define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); brooklyn – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:44:58 +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 Seven ACC Non-Conference Battles to Watch This Season http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/06/seven-acc-non-conference-battles-to-watch-this-season/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/06/seven-acc-non-conference-battles-to-watch-this-season/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:20:24 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=99809

Today we will look at some of the most interesting ACC non-conference games of 2013-14. For this feature we will not include games in early season tournaments because we earlier previewed those events in three parts – Part I, Part II, and Part III. Also, we will not look at any of the specific match-ups in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in this feature because we’ll focus on that annual event at a later date. That still leaves a good inventory of ACC-related non-conference games to choose from, and as you will see, most of these games will be played in New [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/06/seven-acc-non-conference-battles-to-watch-this-season/feed/ 0 Alex Len’s Coming Out Party Nearly Spoils Kentucky’s Title Defense Debut http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/09/alex-lens-coming-out-party-nearly-spoils-kentuckys-title-defense-debut/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/09/alex-lens-coming-out-party-nearly-spoils-kentuckys-title-defense-debut/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:21:17 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=78839

Evan Jacoby is a correspondent for RTC and a regular contributor. He filed this report from the Kentucky-Maryland game tonight in Brooklyn. You can find him @EJacobyRTC on Twitter. 

We assumed it was nearly impossible for Kentucky to repeat the kind of immediate, dominant success it had last season with a brand new crop of young players this year. For the first half of their season-opening game against Maryland on Friday night, though, the Wildcats came out on fire and efficient on both ends en route to opening a 15-point lead just minutes into the second half in the Barclays Center [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/09/alex-lens-coming-out-party-nearly-spoils-kentuckys-title-defense-debut/feed/ 0