When You’re 0-108, It’s Time to Quit
Associated Press
CAMDEN, N.J. —
The losingest team in college basketball history is no more. Rutgers-Camden got rid of the men’s team on Monday after 108 consecutive defeats.
The Division III Pioneers went 0-24 this season, their fifth losing season in a row. Their last victory came when they beat Ramapo College, 74-73, on Jan. 18, 1992.
“Losing 108 games--I can tell you that is demoralizing,” Provost Walter K. Gordon said. “I think four years is a reasonable amount of time to try to win a game.”
The losing streak thrust the small, urban college into the national spotlight. The previous record for consecutive losses by an NCAA men’s team was 47 consecutive defeats, held by Rutgers-Newark, which went winless from 1983-85.