Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our sixth of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, Pac-12 microsite columnist Andrew Murawa (@amurawa) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 12 teams of the Pac-12. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

You can find the entire series of 2014-15 Preseason Conference Podblasts here.

Make sure to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us through Twitter or email — we’re listening.

• 0:00-10:37 – Arizona
• 10:37-16:36 – Searching for a Second Team
• 16:36-23:39 – Potential Surprises and Disappointments
• 23:39-26:47 – Player of the Year and Breakout Players
• 26:47-28:26 – Worst Team in the League
• 28:26-30:41 – Randy’s New Favorite Team
• 30:41-33:44 – Bold Predictions

Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our fifth of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, Big 12 microsite columnist Brian Goodman (@bsgoodman) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 10 teams of the Big 12. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

You can find the entire series of 2014-15 Preseason Conference Podblasts here.

Make sure to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us through Twitter or email — we’re listening.

• 0:00-8:46 – Kansas Yet Again the Favorite
• 8:46-13:17 – Big 12 Best of the Rest
• 13:17-16:55 – Big 12 Surprise Teams
• 16:55-18:48 – Potential Underachievers
• 18:48-23:00 – Randy’s Favorite Team
• 23:00- 27:05 – First Team All-Big 12 discussion
• 27:05-28:18 – Under the Radar Players
• 28:18-33:30 – Bold Predictions & NCAA Tournament Predictions

Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our fourth of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, RTC columnist Brian Otskey (@botskey) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 10 teams of the Big East. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

Also remember to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us at any time — we’re listening.

• 0:00-6:18 – Villanova
• 6:18-12:09 – Search for a Second Team
• 12:09-17:05 – Surprise Teams
• 17:05-23:45 – Randy’s New Favorite Team Nominees
• 23:45-26:28 – Top Players in the Big East
• 26:28-29:46 – Predictions for the Conference

Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our third of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, Big Ten microsite columnist Deepak Jayanti (@dee_b1g) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 14 teams of the Big Ten. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

Also remember to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us at any time — we’re listening.

Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our second of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, ACC microsite columnist Matt Patton (@rise_and_fire) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 15 teams of the ACC. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

Make sure to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us through Twitter or email — we’re listening.

• 0:00 – 7:57 – Figuring the Top of the ACC
• 7:58 – 15:20 – National Prospects of Duke, UNC, Louisville, Virginia and Syracuse
• 15:21 – 21:22 – Middle of the Pack Teams
• 21:23 – 26:35  – Picking Randy’s New Favorite Team
• 26:36 – 32:45  – How Good is Jahlil Okafor?
• 32:46 – 35:58  – Preseason ACC POY/Surprise Players
• 35:59 – 39:35 – Bold Prediction/Wrap

Welcome to conference preview season. In this, our first of eight conference preview RTC Podblasts that we’ll be rolling out before the dawn of the season, AAC microsite columnist Mike Lemaire (@mike_lemaire) joins us to discuss the key storylines, teams and players to watch among the 11 teams of the American. As always, Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosts the podblast, and the full rundown of topics is below. Make sure to tweet at us (@rushthecourt) if you have any opinion on which team should be the gang’s new favorite heading into the 2014-15 season.

Make sure to add the RTC Podcast to your iTunes lineup so that you’ll automatically upload it on your listening device after we record. And don’t forget to check out our 2014-15 Preseason Storylines Podcast, and feel free to contact us through Twitter or email — we’re listening.

• 0:00 – 6:37 – UConn as Defending Champ
• 6:37 – 10:24 – SMU as a Contender
• 10:24 – 15:14 – Best of the Rest
• 15:14 – 19:00 – Ryan Boatright and the Battle for Best Player
• 19:00 – 20:40 – Other 1st team All-AAC Discussion
• 20:40 – 28:46 – Coaching Newcomers
• 28:46 – 33:35 – Randy’s New Favorite Team
• 33:35 – 36:05 – Bold Predictions

Three weeks until games start for real and it’s time to dig into the upcoming college basketball season. The RTC Podcast is back in earnest, with Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114) hosting, and the guys spend nearly an hour discussing the key storylines on teams, players and the game as a whole for the upcoming year. There’s also a brief introductory interlude on the shenanigans that went on in Chapel Hill for the better part of a generation, but the majority of this podcast puts that aside and looks forward. The complete rundown is below, so feel free to bounce around as needed to get the spots you’re most interested in, and make sure to listen toward the end to win a free RTC t-shirt if you can get the right answer to the question we posed. Over the coming weeks we’ll be releasing conference preview podblasts for each of the seven major leagues as well as the Other 26, so keep an ear out for those as well.

