Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball | |||||||||
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| University | Rutgers University | ||||||||
| First season | 1906–07; 120 years ago | ||||||||
| Athletic director | Keli Zinn | ||||||||
| Head coach | Steve Pikiell 10th season, 161–159 (.503) | ||||||||
| Location | Piscataway, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Arena | Jersey Mike's Arena (capacity: 8,000) | ||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||
| Nickname | Scarlet Knights | ||||||||
| Colors | Scarlet | ||||||||
| All-time record | 1,357–1,317 (.507) | ||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 6–9 (.400) | ||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament Final Four | |||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||
| ECAC: 1975, 1976 A-10: 1979, 1989 | |||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||
| Middle Three: 1943, 1949, 1950, 1951 A-10: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1991 | |||||||||
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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represents Rutgers University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition and competes in the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers made the NCAA Final Four in 1976. Rutgers has appeared in the NCAA tournament eight times, most recently appearing in 2022. Rutgers has produced many NBA players, most notably Roy Hinson, John Battle, and James Bailey. In 2025, Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey made history in the 2025 NBA Draft being selected as the highest Scarlet Knights drafted in the NBA Draft being drafted with the Second and Fifth pick respectively.