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Morning Five: 06.10.13 Edition

rtmsf — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:01:11 +0000

The biggest news impacting college basketball over the weekend came from Tobacco Road, as the Raleigh News & Observer‘s Dan Kane has continued to push forward in his dogged pursuit of the truth involving to the North Carolina athletic department’s relationship with a decade-plus history of fraudulent courses involving many of its student-athletes. We plan on having more commentary available later today, but as Kane continues to show with his persistence, there doesn’t appear to be any question that the academic support people charged with assisting student-athletes in their coursework were entirely too cozy with the administrators — Julius Nyang’oro and [...]

Calhoun’s Return: Comparing Him to Other Senior Citizen Coaches

rtmsf — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:34:44 +0000

Jim Calhoun‘s non-announcement announcement that he plans to return to the Connecticut sidelines for the 2011-12 season was no shocker to anybody. If it wasn’t the interminable wait for a ‘final’ decision that tipped you off, it was the well-placed leaks from key recruits and their families; if you still weren’t convinced, surely the announcement that superstar center Andre Drummond had chosen to reclassify to the Class of 2011 and play for the Huskies this coming season clinched it. Regardless of when you believed he’d be back, Calhoun will coach his team this season at the rather ripe [...]

Checking in on… the MAC

jstevrtc — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:58:04 +0000

Matt Giles is the RTC correspondent for the Mid-American Conference.

Standings as of 1/29

West Division

Central Michigan 4-2 9-8 Northern Illinois 4-2 8-10 Ball State 4-3 9-9 Western Michigan 3-3 11-8 Eastern Michigan 2-4 10-9 Toledo 0-6 3-17

East Division

Akron 4-2 14-6 Kent State 4-2 13-7 Buffalo 3-3 10-6 Bowling Green 3-3 10-8 Miami OH 4-3 6-13 Ohio 2-4 11-9

Superlatives

Team of the Week Ohio: After starting the conference season 0-4 against East Division foes, the Bobcats erupted from the three-point stripe in their only two games this [...]

A Shootout To Remember

jstevrtc — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:49:24 +0000

This fall I’ve had the pleasure to travel around a little and attend several college basketball games as a media member, but as I walked by the loading docks and into the back of the Cintas Center on Sunday night, I felt it as soon as I got inside. I’ve attended Xavier basketball games on a media credential in the past, but this time, the buzz, the sounds, the aura…

This was different.

I had expected a different experience, because this was my first Crosstown Shootout. But this was beyond expectation. I made a [...]

Checking In On… the MAC

jstevrtc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:22:11 +0000

David Sanchirico is the RTC correspondent for the MAC.

Current Standings

East Division

Team Record

Ohio 3-0 Kent State 3-0 Bowling Green 1-1 Buffalo 1-1 Akron 0-1 Miami (Ohio) 0-2

West Division

Team Record

Ball State 1-0 Eastern Michigan 1-0 Central Michigan 2-1 Western Michigan 1-1 Northern Illinois 0-2 Toledo 0-2

The MAC continues to struggle during out-of-conference play as potential upsets slipped out of teams’ hands, others succumbed in blowouts, and teams that were expected to win, didn’t.

But there were also some good showings from a few surprise teams, including a club from Oxford, Ohio that almost pulled off [...]

ATB: WonderWall

rtmsf — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:10:57 +0000

Game of the Night. #4 Kentucky 72, Miami (OH) 70. Heeeeeere’s Johnny! As if the mystique and hype surrounding John Wall already wasn’t enough, in his official college debut the freshman not only becomes an on-court leader and contributes 19 points, 2 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals (and five turnovers); he also hits a game-winner from 15 feet with less than a second left. Miami (OH) hit 15 of 26 three-point attempts and deserves all the credit in the world for pushing Kentucky to the limit in its own building. They actually led by [...]

MAC Wrapup & Tourney Preview

rtmsf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Greg Miller of WPSD Local 6 is the RTC correspondent for the OVC and MAC Conferences.

What in the world has happened to the MAC? Check out Monday’s edition of bracketology and you’ll see Bowling Green as Joe Lunardi’s choice to be the MAC’s representative in the NCAA Tournament. No problem with that, considering they edged Buffalo for the MAC regular season title on Sunday. The problem lies with where they are seeded. A #16 SEED!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?!? This conference is at maybe it’s lowest point in decades. Scratch maybe. This is rock bottom for the MAC.

