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No Matter What Happens Tonight, Scott Drew Deserves a Fair Shake

Brian Goodman — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:31:57 +0000

Ever since Baylor blew the doors off of Creighton on Sunday, the public tide has started to turn in Scott Drew’s favor. He hasn’t shaken all of the criticisms — that he’s underachieved with top-flight talent in previous seasons and that he’s toed a fine line with his recruiting strategies (as if other programs don’t) — but with every postseason win he continued to chalk up, the noise has definitely quieted. On Wednesday night alone, CBSSports.com‘s Dennis Dodd and Yahoo!‘s Jeff Eisenberg posted columns detailing why the doubters have it all wrong about Drew. While Dodd and Eisenberg aren’t the first to [...]

Four Teams Up…

rtmsf — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:11:52 +0000

David Ely is an RTC contributor.

Every year teams come out of nowhere and burst into the top 25, while sports writers run to their keyboards to type the requisite “Where Did Team X Come From” story. I mean how many people saw Cornell coming last year? Who said last October that Butler would go on to lose the national championship game by just a couple of inches? Conversely, there are teams that look great on paper in the preseason but fail to live up to the hype once the season starts. Think North Carolina [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #22 – Atlantic Sun Conference

nvr1983 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:00:09 +0000

Rush The Court is actively seeking a correspondent for the Atlantic Sun Conference. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a correspondent, please contact us at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

Predicted Order of Finish

Belmont (16-4) East Tennessee State (15-5) Lipscomb (13-7) Campbell (12-8) Jacksonville (11-9) North Florida (10-10) Mercer (10-10) USC-Upstate (7-13) Kennesaw State (6-14) Stetson (5-15) Florida Gulf Coast (5-15)

All-Conference Team

Markeith Cummings (F) – Kennesaw State (17.4 PPG and 6.1 RPG) Adnan Hodzic (C) – Lipscomb (22.7 PPG and 9.1 RPG; last year’s A-Sun POY) Mike Smith (G) – ETSU (15.3 PPG and 7.7 RPG as a sophomore; injured last year) Josh [...]

Baylor’s LaceDarius Dunn Arrested, Released, Suspended

jstevrtc — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:20:36 +0000

Baylor’s scorer extraordinaire LaceDarius Dunn was arrested in Waco earlier today on a charge of aggravated assault against his girlfriend. After turning himself in, Dunn was jailed briefly and posted bail. Bears’ head coach Scott Drew has announced that Dunn has been “suspended indefinitely from all team activities.”

There's No Telling When Dunn Could Return To the Floor for Baylor

According to the website of Waco television station KWTX, there was an altercation on September 27th at Dunn’s campus apartment in which he allegedly struck his girlfriend with a closed fist, breaking both sides [...]

2010 NBA Draft Winners and Losers

zhayes9 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:51:45 +0000

Zach Hayes is an editor, contributor and bracketologist at Rush the Court.

Now that the Draft is complete, time to look back at Thursday night’s winners and losers, from coaches to NBA teams to players to conferences and everything in between:

Paul George saw his stock skyrocket all the way to #10 and the Pacers, Al Bello/Getty Images

Winners:

Big 12 – One of the premier college basketball conferences has gained quite a surge of momentum in the last few weeks. Big 12 commish Dan Beebe convinced Texas it was in their best [...]

Official RTC 2010 NBA Mock Draft

zhayes9 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:33:54 +0000

Zach Hayes is an editor, contributor and bracketologist at Rush the Court.

I love the NBA Draft.

The Stage Rarely Changes, but the Players Do

There’s something gratifying and enjoyable about seeing the college players that we discuss, watch and evaluate move on from the collegiate game and find a home at the next level. There are no cliffhangers when it comes to the NBA Draft. Barring late summer dealings or undrafted snubs, Thursday will be the day we’ll find out where each of our favorite elite college players are going to play pro ball [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Ekpe Udoh

rtmsf — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:30:33 +0000

Over the course of the next month until the NBA Draft on June 24, RTC will be rolling out comprehensive profiles of the 30-35 collegians we feel have the best chance that night to hear their names called by David Stern in the first round. There won’t be any particular order to the list, but you can scroll back through all the finished profiles by clicking here.

