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NAIA Adds Grueling Twist, Familar Names To March Madness

Brian Goodman — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:47:57 +0000

Brian Goodman is an RTC editor and contributor.

Seemingly every March, pundits put forth the idea that playing on consecutive days in conference tournaments wears teams down for the Big Dance. While Connecticut has laregly debunked the theory, imagine playing nearly every day for the whole thing. Welcome to the reality of the Buffalo Funds NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship, which recently concluded in Kansas City.

Operating outside the parameters of the NCAA are nearly 300 small schools from across the country, 32 of which make the championship’s field. After the 32 [...]

C.J. Henry Leaves Kansas For The NAIA

nvr1983 — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:18:11 +0000

The past six years have been nothing if not an interesting journey for C.J. Henry. The former Yankee prospect/Memphis–Kansas recruit announced yesterday that he would be transferring to Southern Nazarene, a NAIA school. A year ago Bill Self was being congratulated for adding C.J and his brother Xavier Henry after they had initially committed to Memphis before John Calipari decided to head to Kentucky. Although the subsequent transition to Lawrence were complicated by what appeared at times to be a soap opera the Jayhawks had an exceptional season before being cut down by Ali Farokhmanesh and the brothers performed [...]

Morning Five: 08.23.10 Edition

rtmsf — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:22:17 +0000

Our correspondent Andrew Murawa put the Mountain West/WAC situation into understandable terms over the weekend, but we wanted to highlight one area of particular concern. It certainly appears that BYU will now remain a member of the MWC, while the WAC’s Fresno State and Nevada will join up with its new league as soon as possible; but the real wildcard in all of this is Utah State. If the Mountain West is able to recruit it’s twelfth school USU over to its side, that would leave the WAC with a mere five teams, less [...]

07.01.09 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:04:33 +0000

Already halfway through the calendar, which means that we’re almost equally distant from Midnight Madness as we are from last Selection Sunday…

Rumors Be Damned. In case you missed it, the rumor mill has been flaring up considerably this week. Lance Stephenson to Cincinnati – confirmed. Xavier Henry and brother CJ to Kentucky – denied. Coach K to the Lakers – not a chance. RTC to Vansterdam – pending. The rumor that had us vexed was the Henrys leaving KU story. When your father is going on talk radio shows and spouting off about his kids’ unhappiness and unwillingness to stay in a particular place [...]

Meltdown in Lawrence Imminent?

rtmsf — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:03:33 +0000

12am Update: 610 Sports in Kansas City is reporting that the Henrys are sticking with their commitment to KU. Bill Self must have brought in the heavy hitters for this one. Breathe a sigh of relief, KU fans.

8pm Update: Bill Self and Danny Manning are reportedly meeting with the Henry family in OKC tonight to make presumably a last ditch effort to keep them at Kansas. We should have this all sorted out by tomorrow.

Honestly, we read some buzz about this yesterday, but it sounded so ridiculous we simply continued on down our reader. [...]

05.26.09 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:30:57 +0000

It’s been a while since we updated things (Wall to Kentucky), so let’s get caught up this evening…

RIP Wayman. You’ve undoubtedly heard the sad news about 44-year old Wayman Tisdale’s passing on May 15. Obviously, we never met Tisdale, but everyone agrees that he was a person who touched the lives of many through his athletic and musical career. ESPN takes a look back here, and CNNSI reflected on his legacy in the state of Oklahoma here. Jeff Goodman tells a story about Tisdale following through on a promise to a budding jouralist (him). Tisdale’s public memorial service was last [...]

C.J. and Xavier Henry to Kansas

nvr1983 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:35:46 +0000

It looks like the rich are just getting richer. Just a little over a week after Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich announced that they were returning to Kansas next year, Xavier and C.J. Henry have announced that they will be joining a loaded Jayhawk team next season. After initially committing to Memphis before the whole Billy Gillispie/John Calipari circus, several media members (including yours truly) speculated that Kentucky might end up picking up an all-time great recruiting class if they added Calipari’s original commits from Memphis (the Henrys, DeMarcus Cousins, and potentially John Wall) to a class that [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: McDonald’s All-American Game

nvr1983 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:54:37 +0000

Normally the McDonald’s All-American game (rosters here) would only be worth watching for the occasional ridiculous dunk or the lack of defense, but the circus in Lexington and the fall-out in Memphis makes this one pretty interesting. At least 3 potential Memphis commits (DeMarcus Cousins, Xavier Henry, and an uncommitted Lance Stephenson) are playing in this game. With John Calipari‘s decision to ditch Memphis for Lexington all of these guys are in play. Everyone knows that Stephenson will go the the highest bidder still hasn’t announced his decision, but Calipari’s decision puts Cousins and Henry back [...]

ATB: Memo to Arizona Players – Time and Score, Gents

rtmsf — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:25:56 +0000

As usual, we’ll start with some news from today…

The nation’s #1 shooting guard, Xavier Henry, announced to the world on Sportscenter during the 24HoCH that he will attend Memphis next season. His brother, CJ Henry, is already a Tiger. This is very good news to Calipari, who watched his team clank three after three last night (2-19) in their game against UMass, because Henry’s range easily extends out to 22 feet. Additionally, it shows that for elite guard prospects, Memphis has become the NBA stopover de rigeur. The 2012-16 Final Fours will be chosen from these ten locations tomorrow: Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, [...]

Nice Coup for Coach Cal

rtmsf — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:36:03 +0000

Memphis coach John Calipari got some great news recently when former Kansas recruit and New York Yankee minor leaguer CJ Henry decided to return to college at Memphis this upcoming season to play basketball. From the Sporting News:

C.J. Henry said Tuesday he is enrolling in classes at Memphis and will join the Tigers for the 2008-09 season. His contract states the Yankees will pay for his college, so he will be a walk-on for coach John Calipari at Memphis. It will be Henry’s first competitive basketball season in more than three years. He is 6-3 and was a [...]