All-Conference Drought: Rutgers in Knightmare Rut in Three Leagues

Rutgers, loser in last 15 contests against Big Ten Conference opponents, might need to visit its archives and bring Dick Vitale back as a recruiter. The Scarlet Knights have fallen on hard times and are the nation's only NCAA Division I school not to have an all-conference choice in the previous nine seasons. Vitale helped lure diploma-less coach Eddie Jordan to Piscataway before the Scarlet Knights reached the 1976 Final Four.

Rutgers, failing to secure an all-league choice since Quincy Douby in 2005-06, has been blanked in three different alliances during the dry spell. The Knights' arrival gives the Big Ten Conference additional Nebraska/Northwestern/Penn State mediocrity - a famine-relief trio combining for three NCAA playoff victories in the previous 60 years (all by Nittany Lions).

Five struggling schools - Louisiana-Monroe (Sun Belt), Pepperdine (WCC), Sacramento State (Big Sky), Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley) and Texas Tech (Big 12) - left this dubious category in 2013-14. Rutgers, eliminated by Louisville by 61 points in the AAC Tournament two seasons ago, is joined by DePaul and Samford on the following list of schools enduring honor droughts having no all-league picks at least the past seven seasons:

School	Conference(s)	Last All-League Selection
DePaul	Big East	Sr. G Draelon Burns in 2007-08 (2nd team)
Rutgers	Big East/American Athletic/Big Ten	Jr. G Quincy Douby in 2005-06 (1st team)
Samford	Ohio Valley	Sr. C Travis Peterson in 2007-08 (2nd team)