NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – The days of just family and friends attending New Jersey Institute of Technology basketball games are over, at least for now.
And the timing for the Highlanders to become one of the hottest names in college hoops couldn’t be better for the school as it fights to find a conference.
NJIT is seeing gear sales and attendance spike after their team that pulled off a stunning upset of No. 17 Michigan on the road last week.
Students at the school known for engineering packed NJIT’s Fleisher Center on Tuesday night for a game against St. Francis, N.Y. It was the largest crowd for a basketball game in school history.
Just the latest in a whirlwind response from all over the country.