define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); brandon woodt – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:11:56 +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 What Does Branden Dawson’s Injury Mean For Michigan State? http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/06/what-does-branden-dawsons-injury-mean-for-michigan-state/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/06/what-does-branden-dawsons-injury-mean-for-michigan-state/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:00:50 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=64303

Michigan State knows plenty about the Kenyon Martin Effect. When Martin — the consensus 2000 National Player of the Year as a senior at Cincinnati after averaging 18.9 points, 9.7 boards, and 3.5 blocks per game — broke his leg in the Conference USA Tournament, it drastically affected the Bearcats’ hopes for a national title. The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee took notice as well, and knocked Cincinnati down to a #2 seed, when they probably would have otherwise been the #1 overall seed. It proved to be somewhat prophetic as the Bearcats were upset in the second round by Tulsa, [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/06/what-does-branden-dawsons-injury-mean-for-michigan-state/feed/ 1