define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); rtc impact players – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Wrap-Up http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/08/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-wrap-up/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/08/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-wrap-up/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:02:32 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12484

Over the course of the last ten weeks we’ve broken down sixty players from around the country whom we expect will have the biggest impact on college basketball this season.  We performed this exercise geographically, choosing five high-major and one mid-major player from each of the somewhat arbitrary ten regions of the country.  If you’d like to read through the individual regions (and we highly encourage that), you can check all ten here.

If you don’t have the time or inclination to read through all of the previous posts, we’ll summarize here for you by [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/08/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-wrap-up/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Northwest Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/03/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-northwest-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/03/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-northwest-region/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12168

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South, Mid-South, Lower Midwest, Upper Midwest, Mountains and Southwest) are located here.

It’s time for the tenth and final installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of cool, wet Pacific states known as the Northwest Region.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/03/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-northwest-region/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Southwest Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/30/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-southwest-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/30/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-southwest-region/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:28:24 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12166

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South, Mid-South, Lower Midwest, Upper Midwest and Mountains) are located here.

It’s time for the ninth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of hot, dry, desert-y states known as the Southwest Region.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/30/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-southwest-region/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Mountain Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/27/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mountain-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/27/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mountain-region/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:48:19 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11816

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South, Mid-South, Lower Midwest and Upper Midwest) are located here.

It’s time for the eighth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of somewhat forgotten states that have lots of land but relatively few players that we’re calling the Mountain Region.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/27/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mountain-region/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players: Upper Midwest Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-upper-midwest-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-upper-midwest-region/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:37 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11792

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South, Mid-South and Lower Midwest) are located here.

It’s time for the seventh installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of very cold, very northern states that we’re calling the Upper Midwest.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-upper-midwest-region/feed/ 2 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players: Lower Midwest Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/13/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-lower-midwest-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/13/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-lower-midwest-region/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:29:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11485

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South and Mid-South) are located here.

It’s time for the sixth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of rust belt and farming states that we like to call the Lower Midwest.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/13/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-lower-midwest-region/feed/ 2 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players: Mid-South Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/07/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-south-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/07/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-south-region/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:05:20 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11481

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South and Deep South) are located here.

It’s time for the fifth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of landlocked states that produce some really good basketball players – the Mid-South.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/10/07/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-south-region/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players: Deep South http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/29/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-deep-south/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/29/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-deep-south/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:44:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11350

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Atlantic South) are located here.

It’s time for the fourth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of states bordering the Gulf of Mexico known as the Deep South region.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good players in every [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/29/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-deep-south/feed/ 0 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – South Atlantic Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-south-atlantic-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-south-atlantic-region/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:21:58 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11281

Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast and Mid-Atlantic) are located here.

Here we are with the third installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the ridiculously loaded South Atlantic region.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good players in every region of the country that it’s difficult to narrow [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/21/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-south-atlantic-region/feed/ 5 RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Mid-Atlantic Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/09/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-atlantic-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/09/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-atlantic-region/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:08:31 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11206

Last week we took a look at the five impact players in the Northeast Region, so now we’re ready for the second installment of our ten-week RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series.   Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season.  Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good players in every region of the country that it’s difficult to narrow them down to only five  in each – [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/09/rtc-2009-10-impact-players-mid-atlantic-region/feed/ 7 RTC’s 2009-10 Impact Players – Northeast Region http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/02/rtcs-2009-10-impact-players-northeast-region/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/02/rtcs-2009-10-impact-players-northeast-region/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:14:32 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11138

Yesterday the calendar moved into September and we’re all foaming at the mouth around here to get started on the 2009-10 season preview materials, but we realize it doesn’t make much sense to start really gearing up on that until October.  Nevertheless, one feature we want to start that we’ll be publishing weekly all the way up to the start of the season is our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series.   Each week we’re going to pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/09/02/rtcs-2009-10-impact-players-northeast-region/feed/ 8