The Scarlet Knights have two of the nation's top prospects in Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper, and they seemed destined to contend for the Big Ten. Well, things haven't really gone to plan for Rutgers so far this year as they came into Wednesday night's game against #23 Illinois at 11-11 overall and 4-7 in Big Ten play.

A Rutgers-Northwestern game isn't usually the place to scout NBA lottery picks. But Rutgers might have two players at the top of the 2025 draft. One of them, guard Dylan Harper, didn't play Wednesday

Bailey scored 24 of his 37 points in the first half as Rutgers picked up a rare road win 79-72 over Northwestern.

Ace Bailey made a block and finished the play with a thunderous slam dunk that extended the Rutgers Scarlet Knights' lead against the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Ace Bailey keeps finding new ways to score. While the Rutgers freshman threw down another two-handed dunk and executed his patented turnaround jump shot for another bucket, he also unveiled his first drive while using the referee as a screener en route to the 82-73 victory over No.

College basketball official Jeffrey Anderson got tangled up in a play in the Rutgers-Illinois game Wednesday, but Ace Bailey was able to get a bucket anyway.