Also, if you’re new to the RTC Podcast or simply need to refresh your subscription on iTunes, don’t hesitate: every episode can be found here!

• 0:00-9:40 – UNC Scandal: What It Means
• 9:40-15:20 – The Biggest 2014-15 Storyline
• 15:20-29:45 – Championship Level Tier
• 29:45-37:35 – Teams Whose Postseason Performance is Affecting Their Preseason Projection
• 37:35-39:32 – Best Conference Discussion
• 39:32-44:15 – Players We’re Excited For
• 44:15-53:27 – Preseason Picks We Want To Own/Wrap-up

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back… We are only 30 days from the start of college basketball games, 24 hours from ESPN’s mega-Midnight Madness coverage, and a handful of minutes from Shane’s next dose of Xanax. The RTC Podcast has returned for Season Three: The Immutables, and we’re kicking things off this glorious mid-October week with a warm-up edition — a little bite-sized something that reviews some of the top storylines and themes coming out of a really quiet offseason. Note that this isn’t really a preview episode — that, among many others, will release in the coming weeks — but this podcast, hosted by Shane Connolly (@sconnolly114), is meant to ease us into the season with plenty more to come. The full rundown is below, and remember, you can subscribe to every episode on iTunes with a simple click of a button.

• 0:00 – 2:20 – An In Person Podcast/Summer Blur
• 2:21 – 7:20 – A Few Headlines From a Quiet Offseason
• 7:21 – 10:41 – SMU/Emmanuel Mudiay
• 10:42 – 15:14 – Kentucky Returnees
• 15:15 – 24:02 – Coming & Goings: Wisconsin/Michigan/UCLA
• 24:03 – 32:30 – Coaching Carousel: Who Didn’t Move (Calipari/Ollie/Hoiberg)
• 32:31 – close – What’s Coming at RTC/Wrap

After nearly six months of basketball, from practice to the podium, the 75th and final RTC Podcast of the 2013-14 season is here. It’s been quite a run, filled with analysis, wild predictions, #cheerfortheears, more analysis, numerous fantastic guests, a bunch of informative correspondents, and even a few t-shirts thrown in. While we exhausted ourselves in some respects by plowing through at least a couple pods per week, we feel like it was well worth the time and energy, and we certainly appreciate all of the listeners that tuned in along the way. For the offseason, we expect to check in at least once every few weeks, depending on when there are enough things to talk about, but we’ll definitely be back when the NBA Draft deadline has passed. In this week’s podcast, we break down the National Championship game, consider UConn’s future and talk about some of our memories from the preceding season. The full rundown is below. Give it a listen.

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• 0:00-22:01 – Breaking Down UConn Capturing Championship #4
• 22:01-26:10 – Shabazz Podium Comments
• 26:10-31:09 – UConn’s Place Among The Elite Programs
• 31:09-35:11 – A Brief Conference Realignment Interlude
• 35:11-37:28 – UConn in the AS (After Shabazz) Years
• 37:28-44:20 –  Future of John Calipari
• 44:20-49:13 – Derrick Gordon Comes Out
• 49:13-56:29 – Evaulating the 2013-14 College Basketball Season

It’s here. For the better part of five months, teams around the country have worked their tails off to prepare for and compete in the NCAA Tournament. Sixty-eight hopefuls were invited three weeks ago; only two remain standing today. It’s all about getting a chance to play on Monday night, and Kentucky and Connecticut, two of the top basketball programs in America for decades running, have earned the right to compete on that stage. In this week’s RTC Podcast, the guys reflect on the Final Four games — what went right, what went wrong — for each of the four teams, take an aside to investigate the final outcome of #cheerfortheears, and break down the National Championship that will played in Arlington, Texas, later tonight. It’s a long but worthwhile listen this week, and we hope, as always, that you’ll join us.

• 0:00-15:17 – Kentucky Wins Another Thriller
• 15:17-28:53 – UConn Hands Florida Another Loss
• 28:53-32:40 – #CheerForTheEars
• 32:40-37:42 – Postgame Reactions From the Winners And Losers
• 37:42-46:23 – What a Win Means For Each Program’s History
• 46:23-1:07:51 – Championship Game Preview