Wrong. Both would have made the NCAA tournament last year and Rutgers has the largest following in the largest media market in the country.
You just have no idea what you are talking about. It was a grand slam money wise for the B1G to admit these two schools. It was about getting the B1G Network on the cable carriers in NY,NJ,DC, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Also, the research money dwarfs football money.
You appear to be speaking about basketball, which is considered a spring sport. The article is about football, which was being discussed. Stick to the topic, no one is interested in you shoehorning information on research grants.