NCAA Worst: N.J.I.T Looks To Rise From The Depths Of College Basketball

Posted by Ari Kramer on September-16-2009 Add Comments

Remember when ESPN quoted New Jersey's Science & Technology University's (N.J.I.T.) Jheryl Wilson saying: "We hit rock bottom. We can only go up?" You probably don't because the Highlanders were even more irrelevant on Feb.17, 2008 than Adam Morrison has been since leaving Gonzaga.

In case you missed or forgot what happened to N.J.I.T. in 2007-08, let me fill you in: the Highlanders became the seventh team to go winless for an entire season. It also took them 19 games to finally emerge as victors the following season.

Two years removed, Wilson's words have the potential to prove true. The bulk of N.J.I.T.'s production will return and a six man recruiting class will add to Coach Jim Engles' options.

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