Recruiting Roundup: Weekend Visits and Tidbits
By JACOB POLACHECK Here’s a look towards this
By JACOB POLACHECK Trey Patterson, the 6-foot-7 small
By ADAM ZAGORIA PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Tom Izzo
By ADAM ZAGORIA
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers has not qualified for the NCAA Tournament during Ron Harper Jr.’s lifetime.
In fact, Harper Jr. was born in 1998, seven years after the Scarlet Knights’ last appearance in the Big Dance in 1991.
But the 6-foot-6 Harper, the son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, chose Rutgers over out-of-state options like Nebraska because he wants to help build something at Rutgers under third-year coach Steve Pikiell.
Now, with his freshman season about to begin, the Scarlet Knights are undefeated and dreaming big, like every other team in the nation.
“As a team we just want to win games and the ultimate goal for this season is to reach the tournament, the NCAA Tournament,” Harper Jr. told me Tuesday at Rutgers Media Day.
By JACOB POLACHECK **James Wiseman, the 6-foot-11 center
