Rutgers and Maryland both joined the Big Ten Conference in 2014. It’s only natural that both schools want to get the better of one another as the ‘newbies’ in the historic conference.

During the winter season, Rutgers Basketball features their best season since they last made the NCAA Tournament in 1991, including a Top 25 ranking during the year. Maryland is not having any of that chatter.

The Terrapins, a perennial basketball contender in the Big Ten tried to put the Scarlet Knights in their place on Twitter.

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Opponents shoot 7% worse when entering the @TrapezoidTerror pic.twitter.com/YjPzu9oqxr — Rutgers Scarlet Knights (@RUAthletics) February 11, 2020

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As you can see, Rutgers did not hold back in their response as the two schools compared basketball home court advantages.

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We keep the good ones. https://t.co/HnnWGKIQWQ pic.twitter.com/aqynFM2clI — Rutgers Scarlet Knights (@RUAthletics) February 11, 2020

But wait, there’s more. The official New Jersey Twitter account, one that’s been very sly about responses and tweets lately, got in on the fun.

jersey kids don’t want crabs https://t.co/l3bBrUuLCJ — New Jersey ?? (@NJGov) February 11, 2020

Either someone wants crabs or great pizza and bagels. Frankly, you can’t go wrong either way.

On the 2019-20 season, Rutgers is 17-7 (8-5 in the Big Ten) and looks to be on their way to their first NCAA Tournament berth in nearly 30 years. Head coach Steve Pikiell has the Scarlet Knights exceeded expectations and sport an undefeated record at home.

Maryland, like clockwork, leads the Big Ten at 19-4 (9-3 in the Big Ten) and ranks No. 9 overall in the country. A conference title threat and a possible Elite Eight or Final Four threat, the Terrapins defeated the Scarlet Knights in their lone matchup this season 56-51 in College Park.

Rutgers and Maryland play each other one more time in basketball on March 3rd in Piscataway and that game could affect Big Ten Tournament seeding as Maryland looks to hang onto a top seed while Rutgers tries to finish in the top four and get two byes right into the quarterfinals for the first time in school history.