Player Name: Ekpe Udoh

School: Baylor

Height/Weight: 6’10, 240

NBA Position: Power Forward

Projected Draft Range: Late Lottery

Overview: Ekpe Udoh began his college career [...]

Impact Of Undecided Early Entries On The College Hoops Landscape

zhayes9 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:30:20 +0000

With the NBA Draft deadline moved up to May 8 this year, we’ll be able to formulate next year’s college basketball landscape sooner than ever before. The decision of many on the fence could dramatically alter the style, roster and makeup of everyone from Kentucky to Richmond. For many of these super-talents such as North Carolina’s Ed Davis, the decision was probably made a long time ago. But for those like fellow ACC foe Malcolm Delaney of Virginia Tech, their status is very much up in the air for 2010-11. He’s just one of many upcoming decisions that [...]

Morning Five: 04.14.10 Edition

rtmsf — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:19:03 +0000

You already know about Wright State’s Brad Brownell going to Clemson; here are some other comings and goings from yesterday. Thirty-three year old associate head coach Billy Donlon will be promoted to the top spot at Wright State, making him one of the youngest head coaches in America. In other coaching news, Dan Hurley has hired his brother, Bobby, to act as an assistant on his bench at Wagner. On the player side, Baylor’s Ekpe Udoh announced that he will test the waters but he will not sign with an agent, therefore leaving open the (small) possibility of returning to [...]

Final Four Game Analysis

rtmsf — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:31:36 +0000

RTC will break down the Final Four games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are Saturday evening’s national semifinals…aka…THE FINAL FOUR!

6:07 pm – #5 Michigan State vs. #5 Butler The winner of this game will have a built-in motivational mechanism, since this game is popularly considered the “Who will lose to West Virginia or Duke on Monday?” game. Best be careful, [...]

Elite Eight Game Analysis: Sunday Afternoon

rtmsf — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:26:15 +0000

Over the next two days, RTC will break down the regional final games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are Sunday afternoon’s games from the Midwest and South Regionals.

2:20 pm – #5 Michigan State vs. #6 Tennessee (Midwest Region)

Last we heard, no Spartans were injured in the last 24 hours. Tom Izzo probably can’t believe it. It’s [...]

Sweet Sixteen Game Analysis: Friday Night

rtmsf — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:55:54 +0000

Over the next two days, RTC will break down the regional semifinal games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are Thursday night’s games from the East and West Regionals.

7:07 pm – #2 Ohio State vs. #6 Tennessee (Midwest Region)

We know the Buckeyes have had three full days of rest since their second round game against Georgia Tech. But Thad [...]

RTC Region by Region Tidbits: 03.23.10

THager — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:11:09 +0000

Each day this week during the regional rounds of the NCAA Tournament we’re asking some of our top correspondents to put together a collection of notes and interesting tidbits about each region. If you know of something that we should include in tomorrow’s submission, hit us up at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

Midwest Region (Tom Hager)

Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson has insisted that his players are handling the added attention well, but it is hard to keep your composure when you walk into a lecture hall and receive a standing ovation, as Ali Farokhmanesh experienced on Monday. Many people [...]

Boom Goes The Dynamite: Second Round 03.20.10 Edition

jstevrtc — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:15:17 +0000

Now it’s a party. The first round is done. The next 48 hours of games will define which big-time teams can handle the pressure cooker that is the Big Dance, and it will identify the Cinderellas we’ll be talking about for years. If you’re a double-digit seed, winning one game is nice, but you don’t receive your wicked stepsisters, pumpkin coach, and glass slipper until you at least reach the Sweet 16. Oh, you’re a big-conference bigwig? Then the next round is still probably less than what was expected of you. People don’t remember Second Rounders. [...]

Second Round Game Analysis: Saturday

rtmsf — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:41:15 +0000

Over the next two days in a series of separate posts, RTC will break down all 16 of the second round games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are the Saturday games.

1:05 pm – #2 Villanova vs. #10 St. Mary’s (Providence pod)

A great opening game of the day for the group of teams that produced the best [...]