A future Rutgers basketball opponent could be without its famous five-star freshman for the entire 2025-26 season.

3. Historic West Coast swing The program will make its first trip to UCLA since 1979 (a 78-57 loss) as part of a two-game swing including USC. Hopefully the Big Ten schedules the games more ...

Playing at Duke, at Indiana, vs. USC, at Washington and at Wisconsin will likely all be close games, and dropping a stinker against Rutgers, Maryland or Northwestern isn't out of the picture.

Last year, Fox aired the Rutgers-USC matchup in the Coliseum at 8 p.m. Pacific, following Game 1 of the World Series. That situation won’t be repeated in 2024.