Five-star freshmen Ace Bailey (left) and Dylan Harper were supposed to be the final pieces of Steve Pikiell's decade-long rebuild at Rutgers. Instead, they exposed the many issues that plagued the program and led to its most disappointing season ever. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Inside a tiny locker room at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the 15 players composing the most anticipated team in Rutgers basketball history sat shoulder to shoulder and stared at the floor as midnight approached.
Four days before teams across college basketball learned their NCAA Tournament fate, the Scarlet Knights had just suffered a double-overtime loss in the Big Ten Tournament’s opening round, killing the last remaining chance to hear their names on Selection Sunday.
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