Rutgers Basketball routed by No. 17 Tennessee in Players Era opener
Rutgers Basketball dominantly fell to No. 17 Tennessee in the opening game of The Players Era tournament at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Big tournament, bigger money: How the Players Era event is changing college basketball in just its second year
Big tournament, bigger money: How the Players Era Festival came to be and why it's changing college basketball
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Basically, there’s been very little publicity here (print or tv) about this tourney, it’s all been about the F1 race, local pro teams, UNLV and HS playoffs. Article confirms that college b-ball as we once knew and loved it is RIP thanks to NIL.
Good luck this week.
Good luck this week.
I'm sure you've heard the expression-- Love it or leave it -- why don't you leave it if you can't adjust to the reality of the changes.
I’d love for you to leave it. Stalking becomes you.
That is one hell of a field. A Sweet 16 level that we find ourselves in. Due to Ace and Dylan we got an invite and it continues year to year. Great mixture of conferences . Becoming the premier tourney in the country.
Interesting that RU and Tenn. first played on March 15, 1969, a 67-51 Postseason NIT win for Tennessee at MSG. The teams met again 23 years later in the opening game of the season in the Preseason NIT at the RAC on November 19, 1992. Allan Houston led Tenn. to an 87-79 win.
wow, watched the first couple minutes of that, the RAC hasn’t sounded like that in forever.
Yup forgot about this game probably cause the season sputtered in the end. What an awesome crowd.
I believe Tennessee has 1 possibly 2 players out for this game
Most notably Estrella who avg 17.9/8.3 in first 3 games
Most notably Estrella who avg 17.9/8.3 in first 3 games
Can’t disagree. Locally however the sponsors haven’t done a very good job thanks to Formula 1 and other events.Ironically this is the most talked about event in the CBB world this week
Crazy what this tournament has done to the Maui Invitational. Money talks...
Incredible start for RU, as we jumped out to a 19-6 lead, with Mike Jones scoring our first 12 points.
That year I had seasons tickets in the 300 section, but for this game I was gifted floor seats by a friend. The RAC was rockin!
Ironically we are missing about 7 big ten caliber players too
A good part of that is the constant barrage of mechanized “music” being piped in. No room for the fans anymore. That and the team is bad.
2019-2020 sounded pretty close
the seton hall, Illinois and Maryland wins that year are 3 of the loudest games I’ve attended in my life
I was there and I agree the games vs. WVU, Missouri, UNLV and even the A10 Championship when Penn State was allotted some tickets, were unmatched in intensity and fun at the RAC.
Hopin' for the best!
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