You won’t find many college basketball fans or analysts who are willing to put up an argument against Duke’s Cooper Flagg as the best freshman in the country. However, if they do, it’s likely that the player they’ll name as opposition to Flagg plays for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

As Rutgers attempted to mount a comeback against No. 8 Michigan State in the second half of Saturday’s matchup at Madison Square Garden, it did so without one of its best players. Five-star freshman Dylan Harper played just 13 minutes during the Scarlet Knights’ 81-74 loss to the Spartans,