define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); kenneth cooper – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23:20 +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 The Transfer Effect: What the Statistics Say about Missouri and Iowa State’s Recruiting Methods http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/27/the-transfer-effect-what-the-statistics-say-about-missouri-and-iowa-states-recruiting-methods/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/27/the-transfer-effect-what-the-statistics-say-about-missouri-and-iowa-states-recruiting-methods/#respond Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:35:58 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=52565

No matter how established the program, every college basketball coach eventually takes a chance on a transfer. Jim Boeheim, for example, plucked Wesley Johnson from Iowa State and turned him into the Big East Player of the Year in 2009-10. Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski’s current rosters both include transfers with Brandon Wood (Valparaiso) and Seth Curry (Liberty), and in 1979, a former Indiana Hoosier named Larry Bird nearly won a title with Indiana State just a few years after quitting basketball (and Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers) altogether.

Hoiberg and Haith Are Recruiting Transfers Heavily to Their Programs

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Kevin McCarthy of Parsing the WAC and Sam Wasson of bleedcrimson.net are the RTC correspondents for the WAC.

Current Standings:

Utah State (5-0, 17-1) Nevada (4-1, 11-7) Boise State (3-2, 12-5) New Mexico State (3-2, 9-9) San Jose State (2-3, 8-8) Idaho (2-3, 8-10) Louisiana Tech (2-3, 8-10) Hawai’i (1-4, 9-8) Fresno State (0-4, 7-11)

Home Cookin’. Order was restored last week as after the first two weeks of conference play the road teams had jumped out to a 10-5 record against the hosts. However last week the home teams regained that home court advantage, going 6-1. Of the road losers, Fresno State could probably be declared the [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/22/checking-in-on-the-wac-9/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… WAC http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/04/checking-in-on-the-wac-2/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/04/checking-in-on-the-wac-2/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:17:01 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=2831

Kevin McCarthy from Parsing The WAC and Sam Wasson from bleedCrimson.net are the RTC correspondents for the WAC.

Not-so-happy WAC Happenings. A “one horse town” is usually offered as a disparaging comment towards a podunk community out in the hinterlands. The same applies with the term a “one bid league” in reference to Big Dance invites. Like it or not — accept it or not —  the WAC basketball programs are inexorably moving towards solely sending the conference tournament champion to the NCAAs, period. Sure, there are a number of WAC teams that will get better as the season [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/04/checking-in-on-the-wac-2/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… WAC http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/01/checking-in-on-the-wac/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/01/checking-in-on-the-wac/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=2701

Kevin McCarthy from Parsing The WAC and Sam Wasson from bleedCrimson.net are the RTC correspondents for the WAC. 

(ed. note – we received this from our correspondents on Wednesday, Nov. 26, but due to unforeseen circumstances we were unable to post until today)

Flyspecks on the wall of the WAC

It’s a new season and mostly new lineups for the Western Athletic Conference in 2008-2009. A high percentage of the top players have graduated, leaving just two of the top 15 scorers back, Louisiana Tech junior guard Kyle Gibson and Utah State forward Gary Wilkinson.

In the snarkilicious So-What Department, WAC [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/01/checking-in-on-the-wac/feed/ 0