Rushdan one of game’s most exciting players

Columns / Blogs Thursday, January 28th, 2010

If you go by the literature of the game, point guards are supposed to be generals on the floor, commanders of a basketball battlefield as they bark out orders, direct teammates into position to attack and keep order in retreat.

They lead from the back — or in their case, the backcourt.

Khadijah Rushdan tries; she really does. But perhaps channeling the likes of William Wallace or George Patton, Rutgers’ point guard seems to operate under the philosophy that the best way to lead is to get there first and leave only when the job is done. What more often than not transpires as a result is a big reason why, as the smoke (and in some cases, mirrors) clears on the nonconference season, Rutgers once again occupies advantageous territory in the Big East standings.

Full story: Graham Hays