ATB: Quiet Before the Storm

rtmsf — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:02 +0000

News & Notes. We’d like to take a moment at the beginning of tonight’s ATB to honor former Cal head coach and legendary big man guru Pete Newell, who died today at the age of 93. He led Cal to its only national championship in 1959, won a gold medal as the US Olympic team coach in 1960, and was elected to the basketball Hall of Fame in 1979. Although he was before our time, we’ve heard the stories of his legend and he is considered one of the most influential figures in basketball history. May he rest [...]

After the Buzzer: UCLA Escapes

rtmsf — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:37:38 +0000

Game of the Night. UCLA 64, Miami (OH) 59. Considering there was only one game of consequence tonight (no, Weber St. over Prairie View 78-68 doesn’t count), the GOTN was the second-round battle of UCLA and Miami (OH) in Westwood. We just knew this would be a good game, and although once again, we couldn’t see the damn thing, all indications are that Charlie Coles’ Redhawks gave the Mighty Bruins everything they wanted. Just how close was this game? The largest lead by either team was 5 pts either way, and the majority of the game was played within one possession. [...]

After the Buzzer: UCLA’s Fab Five Debut

rtmsf — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:53:23 +0000

Story of the Night. UCLA’s freshman class. Last year’s freshman class arguably boasted the best player in the country in Kevin Love, but this year’s version, while lacking in equivalent star power, may more than compensate for Love’s loss with its depth and diversity of skills. Jrue Holiday was the only rookie starter tonight in UCLA’s win against Prairie View A&M, but his four classmates (Drew Gordon, Malcolm Lee, Jerime Anderson and J’Mison Morgan) each came off the bench and contributed aplenty. The quintet accounted for 41% of the minutes, 44% of the points, 44% of the rebounds and 43% [...]

2008-09 Season Primers: #15 – MAC

rtmsf — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:32:31 +0000

Greg Miller of WPSD Local 6 is the RTC correspondent for the Mid-American Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

MAC East

Kent (22-9, 12-4) Miami (OH) (16-13, 11-5) Ohio (20-9, 10-6) Akron (16-15, 8-8) Bowling Green (16-13, 7-9) Buffalo (12-17, 6-10)

MAC West

Western Michigan (18-12, 10-6) Eastern Michigan (16-14, 10-6) Central Michigan (14-15, 9-7) Toledo (13-17, 6-10) Ball State (10-19, 4-12) Northern Illinois (7-22, 3-13)

WYN2K. The MAC’s new logo is just a small part of the change that the Mid-American Conference is hoping will push their league to the next level. Seven of the league’s twelve head coaches are either in their first or second year, a sign that it really is a new era in the [...]

10.16.08 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:26:03 +0000

We’re only a day from the real start of practice… let’s lace em up!

Something’s going around. SDSU’s all-MWC forward Lorenzzo Wade was indefinitely suspended today by the university for an incident where he was accused of first-degree burglary of an inhabited dwelling. We’re quite certain that Gabby (and resident Aztec fan) over at M2M is drowning himself in some tasty spirits right about now. Meanwhile, over in Australia, BYU player Chris Collinsworth (no, not the annoying Bob Costas lackey) was stabbed by three attackers while on his mission in that country. He is expected to fully recover. Parrish gives us four reasons why UNC [...]

Conference Primers: #15 – MAC

rtmsf — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:03:21 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Kent St. (22-6) (13-3) Miami (OH) (16-10) (11-5) Akron (17-12) (9-7) Ohio (12-15) (7-9) Bowling Green (12-16) (6-10) Buffalo (7-19) (4-12)

West

Western Michigan (19-11) (11-5) Central Michigan (16-11) (10-6) Toledo (14-14) (9-7) Eastern Michigan (14-13) (8-8) Northern Illinois (9-19) (5-11) Ball St. (6-22) (3-13)

WYN2K. We went back and forth on where to rank the MAC because conveniently pigeonholing this league into low- or mid-major status is very difficult to do. Historically, the league hasn’t been more than a one-bid league (since 1985 the MAC has received two NCAA bids only five times), but it has consistently done well with [...]