend their season. The ball fell well short of the basket and Rutgers’ search of an NCAA Tournament bid effectively came to an end.
(03/12/13 12:00am)
In the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s regular season finale Friday against Seton Hall, the Scarlet Knights found themselves in a very unusual position. Entering the contest, they had lost 11 of their previous 12 games. This meant that, at the end of each of those 11 games, the Knights were typically forced to foul in order to get the ball back. The Pirates assumed that very role Friday while Rutgers enjoyed the benefits of Seton Hall’s 13 second-half team fouls.
(03/12/13 12:00am)
Sophomore guard Myles Mack dropped 15 points in Rutgers’ 56-51 season-finale win against Seton Hall. Mack and the rest of the team will face DePaul tonight in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
NEWARK — As the clock ticked to fewer than 30 seconds and the Rutgers men’s basketball team clung to a three-point lead Friday, Myles Mack had seen this play out before. Not the Scarlet Knights’ inability to close out games, their 11 losses in 12 tries or another tightly contested matchup with in-state rival Seton Hall. Mack was used to wing Fuquan Edwin, the Pirates’ late-game playmaker. “I played with him a lot,” said Mack, a sophomore point guard. “I know he loves to go right. He jabbed me, and I knew he wasn’t going left.”
(03/11/13 12:00am)
HARTFORD — The Rutgers women’s basketball team held South Florida this season to just 22.8 percent shooting from the floor. Yet, South Florida’s dismal offensive performance was good enough to eliminate the Scarlet Knights in the second round of the Big East Tournament. Rutgers made things difficult for guard Andrea Smith, but could not keep her from drawing contact and getting to the free throw line. She finished with 17 points and led the Bulls to upset the Knights, 42-39.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
HARTFORD — The Rutgers women’s basketball team’s 42-39 loss to South Florida in the Big East Tournament on Saturday was the same story with a different ending. It culminated with the Scarlet Knights standing beside each other, staying motionless to the uplifting Alma Mater with tears drenching most of their faces. Senior guard Erica Wheeler quivered. Forward Monique Oliver wiped her tears on her jersey at the thought of this being potentially being the final game of their careers.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
NEWARK — The Rutgers men’s basketball team needed a win — badly. After dropping 11 of their last 12 games, the Scarlet Knights found themselves sharing a court with the only team they had beaten during that span, in-state rival Seton Hall. The opponent was not a concern for Rutgers — only the end result, which ended up being a 56-51 Rutgers victory, mattered. “Whether it was a rivalry game … didn’t matter,” said head coach Mike Rice. “It was a win. The way we did it — because we slept-walked through the first half — we responded and found a way.”
(03/11/13 12:00am)
Junior guard?Mike Poole takes it to Seton Hall’s defense in Friday’s Rutgers victory. Poole has started since sophomore guard Eli Carter’s year-ending injury.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
Sophomore guard Myles Mack faces Seton Hall pressure. Mack scored a team-leading 15 points Friday to help break the Knights’ five-game losing streak.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
South Florida forward Inga Orekhova, right, contains wing Betnijah Laney, who turned the ball over six times against USF.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
Senior guard Erica Wheeler and senior forward Monique Oliver fight emotions with head coach C. Vivian Stringer close by following Saturday’s elimination from the Big East Tournament. Wheeler and Oliver might have played the final game of their careers if Rutgers does not accept a potential WNIT bid.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
Senior forward Monique Oliver faces heavy South Florida pressure inside. Oliver carried the load on Rutgers’ offense with a team-leading 15 points, despite playing hurt.
(03/08/13 12:00am)
For a glimpse into the improvements that have occurred under head coach Mike Rice, look no further than Derrick Randall. The burly, 6-foot-8 sophomore forward arrived in 2011 with only a handful of basketball experience in high school to draw from. Randall was raw, could not handle the ball and never earned Rice’s trust. But when it mattered most Monday, Rice enlisted Randall’s help against 290-pound Davante Gardner, Marquette’s frontrunner for Big East Sixth Man of the Year.
(03/08/13 12:00am)
Senior forward Chelsey Lee has had a hard time coping with the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s improbable chance of making the NCAA Tournament. “It’s in every conversation — my mama, my brothers, with the team, regular students, other athletes. ‘When are the NCAAs, blah blah blah,’” she said yesterday. “It’s a conversation that’s had, but I seriously try and dismiss it because us not making it, I don’t think it’s even real yet.”
(03/08/13 12:00am)
Senior forward Chelsey Lee gets a chance to finish her collegiate career strongly upon returning from a knee injury. Her first chance is the Big East Tournament.
(03/07/13 12:00am)
This college basketball season has, if nothing else, shown that there are no automatic wins in the power conferences. If Penn State, a team whose RPI once sat at 194, can beat a top-five team in Michigan, and Indiana can lose three times as the nation’s No. 1, each win must be earned. The Big East is a clear indication of this. Georgetown, which leads the conference, fell to South Florida, which is tied for last in the conference.
(03/07/13 12:00am)
The Rutgers women’s basketball team closed a regular season unpredictable by fans and even the team itself. There were moments when the Scarlet Knights showed promise on the hardwood coupled with performances in which they looked absolutely confused. The team remembers that historic night when it captured head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s 900th career victory. Yet it also remembers Jan. 27, when it fell to in-state rival Seton Hall on the road, a team it never lost to in 12 games prior.
(03/07/13 12:00am)
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer was encouraged by how the Knights’ regular season ended in Monday’s win against Pittsburgh.
(03/07/13 12:00am)
Sophomore guard Myles Mack has generally been Rutgers’ statistical leader since sophomore guard Eli Carter went down with a fractured right fibula. But other Big East teams have won with greater star power, which has led to several Knights losses.
(03/06/13 12:00am)
Locker to locker, Mike Rice slowly made his rounds. Fresh off a 60-54 loss to No. 15 Marquette, he whispered words of encouragement, slapped players on the back and made himself emotionally available. It is not usual postgame protocol for the Rutgers head men’s basketball coach — especially after he meets them immediately after the game — but these are not usual times. “I’ve talked about it before in press conferences: the inability to understand how to close games out,” said Rice, who was visibly shaken up after the game. “They’re close.”
