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That’s Debatable: Surging Team With Best Long-Term Prospects?

WCarey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:59 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the rest of the season. Feel free to leave your takes below in the comments section.

This Week’s Topic: There are a number of teams trending up — Notre Dame, Florida, Pittsburgh, St. Mary’s, Florida State, Iowa State, etc. Among these and other non-elite teams, which one do you think has the best long-term prospects this season?

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Andrew Murawa, Pac-12/MW Correspondent & Pac-12 Microsite Writer

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That’s Debatable: May Madness?

WCarey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:35:16 +0000

This week’s topic: Last weekend Dan Wolken of The Daily wrote an article suggesting that college basketball should move its season forward to the spring semester so as to not compete with football. Is this a good idea? Bad idea? Why?

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Patrick Prendergast, Big East Microsite Writer

All the article does [...]

That’s Debatable: How Will Murray State’s Season Finish?

WCarey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:23:22 +0000

This Week’s Topic: With Syracuse’s loss last Saturday, Murray State is the last unbeaten team. How do you see the rest of the Racers’ season playing out?

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Kenny Ocker, Correspondent

I honestly think Murray State is going to go undefeated until the NCAA Tournament. Morehead State doesn’t have a return trip [...]

That’s Debatable: Which Player Has Been the Biggest Surprise?

WCarey — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:16:20 +0000

This Week’s Topic: Through the first half of the season, which player has been the biggest surprise?

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Walker Carey, Correspondent

With Kemba Walker leaving Connecticut early for the NBA Draft, I knew someone on the Huskies was going to need to step up to complement Jeremy Lamb. I thought that [...]

That’s Debatable: Most Exciting Conference Race

rtmsf — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:46:50 +0000

This Week’s Topic: With conference play heating up, what conference race are you most excited about this year and why?

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Danny Spewak, Big 12 Microsite Correspondent

A one-bid conference since 2007, the Missouri Valley may finally regain its status this winter as college basketball’s [...]

That’s Debatable: NCAA First Weekend

rtmsf — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:59:45 +0000

As we head into the Sweet Sixteen round, let’s take a look back at some of the key questions and moments of the first two, er, three rounds…

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RTC Take: It was more interesting than it was the last nine years when it only involved two #16 seeds, but the only way to make it truly compelling is to pick teams with a little more national oomph than USC, VCU, UAB and Clemson.

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RTC Take: The fouls at the end of Butler/Pitt offset each other and the two no-calls appeared [...]

That’s Debatable: Small Conference Tourneys

rtmsf — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:56:56 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: Many of the small conferences are starting their tournaments this week. Which one do you find the most compelling in terms of the possibility of upsets and/or creating chaos for the NCAA Selection Committee [...]

That’s Debatable: BracketBust?

rtmsf — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:09:29 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: It’s BracketBuster weekend on ESPN and its family of networks. What seemed like a great idea when it originated a few years ago has gotten stale with so few games actually seeming to impact [...]

That’s Debatable: Home Stretch

rtmsf — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:43:41 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: We’re heading into the home stretch of the season, merely five weeks and change from Selection Sunday. We have a pretty good idea about the contenders and pretenders this season, but give us one [...]

That’s Debatable: Huge Road Wins

rtmsf — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:34:40 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: Let’s talk road wins. Last week Texas defeated Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse, while Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh in its own house. Those two home teams basically [...]

That’s Debatable: Most Compelling Conference Race

rtmsf — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:19:05 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: We’re a couple of weeks into conference play and early results are in on some of the contenders and pretenders. Which conference race have you found the most compelling so far and why?

That’s Debatable: Considering NCAA Consistency

rtmsf — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:17:44 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: The NCAA has taken a lot of flak in the last week for its seeming inconsistency in recent rulings involving Cam Newton, the Ohio State football players and Enes Kanter, among others. Give us [...]

That’s Debatable: Mid-Season Awards

rtmsf — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:57:49 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: Unbelievably, we’re already halfway through the regular season. Who are your mid-season award winners for POY, COY and FrOY, and who is your surprise team for the second half of the season?

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That’s Debatable: New Year’s Resolutions

rtmsf — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:00:07 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: You have one New Year’s resolution to make and you can choose it on behalf of any figure in the world of college basketball. What is that resolution and who is it for?

That’s Debatable: Santa’s Wish List

rtmsf — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:59:06 +0000

That’s Debatable is back for another year of expert opinions, ridiculous assertions and general know-it-all-itude. Remember, kids, there are no stupid answers, just stupid people. We’ll try to do one of these each week during the season. We’re fairly discerning around here, but if you want to be included, send us an email with your take telling us why at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

This Week’s Topic: Santa is stopping by your house this week, and he’s bringing you one thing that you really want this college basketball season [...]