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Pac-12 Power Rankings: Week Six

Connor Pelton — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:08:48 +0000

Here’s a look at the power rankings that Drew and I have compiled after the sixth week of Pac-12 games. Here we go!

1. Stanford, 9-1: Stanford took care of business in their only game of the week, a 20-point drubbing of a mediocre San Diego club. The Cardinal defense has been outstanding in these types of game so far this season, as they have not given up more than 59 points to a non-power conference team. They have two more chances to keep that streak alive before Pac-12 play begins. Up Next: 12.19 vs. Bethune-Cookman

Dwight Powell can smell other [...]

RTC Conference Primers: # 31 – MEAC

jstevrtc — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:03:59 +0000

For our complete list of 2011-12 conference primers working backward from #31 to #1, click here.

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Turmoil at Bethune-Cookman. Bethune-Cookman is the defending regular season champion, but can they concentrate on basketball? Since least season, the school has fired Clifford Reed, its head coach for the previous nine years, because of “insubordination and failure to cooperate” during an investigation of the basketball program. His son, C. J., was last year’s conference Player of the Year and the league’s top scorer, but was named (not [...]

O26 Primers: Atlantic 10, MAC and MEAC Tourneys

KDoyle — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:08:13 +0000

RTC’s Kevin Doyle, author of the weekly column, The Other 26, and the Patriot League Correspondent, will be providing conference tournament previews for all non-BCS conferences.

With the completion of several conference tournaments over the weekend, the field of 68 is slowly beginning to take shape, but there is still much to be determined. The kicking off of the Atlantic 10, MAC and MEAC conference tournaments later today will weed out even more teams as we approach Selection Sunday. The Atlantic 10 is definitely a multi-bid league—it is just a matter if two or three teams make the field—while the [...]

The Other 26: Week 15

KDoyle — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:46:51 +0000

Kevin Doyle is an RTC contributor.

Introduction

And down the stretch they come! Just like a commentator of a competitive horse race fervently belches when the horses make the final turn, college basketball commentators, analysts, and enthusiasts alike all speak of the game with greater eagerness and zeal at this time of the year. Judgment Week—still am not sure what ESPN is trying to do with this—has passed us, Championship Week is nearly upon us, and we all know what comes after that: the Madness!

While the majority of Other 26 teams around the country still have [...]

The Other 26: Week 14

KDoyle — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:57:59 +0000

Kevin Doyle is an RTC contributor

Introduction

If you are a true fan of Mid-Major basketball, then this is the weekend for you. Many fans who find a whole lot of joy in watching teams from the smaller conferences compete, share the common gripe that there is not nearly enough coverage of these teams. Well, at no other point during the season will you see ESPN dedicate an entire Saturday of basketball almost exclusively to the best Mid-Major teams around the nation.

Playing against the same faces within a team’s conference can become monotonous, but the [...]

The Other 26: Week 13

KDoyle — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:51:39 +0000

Kevin Doyle is an RTC contributor.

Introduction

In last week’s article I touched on the notion of parity and how great it is within the world of sports. After analyzing many of the Other 26 conferences this week, I could not help but notice how in several of the conference there is not one team that has distinguished themselves from the pack yet, and we are already nearing mid-February. In some cases, there are not even two or three teams that are running away with the league. Competitiveness or mediocrity? Well, does it really [...]

The Other 26: Week 11

KDoyle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:07:54 +0000

Introduction

We are just about halfway through the conference schedules and the true contenders are beginning to reveal themselves, while the pretenders are wallowing away after deceiving the country for so many weeks. Take a team like Central Florida, for instance. They looked like a legitimate top 25 team and a definite candidate for an at-large berth after breezing through the non-conference with an unblemished record, but their 1-5 record in Conference USA makes that great run in the non-conference all for naught. Conversely, take a gander at Duquesne. The Dukes went a modest 8-5 [...]

The Other 26: Week 10

KDoyle — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:38:36 +0000

Kevin Doyle is an RTC contributor.

Introduction

The week is here, long at last. Going into the season, BYU and San Diego State were projected to be strong, but this strong? Just to give you an idea of where these two juggernauts stood before the season, the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll had San Diego State receiving 73 votes and BYU 55 votes in the top 25 poll. In Zach Hayes’ Bracketology—a bracket that, in my mind, is very accurate for his latest edition—he had SDSU as a six seed and BYU a seven. Clearly, each team has exceeded [...]

