define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Division 4 – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 30 Jul 2013 05:53:54 +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 Rejoice: The NCAA Tournament As We Know It Is Unlikely to Change http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/30/rejoice-the-ncaa-tournament-as-we-know-it-is-unlikely-to-change/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/30/rejoice-the-ncaa-tournament-as-we-know-it-is-unlikely-to-change/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:31:22 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=97949

Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. 

Nothing means more to college basketball fans than the NCAA Tournament. It is hallowed territory. The one three-week period of the year where college basketball dominates the national sports conversation. The best postseason of any sport in any country on any planet in any universe. Even pretentious NBA fans who typically spurn the college game for 11 months of the year – besides the sliver of college action they forcibly consume on YouTube clips leading up to the draft – usually tune in when March rolls along. As far as [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/30/rejoice-the-ncaa-tournament-as-we-know-it-is-unlikely-to-change/feed/ 0 “Division 4” Has Potential To Permanently Change College Basketball http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/24/division-4-has-potential-to-permanently-change-college-basketball/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/24/division-4-has-potential-to-permanently-change-college-basketball/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:55:42 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=97926

In the game of musical chairs that has dominated the college sports landscape for the last decade, there is little question as to which sport is driving the frantic conference realignment. For all the interest that college basketball creates, football is the clear money-maker – clear enough that conference affiliation decisions are made primarily with just one sport in mind. We have already seen a number of classic college basketball rivalries die off (Syracuse-Georgetown and Kansas-Missouri to name two) in the carnage that football created– but brace yourself that damage may be just the tip of the iceberg. CBS Sports’ Dennis [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/24/division-4-has-potential-to-permanently-change-college-basketball/feed/ 0