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1357-1318

All-time

0.507

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

Rutgers’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

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#4 Rutgers 54-53 Princeton

Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

1976 · Mar 13, 1976 · First Round

1.98

Game Score

#18 Rutgers 65-67 St. John's

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina

Sweet 16

1979 · Mar 16, 1979 · Regional Semifinals

1.73

Game Score

#4 Rutgers 70-86 #9 Michigan

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Final Four

1976 · Mar 27, 1976 · Final Four

1.64

Game Score

#4 Rutgers 92-106 #5 UCLA

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1976 · Mar 29, 1976 · Third Place Game

1.39

Game Score

Rutgers 55-66 #3 St. John's

Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut

1983 · Mar 20, 1983 · Second Round

1.22

Game Score

#18 Rutgers 64-58 Georgetown

Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

1979 · Mar 10, 1979 · Second Round

1.21

Game Score

#4 Rutgers 93-79 Connecticut

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina

1976 · Mar 18, 1976 · Second Round

1.18

Game Score

#4 Rutgers 91-75 VMI

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina

Elite Eight

1976 · Mar 20, 1976 · Regional Finals

1.10

Game Score

Rutgers 60-63 #6 Houston

Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

2021 · Mar 21, 2021 · Second Round

0.97

Game Score

Rutgers 78-91 #4 Louisville

Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

1975 · Mar 15, 1975 · First Round

0.93

Game Score

#			Round	Match
1	Mar 13, 1976	1976	First Round	#4 Rutgers 54-53 Princeton Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island	1.98
2	Mar 16, 1979	1979	Regional Semifinals	#18 Rutgers 65-67 St. John's Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina Sweet 16	1.73
3	Mar 27, 1976	1976	Final Four	#4 Rutgers 70-86 #9 Michigan The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Final Four	1.64
4	Mar 29, 1976	1976	Third Place Game	#4 Rutgers 92-106 #5 UCLA The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1.39
5	Mar 20, 1983	1983	Second Round	Rutgers 55-66 #3 St. John's Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut	1.22
6	Mar 10, 1979	1979	Second Round	#18 Rutgers 64-58 Georgetown Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island	1.21
7	Mar 18, 1976	1976	Second Round	#4 Rutgers 93-79 Connecticut Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina	1.18
8	Mar 20, 1976	1976	Regional Finals	#4 Rutgers 91-75 VMI Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina Elite Eight	1.10
9	Mar 21, 2021	2021	Second Round	Rutgers 60-63 #6 Houston Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana	0.97
10	Mar 15, 1975	1975	First Round	Rutgers 78-91 #4 Louisville Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma	0.93

Season by season

2027 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

0-0

Conf record

—

SRS

—

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2026 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

14-20

Conf record

6-14

—

SRS

#107

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2025 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

15-17

Conf record

8-12

—

SRS

#68

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2024 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

15-17

Conf record

7-13

—

SRS

#88

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2023 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

19-15

Conf record

10-10

—

SRS

#27

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2022 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

18-14

Conf record

12-8

—

SRS

#75

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2021 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

16-12

Conf record

10-10

—

SRS

#32

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2020 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

20-11

Conf record

11-9

—

SRS

#28

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2019 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

14-17

Conf record

7-13

—

SRS

#68

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2018 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

15-19

Conf record

3-15

—

SRS

#100

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2017 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