RTC 2010-11 Impact Players – Deep South Region

rtmsf — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:26:07 +0000

It’s October. The leaves are starting to turn colors. Halloween candy is already in the stores. There have been a few nights where you may have even turned on the heat. Midnight Madness is imminent and RTC is full bore into the 2010-11 Season Preview materials headfirst. For the second October in a row, we’re bringing you our RTC Impact Players series. The braintrust has gone back and forth on this and we’ve finally settled on a group of sixty players throughout ten geographic regions of the country (five starters plus a sixth man) to represent the who and [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #30 – MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:04 +0000

RTC is still seeking a MEAC correspondent. If you are interested in covering this league, email us for further information at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

Predicted Order of Finish

Morgan State (13-3) South Carolina State (12-4) Norfolk State (10-6) Delaware State (9-7) Bethune-Cookman (9-7) Maryland-Eastern Shore (8-8) Hampton (8-8) Howard (7-9) North Carolina A&T (6-10) Coppin State (4-12) Florida A&M (2-14) Savannah State (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards) North Carolina Central (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards)

All-Conference Team

CJ Reed (G) — Bethune-Cookman Hillary Haley (G) – Maryland-Eastern Shore DeWayne Jackson (F) — Morgan State Kyle O’Quinn (F) — Norfolk State Kevin Thompson (F) — Morgan State

6th Man

Darnell Porter (G) — South Carolina State

Impact Newcomer

Dominique Sutton (F) — North Carolina Central. NCCU isn’t yet [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #31: MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:33:46 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the MEAC and SWAC conferences. Click here for all of our 2009-10 Season Preview materials..

Predicted Order of Finish:

Morgan State (22-9) North Carolina A&T (17-14) South Carolina State (16-12) Coppin State (14-13) Bethune-Cookman (14-16) Hampton (12-18) Delaware State (10-17) Norfolk State (9-19) Florida A&M (9-16) Howard (4-23) Winston-Salem State (4-26) UMES (3-27)

All-Conference Team:

Tavarus Alston (G) – North Carolina A&T – Should lead the MEAC in assists this season, and could be a scoring threat as well. Reggie Holmes (G) – Morgan State – 3rd leading scorer and leading 3pt shooter in the MEAC in 08 will expand [...]

Checking in on the… SWAC & MEAC

rtmsf — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:26:46 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC Conferences. With the end of the regular season imminent, both conference wrap-ups are below this week.

SWAC Wrap-Up

And so it is nearly finished. A final act for the SWAC conference that is low on team talent, but with a few programs that have a legitimate shot of scoring more than 29 points against the number one seed in the national tournament.

Alabama State paces the conference, and is poised to eclipse 19 wins for the second-consecutive season. On their heels is Jackson State, with [...]

Checking in on the… MEAC

rtmsf — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:22:25 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC Conferences.

The big news in college sports this week was national signing day for high school football players. But basketball is king in the MEAC, so we look back on the obvious, the shocking and the downright ugly in this week’s wrap-up.

THIS WEEK – And here come the Coppin State Eagles. Again. Last year’s team ripped off eight of their last nine regular season contests heading in to the MEAC tournament, and you know the rest. They’ve won four in a row and five of their [...]

Checking in on the… MEAC

rtmsf — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:47:59 +0000

JC of HBCU Sports Blog is the RTC correspondent for the MEAC and SWAC conferences.

Things are beginning to take shape in the MEAC, and if you followed the conference at all last season, you know that it means absolutely nothing. Morgan State and Coppin State are exactly who we thought they were. If you asked at this time last season who would appear in the conference finals, one of those teams would have been on your list for a bust down back to Division II, let alone an appearance in the big dance.

This year, the Sunshine State [...]

Checking in on the… MEAC

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:17:22 +0000

JC at HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC Conferences.

And now its time for America’s favorite Mid-Major soap opera, The MEAC and the Rest of Us. The MEAC is a major player in college basketball, yet its member schools consistently play dwarf to the Cinderella dreams of conferences like the Atlantic 10 and the Big South.

So now its time for the little guys to find their dancing shoes.

THIS WEEK – Every team in the MEAC has at least one win, and there have been some big wins on the year for the conference. The [...]