college basketball

Three weeks ago, Rutgers was playing like a Final Four contender. After getting outclassed at Penn State, it's fair to wonder if the Scarlet Knights are NCAA-Tournament-worthy.

Rutgers improved offense went missing-in-action against a motivated Michigan State team that continued its mastery of the Scarlet Knights in East Lansing.

Poor free-throw shooting and the top scoring big man in the country finally caught up to Rutgers in a loss to No. 10 Iowa.

Montez Mathis turned in a career performance, Geo Baker returned to form and Rutgers edged Purdue while playing without top scorer Ron Harper Jr.

Injuries, foul trouble and an opportunistic No. 23 Ohio State team doomed No. 11 Rutgers in the Scarlet Knights' first loss of the season.

Ron Harper Jr. came alive in the second half and the Scarlet Knights supporting cast delivered on both ends as No. 19 Rutgers (6-0) held serve at home vs. No. 13 Illinois.

After his Monmouth team played a dead-even two-game series vs. St. Peter's, King Rice had some choice criticism for the NCAA and the MAAC about the Christmas-week schedule.

After three program shutdowns, Monmouth returned to the college hardwood with a loss to Hofstra Tuesday. The Hawks debut is the latest in a fall full of N.J. College Basketball headlines.

Tonight, the Monmouth Hawks take on Brown University at 5:00pm in its final game of the 2011 Dick's Sporting Goods Preseason NIT Tip-Off at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia. The Hawks are looking for their first win of the season against a Bears' team that…

MU ready to take on Albany at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. In the consolation bracket in the Preseason NIT. The Hawks will need to defend the Great Danes all over the floor tonight as U Albany's guards have scored 160 of the team's 207 pts...

Shoot around at Cassell Colesium for tonights Monmouth-Virginia Tech preseason NIT game at 7pm. After 8 hrs on a bus, the Hawks (and hopefully myself) are ready for a big game tonight.