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Pac-12 Morning Five: 12.01.11 Edition

AMurawa — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:00:49 +0000

Just when you thought things were about to turn around a little bit for the Pac-12, and just when you thought Colorado was on the verge of being able to string together a few wins in a row following a solid win over Georgia on Monday night and a manageable schedule in front of them, the Buffaloes go and shoot 44.8% from the free throw line and lose a tough one against in-state rival Colorado State. CU fought back from a ten-point deficit early in the second half to tighten things up, only to have the Rams jump back out [...]

The Other 26: Week 12

KDoyle — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:22:56 +0000

Kevin Doyle is an RTC contributor

Introduction

Parity is a great thing in sports. Not many enjoy watching a league where one team consistently dominates the competition and all the others are simply happy to compete with the top team. In the West Coast Conference this was the case for years. Gonzaga would roll right on through league play, win the conference championship, and then head onto the NCAA Tournament. Sure the ‘Zags would be upset on occasions, but those occasions were few and far between. This year, that is hardly the case in the [...]

Grumbling at Grambling

rtmsf — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:37:26 +0000

This story got lost in the Friday afternoon rush of people heading to happy hour, but Grambling St. University basketball made national news for the third time in a year that day, and unfortunately, not for anything good. Rick Duckett, the head coach who (likely) orchestrated this particular crime against hoop-anity back in January, reportedly resigned after one of his transfer players, Henry White, fell ill during workouts and later died.

Connecting the dots, it might make sense to presume that Duckett somehow felt responsible for White’s death, as the White family attorney asserts that it was common practice for Grambling [...]

Unbeaten/Winless Watch (12.25.07)

rtmsf — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:16:05 +0000

We really wanted to do this two weeks ago, but as you know, life got in the way. So we’ll make do with what’s left.

As of Xmas Day, out of a total 341 D1 teams, there were a total of nine unbeaten teams and only four winless teams remaining (see table below). Four of the nine unbeatens are unsurprising – #1 UNC, #2 Memphis, #4 Kansas, and #6 Wazzu were all preseason top ten teams. Pittsburgh wasn’t ranked in the preseason, but they’re always pretty good, so we’re not shocked by their inclusion (esp. once Levance Fields [...]

Conference Primers: #31 – SWAC

rtmsf — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:21:29 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish.

Alabama A&M (18-9) (13-5) Mississippi Valley St. (13-13) (12-6) Grambling St. (14-9) (12-6) Alabama St. (15-14) (10-8) Southern (13-15) (9-9) Jackson St. (12-17) (8-10) Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-19) (8-10) Prairie View A&M (9-20) (8-10) Alcorn St. (5-20) (7-11) Texas Southern (5-23) (3-15)

What You Need to Know (WYN2K). Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the worst basketball conference in America! For three years running, the Southwestern Athletic Conference has found itself at the absolute bottom of every major computer ranking system (RPI, Sagarin & Pomeroy) as its ten schools have gone a collective 32-229 (.123) in OOC games during the last three seasons (easily the [...]

NBA Draft Picks by School Part III

rtmsf — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:18:58 +0000

Today is the final installment of the three-part series where we wanted to take a look at the NBA Draft broken down by school over the history of the modern NBA Draft (1949-2006). In Part I, we examined the raw numbers and made a rudimentary attempt at tying NBA talent to NCAA Tournament success. In Part II, we broke out the raw numbers by round selected, and then further sliced that data into an examination of “Top 10” and “Top 5” selections. Today we finish off the series by looking at draft selections by decade, hoping to see how [...]