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Rutgers Built a Final Four Caliber Team From the Depths of Mediocrity. Will Other Schools Follow the Blueprint?

Rutgers has grown from one of the laughingstocks of college basketball to a genuine contender in the Big Ten. How did they do that? And more importantly, how can other cellar dwellers learn from the Scarlet Knights?

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The Full 353: Mediocrity Shower [PART 1]

Before the tournament takes over, let’s peek at the teams from college basketball’s power conference that won’t be dancing to see what went wrong.

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The Five Teams You Should Adopt As A Bandwagon Fan This Season

So you don’t have a team to root for this season. Let me help you with that, with five suggestions of fun teams to watch.

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The Full 353: Climbing Out of the Coffin

Running through all of college basketball, one team at a time. This week: West Virginia, Rutgers, DePaul,

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