On Wednesday evening, Rutgers — and its star duo of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey —saw their toughest test yet in No. 9 Alabama. Led by veteran guard Mark Sears, big man Grant Nelson and a host of other talent,

Ace Bailey produced good numbers for Rutgers but his efforts weren't enough, as the Scarlet Knights lost to No.

One argument against it is the fact that no team has made the Final Four with two freshmen as its leading scorers since Kentucky in 2014. (Shouts to Julius Randle and James Young!) Obviously, Duke is trying to snap that trend this season with a team led by five-star freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel.

Rutgers has been in the spotlight early this season with an uncommonly impressive recruiting class and our first look at top-tier prospect Ace Bailey offered a

Rutgers freshman stars Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey combined to score 59 points in Wednesday's loss to Alabama, a performance that had Tide coach Nate Oats calling them "two of the most talented players,

Star freshman Dylan Harper put on a show in Las Vegas as Rutgers pushed the Alabama Crimson Tide to their limit on Wednesday night