define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); holden thorp – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:09:24 +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 UNC’s Athletic Scandal Is Far From Over http://rushthecourt.net/2013/06/10/uncs-athletic-scandal-is-far-from-over/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/06/10/uncs-athletic-scandal-is-far-from-over/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:59:09 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=97461

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Job resignations don’t get more prescient than former UNC chancellor Holden Thorp’s decision last week to leave the school for the smaller and less hectic D-III pastures of Washington University in Saint Louis. Thorp’s stated reason for leaving – that the burden of making crucial decisions about a major college athletics program, lopped on top of his educational and administrative responsibilities, had worn Thorp thin over the past three years – is the perfect precursor for the recent news surrounding the Tar Heels’ athletic program. The academic scandal that surfaced [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/06/10/uncs-athletic-scandal-is-far-from-over/feed/ 0 Morning Five: 09.18.12 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2012/09/18/morning-five-09-18-12-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/09/18/morning-five-09-18-12-edition/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:31:39 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=74213

The NCAA eligibility train rolls on, and NC State’s Mark Gottfried was Monday’s recipient of the excellent news that superstar freshman Rodney Purvis is eligible to suit up in a Wolfpack uniform next season. The issue in Purvis’ case revolved around the legitimacy of his high school — Upper Room Christian Academy, in Raleigh, whose first-ever class to graduate included Purvis — but during an 80-minute deliberation on Monday, an NCAA core course subcommittee saw enough evidence that the big guard is adequately prepared for the rigors of a college education and made the right decision to let him play. [...]]]>
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