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RTC Interview: Seth Davis On College Basketball, His New Show, & Fannovation

nvr1983 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:53:12 +0000

Last week, RTC spoke with Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS to talk about a variety of topics on college basketball and a new promotion for Coke Zero. This is not the first time we have spoken with Seth as we interviewed him last March for the launch of his book “When March Went Mad” about the 1979 championship game between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Before the interview officially began, Seth expressed his displeasure about not getting linked every day in the Morning Five. We would give you the transcript of that discussion, but Chinese government regulations prohibit [...]

Checking in on… the Big East

rtmsf — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:03:51 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

It has been a long time since there was a good college basketball team in the NYC metro area. Unless you consider Storrs, CT, in the NYC metro area.

This season was supposed to be different. Seton Hall had added transfers Herb Pope, Jamel Jackson, Jeff Robinson, and Keon Lawrence to a solid core. St. John’s was bringing everyone back, including one of the most underrated players in the league in DJ Kennedy. Rutgers lost Corey Chandler, but with Mike Rosario returning [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #3 – Big East

rtmsf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:43:28 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

Predicted order of finish:

Villanova West Virginia UConn Cincinnati Louisville Georgetown Syracuse Seton Hall Pittsburgh Notre Dame Marquette South Florida Rutgers Providence St. John’s DePaul

Preseason Awards.

Player of the Year. Luke Harangody, Notre Dame Newcomer of the Year. Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Breakout Player of the Year. Kemba Walker, UConn

All-Conference First Team.

Kemba Walker, UConn Scottie Reynolds, Villanova Devin Ebanks, West Virginia Greg Monroe, Georgetown Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

All-Conference Second Team.

Jerome Dyson, UConn Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia Wesley Johnson, Syracuse Lazar Hayward, Marquette

All-Conference Third Team.

Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Corey Fisher, Villanova Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall Stanley Robinson, UConn Samardo Samuels, Louisville

All-Rookie Team.

Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Peyton Siva, Louisville Maalik Wayns, Villanova Dante Taylor, Pitt Mouphtaou Yarou, Villanova

What you need [...]

Where 2009-10 Happens: Reason #11 Why We Love College Basketball

zhayes9 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:01:43 +0000

Shamelessly cribbing from the very clever NBA catch phrase, we here at RTC will present to you the Thirty Reasons We Love College Basketball as we gear up toward the start of the season in about two weeks. We’ll be bringing you players to watch for this season and moments to remember from last season, courtesy of the series of dump trucks, wires and effluvia known as YouTube.

#11- Where Sick Crossovers Happen

Boom Goes the Dynamite: Final 4 Edition

nvr1983 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:14:05 +0000

We’re back for the second to last BGtD of the season and while we’re a bit saddened by that we are looking forward to a pair of great games today. If you’ve been checking our site the past week, you’ve probably seen some of the stuff we have been doing. We have had the best bloggers for the various teams (UConn, UNC, Michigan State, and Villanova) write previews explaining how/why their team will win, our statistical analysis for both the UConn-Michigan State game and the UNC-Villanova game, and our ongoing 64-team era modern NCAA tournament, which is in [...]

Why UConn Will Win…

rtmsf — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:00:50 +0000

As part of our ongoing attempt to bring you the best college basketball coverage anywhere, we enlisted the editors from the finest blogs we could find to write posts explaining why their team will win today.

This submission is from our friends at UConn Blog.

They won’t. Seriously. I’m one of those stick-in-the-mud fans who can’t acknowledge how good their own personal rooting interest is. Everything tells me that UConn is pretty good, and obviously you don’t get to the Final Four without having some talent. But I can’t explain why the Huskies, who [...]

Why Villanova Will Win…

nvr1983 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:11:51 +0000

As part of our ongoing attempt to bring you the best college basketball coverage anywhere, we enlisted the editors from the finest team-specific blogs we could find to write posts explaining why their team will win tomorrow.

Our first submission is brought to you by Pete of LetsGoNova.com.

Make no mistake about it: Villanova is the underdog tomorrow. North Carolina is favored by 7.5 points in Vegas and by 4 points by KenPom (with a 66 percent chance of victory).

More intuitively, common sense tells us the Tarheels are the superior team. North Carolina features five [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: Elite 8 Day Two

rtmsf — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:16:37 +0000

After last night’s fantastic games (especially the Villanova–Pittsburgh game last night–probably the best game I have ever been to), we are hoping that today’s match-ups can equal what we saw last night. One of the more interesting things from the coverage last night (other than the fact that CBS cut to their regularly scheduled programming soon after the game was over according to reports that I have heard) is how little publicity ESPN and other media entities are giving the Scottie Reynolds mad dash to win the game. I’d be interested to hear your perspective on this since [...]

