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[QUOTE="NewYorker, post: 4560997, member: 7919"]
I think if you are talking about the Rutgers basketball team of the past, you are correct. Since last year, the RAC has been sold out for almost every game, so there are very few seats for visiting fans. Rutgers fans have always been fair weather fans - when the team is good, like they are now, they pack the RAC and travel very well, and when a team is not good, there are lots of empty seats. This is what makes schools like Rutgers different from a fanbase like Nebraska, where the fans show up even if the team is bad.

Universities each have their own unique sports culture. Penn State has a rabid football fan base, but their basketball games have a hard time attracting fans, even when they have a winning record. Rutgers wrestling always is in the top five in NCAA attendance because New Jersey has such a strong wrestling culture. Rutgers soccer and lacrosse teams also have large followings. Rutgers Football fans are very fickle - but if we can get to a point where we are winning more than half our games, the fans will pack the stadium. Even though Rutgers has multiple sports teams ranked in the top 25 and some Big Ten championships the last two years, fans ultimately judge an athletics program by the success of its football program, which is still in a rebuild mode.
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