… especially with a Rutgers team that I find very interesting coming to town Saturday, but that Capital Classic Wednesday is going to be very competitive and significant.

Really, how about two possible NCAA Tournament teams on the floor at the Civic Center? It’s the sort of occasion that makes JackBo chat.

I think Rutgers is tricky, though. I have, for some reason, seen them play a handful of times this season and watched losses to Miami and Richmond and even LSU, but you could see they had some talent and a pretty good coach in Mike Rice. Then the Scarlet Knights beat a top-10 Florida and you figured it was coming together.

They were among the last to know and followed with losses to USF and WVU … but then beat UConn and Pitt in succession — and what in the world happened to Pitt? That’s going to be an important game Saturday. Says Jack, “If WVU takes care of business at home and can split its remaining six Big East road games, the Mountaineers will be in the big bracket for a fifth straight season under Huggins and seventh time in eight years (to go with an NIT title in the other).”