Rutgers Women's Basketball Facilities & Directions
Jersey Mikes Arena
Jersey Mike’s Arena is home to nationally-recognized programs in men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball, in addition to future concerts and events.
Opened in 1977, the iconic venue was renamed Jersey Mike’s Arena in a landmark partnership between the State University of New Jersey and the Garden State-born fast-casual sub sandwich franchise. Founded in 1956 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Jersey Mike’s has grown to over 2,000 locations nationwide.
Jersey Mike’s Arena provides one of the greatest atmospheres in the nation to watch college basketball. The fans are right on top of the action. It's also the perfect-sized venue to see a game. This 8,000 seat arena has been dubbed, “louder than a 757 from nearby Newark.” Jersey Mike’s Arena is definitely one of the toughest college basketball arenas in the nation for opponents.
Rutgers men’s basketball set a program record with 18 home wins, which was the most home wins in the nation during the 2019-20 season. During the stretch, RU sold out a then-record 10 men's basketball home games, including nine straight sell-outs to finish the season.
The arena also served as the home of the NBA’s New Jersey Nets from 1977 until 1981, when the Brendan Byrne Arena opened at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
The Grateful Dead played at the venue on May 15, 1981 and are one of numerous musical groups to jam in Piscataway. The Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, Cheap Trick, Supertramp, Steve Winwood, Styx and R.E.M. have also performed within its confines.
Since 2014, Jersey Mike’s Arena has served as home to the Rutgers University Dance Marathon. More than 1,700 dancers and nearly 300 volunteers raised more than $1 million for Embrace Kids Foundation at the event in 2017.
Jersey Mike’s Arena hosted the 2017 Big Ten Gymnastics Championships. The event utilized a podium setup for the first time in the meet's history. In 2020, the Big Ten Wrestling Championships came to Jersey Mike’s Arena, selling out the venue.
RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center
The RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center at Rutgers University signals a partnership between Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health to create a comprehensive sports medicine program to serve Rutgers athletes, students and communities throughout New Jersey. Through this partnership, RWJBarnabas Health will become the exclusive health care provider for Rutgers Athletics, while creating a best-in-class sports medicine program that can be expanded across the state.
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi and RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Barry H. Ostrowsky joined university, RWJBarnabas Health, state and community officials to break ground on the 295,000-square-foot, four-story sports facility and parking deck located adjacent to the Rutgers Athletics Center on Nov. 1, 2016. The RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center also will be the headquarters for a world-class sports medicine program. RWJBarnabas Health will develop and manage the program, which will provide Rutgers' 625 NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletes with an extensive array of health care services and pursue advances in sports medicine.
The RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center, which opened in September of 2019, was built on the site of the existing parking lot southwest of the RAC and northwest of the Rutgers Business School. The RWJBarnabas Health sports medicine program will be comprised of athletic trainers, physical therapists, sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons, sports psychologists, psychiatrists and other behavioral health specialists, sports performance specialists and nutritional experts.
The RWJBarnabas Health sports medicine center will be accessible to the entire Rutgers community and the public, in addition to Rutgers athletes.
In addition to the sports medicine center, the building will provide a state-of-the-art practice facility for men's and women's basketball, wrestling and gymnastics.
The sports medicine program also will aim to advance academic opportunities in sports-medicine fields. Affiliated physicians and practitioners will be able to hone sports medicine skills in a Big Ten practice setting, whether in the renovated Hale Center, RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center or on the sidelines at athletics practices and games.