define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); award – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:06:23 +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 Award Tour: Freshman Marcus Smart Makes His Case and a New No. 1 Player http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/23/award-tour-freshman-marcus-smart-makes-his-case-and-a-new-no-1-player/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/23/award-tour-freshman-marcus-smart-makes-his-case-and-a-new-no-1-player/#respond Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:35:19 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=80523

David Cassilo is an RTC columnist who also writes about college basketball for SLAM magazine. You can follow him at @dcassilo.

I got a chance to go to the Legends Classic on Monday with the opportunity to see what was supposed to be the nation’s top team (Indiana) and top player (Cody Zeller). I left with one certain conclusion: I saw neither. It’s not to say that they won’t claim those titles by season’s end, but now is not the time to give them those honors. But that’s just the theme across college basketball right now. A dominant team or player [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/23/award-tour-freshman-marcus-smart-makes-his-case-and-a-new-no-1-player/feed/ 0 Washington Week: Evaluating The Recent Past http://rushthecourt.net/2012/07/09/washington-week-evaluating-the-recent-past/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/07/09/washington-week-evaluating-the-recent-past/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:34:26 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=71908

Despite winning the regular season Pac-12 title, a conference Coach of the Year award, and a run to the Final Four of the NIT, 2011-12 was considered a mediocre year by many in Seattle. That’s what happens when you make three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances coming into last season. Between the 2008-09 and the 2010-11 seasons, Washington posted a combined 76-30 record, with 11 of those 30 losses coming against teams ranked in the Top 25. Last season was a rollercoaster ride with too many “downs” for the selection committee’s liking, even if there were a lot of “ups” to go [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/07/09/washington-week-evaluating-the-recent-past/feed/ 0