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Atlantic 10 Wrap & Tourney Preview

Brian Goodman — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:00:40 +0000

Joe Dzuback of Villanova By The Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference. With the A-10 Championship tipping off Tuesday, get up to speed with RTC’s preview and regular season wrap-up.

Postseason Preview

Among the first round games, all played at the campus of the higher seed, the strongest upset candidate is the #8/#9 (of course!) game between #8 host Massachusetts and #9 Dayton. The Flyers have not traveled well this season, accumulating a -0.049 net efficiency in games not played at the UD Arena, but a [...]

Where 2010-11 Happens: Reason #6 Why We Love College Basketball

rtmsf — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:05:45 +0000

Shamelessly cribbing from the clever NBA catch phrase, we here at RTC will present you with the 2010-11 edition of Thirty Reasons We Love College Basketball as we ramp up to the start of the season a little over a month from now. We’ll be bringing you players to watch for this season and moments to remember from last season, courtesy of the series of dump trucks, wires and effluvia known as YouTube. If you want to have some fun while killing time, we encourage you to re-visit [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #7 – Atlantic 10

Brian Goodman — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:20:28 +0000

Joe Dzuback of Villanova by the Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish

Temple (14-2) Richmond (13-3) Xavier (13-3) Dayton (11-5) Rhode Island (9-7) Charlotte (9-7) St. Louis (9-7) Duquesne (7-9) George Washington (7-9) St. Bonaventure (6-10) Massachusetts (5-11) Saint Joseph’s (4-12) La Salle (3-13) Fordham (2-14)

All-Conference Team (key stats from 2009-10 in parentheses)

G Tu Holloway, Xavier (31.9 MPG, 12.1 PPG, 3.9APG) G Kevin Anderson, Richmond (37.8 MPG, 13.1 PPG, 2.7 APG) F Damian Saunders, Duquesne (36.7 MPG, 15.0 PPG, 11.3 RPG) F Chris Wright, Dayton (28.6 MPG, 13.7 PPG, 7.2 RPG) F Lavoy Allen, Temple (34.5 MPG, 11.5 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 1.4 BPG)

6th Man

Aaric Murray, La Salle (12.2 PPG, [...]

Villanova’s Fisher Price Toys With Some Fools

rtmsf — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:11:30 +0000

Villanova rising senior Corey Fisher put on a summer league shooting exhibition in the Bronx over the weekend that will result in a bright red bullseye on his back among Big East scouting reports this coming season. The 6’1 guard from the Boogie Down must have eaten his Wheaties on Saturday, because reports from the Watson Gleason playground league are that Fisher blew up for a ridiculous 105 points on that warm summer evening. Read that again. One hundred and five points. His team scored 138 total, and Fisher responded to double- and triple-teams in the second stanza [...]

Summer School in the Atlantic 10

Brian Goodman — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:42:08 +0000

Joe Dzuback of Villanova by the Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Around the Atlantic 10

The conference elected to continue with the tournament format developed for the 2010 championship, which excludes the two worst teams in the A-10. CBS reported that last year’s A-10 championship game drew approximately two million viewers, which is unprecedented for the league. Subsequently, CBS will again carry the final in 2011 (more on that partnership later in this article). Jordan Crawford, Xavier’s sophomore wing, became the Atlantic 10’s first player since Temple’s Mardy Collins in 2006 to be taken in the first [...]

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: Jordan Crawford

rtmsf — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:16:07 +0000

Player Name: Jordan Crawford

School: Xavier

Height/Weight: 6’4, 198

NBA Position: SG

Projected Draft Range: Late first round/Early second round

Overview: Following a hectic summer headlined by an infamous dunk over LeBron James, Indiana transfer Jordan Crawford entered Xavier with the goal of becoming that go-to scoring option that would vault the Musketeers back to the Sweet 16 in Chris Mack’s first season at the helm. Crawford accomplished both goals with gusto. Crawford finished behind only UMass’ guard Ricky Harris for the A-10 scoring lead in the regular season, posting fourteen 20+ point performances [...]

Morning Five: 05.10.10 Edition

rtmsf — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:00:53 +0000

We hope to have a post up later today evaluating the winners and losers from the NBA Draft early entry withdrawal deadline on Saturday, but for now, here’s what you need to know. Leaving: Dee Bost (Mississippi State), Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky), Daniel Orton (Kentucky), Dominique Jones (South Florida), Darington Hobson (New Mexico), Willie Warren (Oklahoma), Jordan Crawford (Xavier). Staying: Malcolm Delaney (Virginia Tech), Ravern Johnson (Mississippi State), Talor Battle (Penn State), Lavoy Allen (Temple), Jimmer Fredette (BYU), Alex Tyus (Florida), E’Twaun Moore (Purdue), JaJuan Johnson (Purdue), Demetri McCamey (Illinois), Mike Davis (Illinois), Kevin Anderson (Richmond). The fact that former Baylor coach [...]

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 [...]

Comings & Goings: UK’s ‘Fab Five’ Gone; Gaudio Out at Wake

rtmsf — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:24:29 +0000

HUGE DAY.

John Calipari has a major rebuilding task ahead of him in the 2010-11 season, as his five best players are leaving the program for the bluer waters of the NBA Draft. In a move that shocked absolutely no one, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton all declared today, leaving UK with just a handful of returning scholarship players heading into next season. According to KSR, however, P-Pat has yet to file his papers although he would undoubtedly become a top fifteen pick when he does so. If all five of these guys [...]

ATB: Where to Begin? Another Tremendous Thursday…

rtmsf — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:27:33 +0000

Another great Thursday night, with the West Region in particular providing loads of excitement with another #1 seed falling by the wayside and arguably the best game of the entire Tournament in the nightcap.

J. Pullen and J. Crawford Went Back and Forth Down the Stretch (AP/C. Braley)

West Region

What. A. Game. #2 Kansas State 101, #6 Xavier 96 (2OT). With around four minutes remaining in this game and K-State up three points at 64-61, a public service announcement flashed across the jumbotron in the middle of the arena. Paraphrasing, [...]

30 Days of Madness: Jordan Crawford From Somewhere in Nevada

rtmsf — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:45:03 +0000

We’ve been anxiously awaiting the next thirty days for the last eleven months. You have too. In fact, if this isn’t your favorite time of year by a healthy margin then you should probably click away from this site for a while. Because we plan on waterboarding you with March Madness coverage. Seriously, you’re going to feel like Dick Cheney himself is holding a Spalding-logoed towel over your face. Your intake will be so voluminous that you’ll be drooling Gus Johnson and bracket residue in your sleep. Or Seth Davis, if that’s more your style. The point is that we’re all [...]

Sweet Sixteen Game Analysis: Thursday Night

rtmsf — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:25:51 +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 – #1 Syracuse vs. #5 Butler (West Region)

We’re starting to worry about this Arinze Onuaku situation. Sooner or later, Jim Boeheim’s team is going to need the 11 points, [...]

Second Round Game Analysis: Sunday Games

rtmsf — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:51:34 +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 Sunday games.

12:10 pm – #1 Syracuse vs. #8 Gonzaga (Buffalo pod)

In the CBS national game to start the day, everyone will get this very enticing game between Syracuse and Gonzaga. Given [...]

First Round Game Analysis: Friday Afternoon

rtmsf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:14:13 +0000

Over the next two days in a series of separate posts, RTC will break down all 32 of the first 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 Friday afternoon games.

12:15 pm – #2 West Virginia vs. #15 Morgan State (Buffalo pod)

West Virginia enters the NCAA Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the [...]