2026–27 season
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten
- Record
- 2–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +3.1
- No. 119 in Division I
- Head coach
- Steve Pikiell
- Since 2016–17
- Home
- Piscataway, NJ
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 23.9%91st
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
- StrengthTough interior defenseOpponent FG %: 35.3%90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Rutgers beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
2
Record
1–2
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202211First FourLost to 11 Notre Dame 89–87. Bracket
- 202110Round of 32Beat 7 Clemson. Lost to 2 Houston 63–60. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Tariq Francis
- 15.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Dorin Buca
- 7′2″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Jamichael Davis
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Tariq FrancisGuard · Pittsburgh, PA | 6′1″ | 180 | 2 | 2 | 25.0 | 15.5 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 24.3 |
| 5Darren Buchanan Jr.Forward · Washington, DC | 6′7″ | 240 | 2 | 2 | 23.0 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 16.4 |
| 2Lino MarkGuard · Los Angeles, CA | 6′2″ | 185 | 2 | 2 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 72.7 | 24.1 |
| 1Jamichael DavisGuard · Chattanooga, TN | 6′2″ | 180 | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 16.4 |
| 4Darin Smith Jr.Forward · Springfield, MA | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 23.5 |
| 7Rasheed JonesGuard · Marion, IN | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| 32Christian GurdakCenter · Charles Town, WV | 6′10″ | 265 | 1 | 2 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 29.7 |
| 33Diego Garavaglia · Milan, Italy | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| 27Mervedi Miteo · Kinshasa, Congo | 6′10″ | 265 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22.2 |
| 15Gevonte WareCenter · Roosevelt, NY | 6′9″ | 255 | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.8 |
| 6Imahri Wooten · Troy, NY | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| 9Will SydnorForward · Bronx, NY | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 83.3 | 43.0 |
| 3Kaden PowersGuard · Seattle, WA | 6′4″ | 195 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.2 |
| 23Martin Tonejc · Jesenice, Slovenia | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| 24Max FradkinGuard · Southbury, CT | 5′11″ | 170 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 18.2 |
| 22Dorin BucaCenter · Perugia, Italy | 7′2″ | 286 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.3 |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–0
ATS as favorite
2–0
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | vsnew-haven | W81–54 | -24.5 | 137.75 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 10 | vsNJITNJIT | W101–64 | -25 | 143 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 13 | vsBRYBryant | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | NHOU#8Houston1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | vsSACSacred Heart | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | @INDIndiana12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | vsMIC#20Michigan4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsSETSeton Hall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsSAISaint Peter's | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | vsARMYArmy | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsDELDelaware State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @PURPurdue9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsUCLA#9UCLA2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 8 | vsUSCUSC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vsIOWAIowa7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @NORNorthwestern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @MARMaryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsMINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @OREOregon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @WASWashington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsPURPurdue9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | NSYRSyracuse | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | @MSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsWISWisconsin11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | @NEB#25Nebraska4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsPENPenn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @OSUOhio State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | vsMARMaryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | vsILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7 | @PENPenn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |