Rutgers competes in the NCAA tournament and finishes in the top four

Rutgers goes dancing for the second year in a row.

The Scarlet Knights were picked as the No. 11 where they will play Notre Dame in one of the first four games. The winner plays against Alabama, the No. 6 seed.

Rutgers was 18-13 overall and went 12-8 in the Big Ten and finished fourth. The Scarlet Knights went 6-6 in Quad 1 games, including a hot stretch early in February, beating Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois back-to-back — all at the time they played.

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Rutgers fell to eventual Big Ten Tourney champion Iowa in the quarterfinals. A senior class that includes Ron Harper Jr., Geo Baker and Caleb McConnell helped bring the program to its current state, capturing the Scarlet Knights’ first NCAA tournament seat since 1976 last year.