Dylan Harper tried to play through an ankle sprain in Rutgers basketball's last two games, and the result was bad for all parties: The Scarlet Knights lost, and the star point guard wasn't able to heal properly.

EVANSTON, Ill. — With every successive shot that he made, each more absurd than the other, Ace Bailey would turn to the stunned crowd at Welsh-Ryan Arena with a smile, a word, a point, a celebration — sometimes, all at once.