From the corner of the tiny Rutgers locker room at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the team’s two star freshmen were sitting practically shoulder to shoulder when they were asked each of them a natural question after the end of a disappointing season.

Rutgers basketball freshmen duo Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper have no regrets about their time with the Scarlet Knights.

Dylan Harper sat down in the corner of Rutgers men’s basketball’s locker room at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with a towel over his head. The five-star freshman guard likely just played his last game as a Scarlet Knight — and of his collegiate career — after his team lost 97-89 to USC in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.

With Rutgers' loss to USC in the first round of the 2025 Big 10 tournament, the collegiate careers of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey have presumably come to a close. As two of the top prospects of the 2025 NBA Draft, Harper and Bailey have yet to make an official announcement but are expected to declare in the coming weeks.

When it comes to basketball — or even athletic greatness — there are no seals of approval that could possibly carry more weight with a player, with the exception of Michael Jordan.

Rutgers star freshman Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey likely played their last games at Jersey Mike's Arena on Sunday afternoon.

Madness frequently serves as a forum for high-profile NBA talents to showcase themselves on the sport's biggest stage. But this year might be even better than in year's past. Projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg — the anchor for a likely No.

Despite being spearheaded by lottery-bound talents Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, the No. 11 Scarlet Knights fell to No. 14 USC, 97-89 in double overtime on Wednesday, in the first round of the Big 10 Conference championship tournament.