Time to stand tall, side-by-side ⚔

Also, early signing day was a hit

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David Gibson
November 10, 2023

Welcome to Knights of the Raritan, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Rutgers University’s collective Knights of the Raritan.

In today’s content:
- NSD roundup 📝
- A look at some Tournament runs 👀
+ So much more

🤼 FloWrestling ranks Rutgers as the No. 14 recruiting class with the addition of five newcomers for 2024-25

🥎 Softball pulled in eight big-time commitments for the 2024-25 academic year

🏀 Men’s Basketball announced two signings Bryce Dortch and Dylan Grant for the following season

🏀 Women’s Basketball will bring in Zachara Perkins to the squad for next season

🔴⚔ Numerous other Scarlet Knights joined from the early signing day period including (but not limited to) Women’s Lacrosse and Baseball

  • The Scarlet Knights cruised to 16-3 overall on the year with a 6-2 mark in conference play

  • During that 16-game win season, 15 of those came in a row from August 25-October 22

  • Those 16 wins were the most in program history with five all-conference student-athletes

  • This will be the fifth NCAA Tournament Rutgers has taken part in, the first one since 2021

  • RU and Harvard have never met before and will do so for the first time today at 2:30 pm ET in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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  • This is the 12th-straight year Rutgers has made the NCAA Tournament following a 9-6-4 record in 2023

  • The Scarlet Knights are No. 37 in the latest RPI edition by the NCAA, making their 14th of the last 16 tournaments

  • Rutgers takes on No. 8 seed, and at-large bid, Columbia in New York City. The Lions went 10-4-3 in the regular season with a loss to Brown in the Ivy League Championship

  • A potential second-round matchup would take place in Clemson, South Carolina against either No. 1 seeded Clemson or Radford

🏃 November 10 // Cross Country is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

⚾ November 10-12 // Baseball hosts its Scarlet-Black World Series at 2:00 pm

🏑 November 10 // As previously covered, Field Hockey begins the NCAA Tournament with Harvard at 2:30 pm ET | Watch

🏀 November 10 // Men’s Basketball hosts Boston University at 7:00 pm ET in Jersey Mike’s Arena | Watch + Listen + Live Stats

🏐 November 10 // Volleyball takes on B1G opponent Indiana in Bloomington starting at 7:00 pm ET | Watch + Live Stats

🏊‍♀️ November 11 // Women’s Swimming & Diving hits the water in Princeton for a duel meet with the Tigers

🏈 November 11 // Football goes for win No. 7 in Iowa City against the Hawkeyes at 3:30 pm ET on the Big Ten Network | Watch + Listen + Live Stats