define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); hilltoppers – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:39:17 +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 ATB: And Then There Were 64 — First Four Breakdown http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/15/atb-and-then-there-were-64-first-four-breakdown/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/15/atb-and-then-there-were-64-first-four-breakdown/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:31:19 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=66372

The First Round Lede. Debate all you want about the structure of the new NCAA Tournament (since last year) – the First Four format is the new norm, and it must be appreciated because of the momentum it can give to the teams that win these play-in games. Of course, last year VCU began its run to the Final Four from the First Four. Over the past two nights, we saw a couple of really interesting games and a couple of blowouts. We’ll analyze the best moments for you here, as well as preview what’s next to come for the [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/15/atb-and-then-there-were-64-first-four-breakdown/feed/ 1 Bracket Prep: St. Mary’s, Western Kentucky, Detroit, and South Dakota State http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/07/bracket-prep-st-marys-western-kentucky-detroit-and-south-dakota-state/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/07/bracket-prep-st-marys-western-kentucky-detroit-and-south-dakota-state/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:33:25 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=64836

As we move through Championship Week (the second half of Championship Fortnight, of course), we’ll continue to bring you these short reviews of each of the automatic qualifiers to help you fill out your bracket next week. In this post, we’ve got the WCC, Summit, Horizon, and Sun Belt winners from the past two nights…

St. Mary’s

Matthew Dellavedova (And His Mouth Guard) Are Dangerous (AP/ Tony Avelar)

WCC Champion (27-5, 16-2) RPI/Pomeroy/Sagarin = #25/#43/#35 Adjusted Scoring Margin = +11.3 Likely NCAA Seed: #6-#8

Three Bruce Pearls of Wisdom.

St. Mary’s has been a nationally-recognized mid-major for a number of years now, but the Gaels program did something this [...]]]>
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