Quote:The Hall of Fame coach started her post-practice interview with a small group of reporters by offering comments critical of her team's seeding, blasting the NCAA Tournament selection committee for sending Rutgers to Connecticut to face its instate rival and perhaps meet its longtime nemesis on the Huskies' home floor.

She then was asked about the proposal presented by state Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex), who formally called on administrators from Rutgers and Seton Hall to work together to stage a doubleheader involving their men's and women's basketball programs on Wednesday afternoon.

"You know what I think would be great for Jersey basketball? Why don't we get a $50 million god darn arena? How's that?'' Stringer said. "That's what I think would be real great. Because you try recruiting to this. Have you gone to the other facilities? Come on, people. Let's get involved in the things we need to do.

"And I'll play everybody, anybody, whenever they get ready. I need a facility so that we can attract the same kinds of kids that everybody else does. I'm sitting up here and I walk into that facility at Ohio State — are you kidding me? It's the most incredible thing there is.

"We gotta do more than just talking. We gotta do something about this. NJIT, how much are they spending on a facility? Please.''

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She's right. RAC is an embarrassment. I'd love a first class arena in downtown New Brunswick. Some kind of public-private partnership involving DEVCO and a company buying naming rights would help. The arena could host RU sports and various entertainment events for the New Brunswick community.