define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); jason jeffries – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:22:30 +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 Morning Five: 07.15.10 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2010/07/15/morning-five-07-15-10-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/07/15/morning-five-07-15-10-edition/#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:22:30 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=22614

The annual ESPYs were held last night in Los Angeles, and there were a few college basketball-relevant winners in the mix.  The most notable was in the Best Upset category, with Northern Iowa’s elephant-sized win over top-ranked Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.  Duke’s men’s athletic program was named the best collegiate sports program, undoubtedly in no small part due to the hoops Devils’ fourth national title in Indy, while the best Male College Athlete was Kentucky’s John Wall. A brilliant idea from our friends over at College Chalktalk.  To honor John Wooden’s lifetime of humanitarianism and excellence, [...]]]>
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Morning Five: 07.08.10 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2010/07/08/morning-five-07-08-10-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/07/08/morning-five-07-08-10-edition/#respond Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:00:01 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=22483

Behold, the power of KenPom. On his blog, Mr. Pomeroy lists the ten most unlikely wins of last season in a two-part post, but don’t be surprised if you don’t remember a lot of them.  It’s a great read, and the statistics add to the wonderment, but this is not necessarily a list of big upsets like Pennsylvania over Cornell, or Northern Iowa over Kansas. By “unlikely wins,” he means games in which one team got down by a large amount and had an incredibly low probability of coming back to win, but did.  Great stuff as usual. Somebody please explain [...]]]>
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