NCAA Preview: Connecticut Huskies

rtmsf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:49 +0000

UConn (# 1, West, Philadelphia pod) Vs. Chattanooga (#16) Thurs., 3/19 at 3 PM Vegas Line: UConn, -20.5

Thanks to Vegas Watch for providing these graphs that measure the moving average of a team’s spread (moving avg.) over time vs. the spread for each individual game (indiv). If a team’s moving average is higher than zero, then Vegas currently has a higher opinion of them than Pomeroy, and vice versa.

General Profile Location: Storrs, CT Conference: Big East, at-large Coach: Jim Calhoun, 553-204 at UConn; 801-341 overall 08-09 Record: 27-4, 15-3 Last 12 Games: 9-3 Best Win: 68-51, at Louisville, Feb. 2 Worst Loss: 74-63, vs. Georgetown, Dec. [...]

Big East Wrapup & Tourney Preview

rtmsf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:27 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference. He will be live-blogging all the action from his executive suite at MSG this week.

Schedule:

Tuesday, March 10th / First Round – Game 1: #9 Cincinnati vs. #16 DePaul – Game 2: #12 Georgetown vs. #13 St. John’s – Game 3: #10 Notre Dame vs. #15 Rutgers – Game 4: #11 Seton Hall vs. #14 South Florida

Wednesday, March 11th / Second Round – Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. #8 Providence – Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. #5 Marquette – Game 7: Game 3 Winner [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: 03.01.09 Edition

nvr1983 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:09:55 +0000

Well it’s finally here. The month of March is upon us. Here at RTC, we’ll be coming up with a ridiculous number of posts (I’m not sure how we will be able to do it with our other “lives”) so be sure to check back throughout the month as we will have posts for conference recaps, our unique bubble watch, frequent bracket updates by our resident bracketologist Zach, our favorite NCAA tournament memories, and the most comprehensive NCAA tournament preview anywhere. Ever.

11:00 AM: Just to set the table for today (and before I run out to [...]

RTC Aftermath: #2 UConn 72, Notre Dame 65

nvr1983 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:28:03 +0000

I’m assuming that most of you got a chance to see this game unlike the last RTC Live when Providence knocked off #1 Pittsburgh. As a result this RTC Aftermath will not be quite as extensive as our first edition, but what we lack in length we will make up for in quality.

This was my first trip to Storrs, Connecticut and I have to say that I was surprised at how small the town is. I’m not sure if I missed the town center coming off of I-84, but it’s easily the smallest town for any [...]

RTC Live: Notre Dame at #2 UConn – Saturday 2 PM ET

nvr1983 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:41:50 +0000

RTC Live – ND at UConn

We’re following up Tuesday Night’s RTC Live where Providence knocked off #1 Pittsburgh leading to the first RTC Aftermath with a trip to Storrs, Connecticut, where Notre Dame will attempt to knock off UConn. While the game is significant for the Huskies (a win would mean they would go back to #1), it is enormous for the Fighting Irish. Mike Brey‘s squad remains on the bubble despite winning 4 of their last 5 games (including a 33-point annihilation of a very good Louisville team that played very poorly) after [...]

ATB: Marquette’s Dominic James Out For the Season

rtmsf — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:18:21 +0000

RTC Intern Mike Lemaire contributed to tonight’s ATB.

Marquette Loses Their Heart & Soul. Connecticut 93, Marquette 82. Marquette announced at halftime that their senior leader and heart/soul of the team, PG Dominic James, had broken the fifth metatarsal in his left foot and will not play again this season. He hurt it on a seemingly innocuous play just four minutes into the first half, but the x-rays don’t lie, and this is a potentially devastating blow to the Golden Eagles as we approach the postseason. James had re-invented his game this year, becoming less [...]

Game Night: Pittsburgh at UConn

nvr1983 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:53:48 +0000

Obviously, the big game tonight is #4 Pittsburgh (23-2) at #1 UConn (24-1). We were unable to obtain a media credential for this game, but in our quest to provide you with the best college basketball coverage anywhere (that doesn’t require any broadcast equipment) we’ll be covering the big game from the RTC penthouse in Boston.

Preview I’ll keep this short since there are already a ton of experts out there who have offered their thoughts on this game. Although I believe the news that Jerome Dyson is out for the season is a big deal long-term for [...]