define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); 247sports – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:56:21 +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 Sizing Up the Future: A Glance at Next Year’s ACC Recruiting Classes http://rushthecourt.net/2014/04/03/sizing-up-the-future-a-glance-at-next-years-acc-recruiting-classes/ http://rushthecourt.net/2014/04/03/sizing-up-the-future-a-glance-at-next-years-acc-recruiting-classes/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:01:18 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=103957

While the ACC took a beating in its reputation over the course of the season, the league ended up with four very good teams (regardless of their early exits in the NCAA Tournament) that all spent some time in the Top 25. The league was top-heavy with a clear upper quadrant this year, but that didn’t stop the bottom from occasionally feeding on the weaknesses of some of the top teams, as Wake Forest beat Duke, Boston College and Georgia Tech beat Syracuse, and UNC lost to Wake and Miami. The ACC has traditionally run through Tobacco Road, but with the inclusion of powerhouses Syracuse [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2014/04/03/sizing-up-the-future-a-glance-at-next-years-acc-recruiting-classes/feed/ 0 Amile Jefferson Channels His Inner Zoubek http://rushthecourt.net/2014/02/04/amile-jefferson-channels-his-inner-zoubek/ http://rushthecourt.net/2014/02/04/amile-jefferson-channels-his-inner-zoubek/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:21:00 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=102928

He knew he had it within him all along. The skinny 6’9” “power” forward from Philadelphia had always played with an infectious sense of energy — the quintessential ‘hype man’ for Duke. But in Amile Jefferson’s freshman season, he primarily logged spot duty minutes at a clip of about 13 minutes per game. Stuck behind senior frontcourt leaders Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee, Jefferson struggled to get into a groove and find a defined role in Duke’s system. Coming into this year, the 2012 McDonald’s All-American made it his business to add weight to his frame so he could take [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2014/02/04/amile-jefferson-channels-his-inner-zoubek/feed/ 0