Rutgers basketball preview 2026-27: transfers, recruits and schedule
Rutgers's 2026-27 roster is not posted yet. So far it has added five transfers and the No. 105 recruiting class, and lost eight players to the portal.
Last season it ranked No. 139 in adjusted net rating (No. 156 on offense, No. 137 on defense). The biggest loss is Dylan Grant, 9.5 points a game, gone to Charlotte. The schedule has 28 games, nine against last season's adjusted top 25.
Newcomers
Rutgers’s 2026-27roster is not posted yet, so this is who the transfer portal and the recruiting rankings have it adding. A transfer’s numbers are last season’s, at his old school. The full roster appears here once it is out.
Who left
Drafted and transferred players only: graduations show once the roster is posted.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 109.9 (No. 156), defense 107.4 (No. 137).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 28 games, 19 in the Big Ten. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who did Rutgers add for 2026-27?
Darin Smith Jr. (transfer from Central Connecticut), RaSheed Jones (transfer from Coastal Carolina), Christian Gurdak (transfer from Virginia Tech), Dorin Buca (transfer from Kansas State), Imahri Wooten (freshman, No. 218 recruit), Will Sydnor (transfer from Manhattan).