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Thursday / March 28.
  • Rutgers Hammers Miami / Tough Homecoming

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    PISCATAWAY, N.J. – When Mike Rice first got the Rutgers job he found an opening early in his non-conference schedule.

    “Half of the BCS seemed to be on my desk of people wanting to play us,” Rice joked about his under-manned team that features nine scholarship players.

    Even though he inherited a schedule that included Ivy League favorite Princeton and MAAC favorite Fairfield as the first two outings, Rice went ahead and picked Miami for the third game.

    Click here to read the full story.

    It was a tough homecoming for New York guards Durand Scott and Malcolm Grant. Read about that here.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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