an All-Big Ten honorable mention and a Third Team All-Met selection. Baker missed three games in January 2020 with a thumb injury. On January 25, 2020, in his junior season, Baker made a game-winning three-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining to help defeat Nebraska, 75–72. On February 9, he scored a season-high 25 points, 23 of which came after halftime, along with six rebounds and five assists in a 77–73 overtime victory over Northwestern. As a junior, Baker averaged 10.9 points, 3.5 assists and three rebounds per game, earning Third Team All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches and First Team All-Met. In Baker's senior season debut on November 25, 2020, he sprained his ankle in a win over Sacred Heart and was ruled out for several games. Baker was named to the Third Team All-Big Ten by the coaches. Post Playing Career In May 2022, Baker announced that he was retiring from basketball to work on a full time NFT Technology project with another former Rutgers athlete Eric LeGrand. The project, called "Knight Society" aims to connect Rutgers alumni, students, and athletes. In an interview with NJ.com, Baker that "It wasn't a quick decision...This was something I thought about for a while. I found a new passion, and one thing that COVID taught me is, you do what you love." Career statistics College |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Rutgers | 33 || 29 || 31.6 || .380 || .361 || .785 || 2.2 || 2.6 || 1.1 || .4 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Rutgers | 31 || 30 || 34.0 || .354 || .341 || .741 || 3.1 || 4.1 || 1.6 || .5 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| Rutgers | 28 || 19 || 28.9 || .399 || .280 || .772 || 3.0 || 3.5 || 1.1 || .6 || 10.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;"| Rutgers | 25 || 22 || 31.2 || .409 || .303 || .750 || 3.1 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .4 || 10.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 117 || 100 || 31.5 || .383 || .325 || .762 || 2.8 || 3.3 || 1.3 || .5 || 11.1 Personal life Baker's mother, Irene, was the women's basketball team captain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1990s. His father, who Baker does not have a close relationship with, played professional