Dawson Garcia scored a team-high 19 points and added eight rebounds, and Frank Mitchell finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Gophers, who will start tournament play on Wednesday in Indianapolis as the No. 12 seed with a 2:30 p.m. tip against Northwestern.
Rutgers has learned its path for a potential miracle March run. The Scarlet Knights (15-16, 8-12), which earned the 11 seed, will face 14-seed USC in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament around 9 p.m. on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Rutgers has a good chance to get three at-large berths to the national tournament, when the at-large berths are announced Tuesday by the NCAA Wrestling Committee. The seeds and pairings for the national tournament will be announced Wednesday at 8 p.
Dylan Shawver, Joseph Olivieri and Andrew Clark all lost in their fifth-place matches of Session IV to finish sixth in their respective weight classes at the Big Ten Championships at the Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday.
Dawson Garcia had 19 points and eight rebounds and Frank Mitchell had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the overtime loss.
Rutgers Basketball will finish below. 500 in its disappointing 2024-25 season that began with such high expectations.
Rutgers University has opened an external investigation into its gymnastics program following an NJ Advance Media investigation.
N.J. senior citizens heading back to college. Their favorite courses? History, art and political science classes.