15-18

Conf record

3-15

—

SRS

#108

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2016 · Rutgers

Big Ten

Record

7-25

Conf record

1-17

—

SRS

#250

Seed

—

Tournament

—

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	AP	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2027	Rutgers	0-0	Big Ten
2026	Rutgers	14-20	Big Ten	6-14		#107
2025	Rutgers	15-17	Big Ten	8-12		#68
2024	Rutgers	15-17	Big Ten	7-13		#88
2023	Rutgers	19-15	Big Ten	10-10		#27		NIT
2022	Rutgers	18-14	Big Ten	12-8		#75	11	NCAA tournament
2021	Rutgers	16-12	Big Ten	10-10		#32	10	NCAA tournament
2020	Rutgers	20-11	Big Ten	11-9		#28
2019	Rutgers	14-17	Big Ten	7-13		#68
2018	Rutgers	15-19	Big Ten	3-15		#100
2017	Rutgers	15-18	Big Ten	3-15		#108
2016	Rutgers	7-25	Big Ten	1-17		#250
2015	Rutgers	10-22	Big Ten	2-16		#148
2014	Rutgers	12-21	American Athletic	5-13		#162
2013	Rutgers	15-16	Big East	5-13		#88
2012	Rutgers	14-18	Big East	6-12		#99
2011	Rutgers	15-17	Big East	5-13		#77
2010	Rutgers	15-17	Big East	5-13		#134
2009	Rutgers	11-21	Big East	2-16		#130
2008	Rutgers	11-20	Big East	3-15		#163
2007	Rutgers	10-19	Big East	3-13		#164
2006	Rutgers	19-14	Big East	7-9		#69		NIT
2005	Rutgers	10-19	Big East	2-14		#113
2004	Rutgers	20-13	Big East	7-9		#68		NIT
2003	Rutgers	12-16	Big East	4-12		#100
2002	Rutgers	18-13	Big East	8-8		#93		NIT
2001	Rutgers	11-16	Big East	3-13		#101
2000	Rutgers	15-16	Big East	6-10		#83		NIT
1999	Rutgers	19-13	Big East	9-9		#37		NIT
1998	Rutgers	14-15	Big East	6-12		#52
1997	Rutgers	11-16	Big East	5-13		#116
1996	Rutgers	9-18	Big East	6-12		#90
1995	Rutgers	13-15	Atlantic 10	7-9		#89
1994	Rutgers	11-16	Atlantic 10	6-10		#133
1993	Rutgers	13-15	Atlantic 10	6-8		#78
1992	Rutgers	16-15	Atlantic 10	6-10		#72		NIT
1991	Rutgers	19-10	Atlantic 10 ★	14-4		#78	9	NCAA tournament
1990	Rutgers	18-17	Atlantic 10	11-7		#107		NIT
1989	Rutgers	18-13	Atlantic 10 ◆	13-5		#112	13	NCAA tournament
1988	Rutgers	7-22	Atlantic 10	3-15		#234
1987	Rutgers	8-20	Atlantic 10	5-13		#195
1986	Rutgers	8-21	Atlantic 10	2-16		#228
1985	Rutgers	16-14	Atlantic 10	9-9		#126
1984	Rutgers	15-13	Atlantic 10	9-9		#162
1983	Rutgers	23-8	Atlantic 10 ★	11-3		#62	9	NCAA tournament
1982	Rutgers	20-10	Eastern 8	9-5		#109		NIT
1981	Rutgers	16-14	Eastern 8	7-6		#55
1980	Rutgers	14-14	Eastern 8 ★	7-3		#118
1979	Rutgers	22-9	Eastern 8 ◆	7-3	#18	#68	6	Sweet 16
1978	Rutgers	24-7	Eastern Collegiate ★	7-3		#48		NIT
1977	Rutgers	18-10	Eastern Collegiate ★	7-1		#44		NIT
1976	Rutgers	31-2	Independent		#4	#12		Final Four
1975	Rutgers	22-7	Independent			#49		NCAA tournament
1974	Rutgers	18-8	Independent			#83		NIT
1973	Rutgers	15-11	Independent			#115		NIT
1972	Rutgers	14-11	Independent			#89
1971	Rutgers	16-7	Independent			#56
1970	Rutgers	13-11	Independent			#137
1969	Rutgers	21-4	Independent			#85		NIT
1968	Rutgers	14-10	Independent			#133
1967	Rutgers	22-7	Independent			#63		NIT
1966	Rutgers	17-7	Independent			#118
1965	Rutgers	12-12	Independent			#139
1964	Rutgers	5-17	Independent			#173
1963	Rutgers	7-16	Independent			#170
1962	Rutgers	10-13	Middle Atlantic	2-8		#159
1961	Rutgers	11-10	Middle Atlantic	3-6		#153
1960	Rutgers	11-14	Middle Atlantic	4-4		#168
1959	Rutgers	9-15	Middle Atlantic	3-5		#157
1958	Rutgers	7-15	Independent			#170
1957	Rutgers	8-15	Independent			#162
1956	Rutgers	3-15	Independent			#165
1955	Rutgers	2-22	Independent			#157
1954	Rutgers	11-13	Independent			#119
1953	Rutgers	8-13	Independent			#134
1952	Rutgers	6-13	Independent			#133
1951	Rutgers	7-14	Independent			#140
1950	Rutgers	13-15	Independent			#87
1949	Rutgers	14-12	Independent
1948	Rutgers	14-9	Independent
1947	Rutgers	7-12	Independent
1946	Rutgers	13-7	Independent
1945	Rutgers	11-3	Independent
1943	Rutgers	7-9	Independent
1942	Rutgers	8-10	Independent
1941	Rutgers	8-10	Independent
1940	Rutgers	5-14	Independent
1939	Rutgers	8-6	Independent
1938	Rutgers	11-4	Independent
1937	Rutgers	13-2	Independent
1936	Rutgers	8-7	Independent
1935	Rutgers	13-3	Independent
1934	Rutgers	9-6	Independent
1933	Rutgers	8-6	Independent
1932	Rutgers	4-9	Independent
1931	Rutgers	6-9	Independent
1930	Rutgers	10-4	Independent
1929	Rutgers	10-5	Independent
1928	Rutgers	9-5	Independent
1927	Rutgers	10-3	Independent
1926	Rutgers	4-9	Independent
1925	Rutgers	7-6	Independent
1924	Rutgers	8-4	Independent
1923	Rutgers	11-3	Independent
1922	Rutgers	10-2	Independent
1921	Rutgers	7-5	Independent
1920	Rutgers	11-4	Independent
1919	Rutgers	6-3	Independent
1918	Rutgers	5-3	Independent
1917	Rutgers	4-5	Independent
1916	Rutgers	3-4	Independent
1915	Rutgers	1-8	Independent
1914	Rutgers	3-2	Independent

Consensus All-Americans

3 AP All-American selections.

Phil Sellers1976

Phil Sellers1975

Bobby Lloyd1967

Year	Player
1976	Phil Sellers
1975	Phil Sellers
1967	Bobby Lloyd

NBA first-round picks

13 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

Dylan Harper2025

Last college yr: 2025

Ace Bailey2025

Last college yr: 2025

Quincy Douby2006

Last college yr: 2006

Quincy Douby2006

Last college yr: 2005

Quincy Douby2006

Last college yr: 2004

Roy Hinson1983

Last college yr: 1983

Roy Hinson1983

Last college yr: 1982

Roy Hinson1983

Last college yr: 1981

Roy Hinson1983

Last college yr: 1980

James Bailey1979

Last college yr: 1979

James Bailey1979

Last college yr: 1978

James Bailey1979

Last college yr: 1977

Draft	Player	Last college yr
2025	Dylan Harper	2025
2025	Ace Bailey	2025
2006	Quincy Douby	2006
2006	Quincy Douby	2005
2006	Quincy Douby	2004
1983	Roy Hinson	1983
1983	Roy Hinson	1982
1983	Roy Hinson	1981
1983	Roy Hinson	1980
1979	James Bailey	1979
1979	James Bailey	1978
1979	James Bailey	1977
1979	James Bailey	1976

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