coaches poll – Rush The Court

That’s Debatable: What We’ve Learned…

rtmsf — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:30:15 +0000

Each week RTC will posit a That’s Debatable question or topic that is relevant to the world of college basketball. Sometimes whimsical, sometimes serious, we’ll post the thoughts from our core editing crew (in 200 words or less), but we’ll also be expanding to include our contributors and correspondents as appropriate throughout the season. We also invite you, the readers, to join us as we mull over some of the questions facing the game today. Feel free to send us your takes and/or leave them in the comments below.

This Week’s Topic: Now that we’re through the majority of the early-season [...]

Preseason Polls Released

rtmsf — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:43:00 +0000

Prediction: by the end of the first week of December, UNC will no longer be #1 in the major media polls.

No way, there’s too much pressure and they have too many good teams to handle before we even get our advent calendars. Oh, and did you hear, a small piece of their offense will be out for a while with a stress reaction? Even if this substantial piece never misses a game, which is extremely unlikely, he’s going to miss practice and be out of ‘game shape’ for a while. And no, we’re not talking about Marcus Ginyard, but his loss hurts too.

Preaseason AP Poll!

rtmsf — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:11:38 +0000

Same drill as last week…

Quick thoughts:

UNC still #1, with a clearer mandate in this poll, with 5 more #1 votes than UCLA The top 10 teams are in exactly the same order as the Coaches Preseason Poll Georgetown’s #1 vote replaces Kansas’s single #1 vote (from the coaches poll) Variance is minimal – the biggest difference is NC State (#21 AP; #24 Coaches) The only different teams in the Top 25? K-State is #25 in the AP, Villanova #25 in the Coaches (each is #26 in the other poll) Mining the OTR shows a few differences of opinion: Huggins’ WVU squad got 20 media votes but nary [...]

Coaches Poll!

rtmsf — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:34:56 +0000

Per ESPN today…

Initial reactions:

UNC is #1, yet UCLA garnered more first-place votes (12-10). 9 of the top 10 match the online Blogpoll – the one difference is that coaches like Indiana more than Marquette. Fwiw, so do we. (come on blogpollers! We should represent the non-MSM contrarian voice!) Did the coaches go with the “name” programs over Calipari’s squad at #1? Interesting that the bloggers voted Memphis a solid #1 while UNC/UCLA were left behind. Only one coach agreed with us that Kansas is preseason #1 (Bill Self?), although we aren’t predicting KU to win it all. Buy: Oregon [...]

08.03.07 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:24:35 +0000

Heading into the weekend…

Joakim Noah’s sister can dunk! Actually, we’re not convinced that this video shows a girl, but if it is, the third dunk (two-hand chin-up) is pretty sick. We’ve never seen a girl dunk like that before. UNLV coach Lon Kruger is resting comfortably after a six-bypass open heart surgery procedure yesterday. Best wishes on a speedy recovery to another one of the good guys in the coaching world. Bruce Pearl’s Tennessee squad is heading to eastern Europe for 11 days starting next Wednesday. Often these trips help experienced teams get a leg up on their competition. And the winner for Best College Sports [...]