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Rushed Reactions: Creighton 64, Indiana State 43

dnspewak — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:08:25 +0000

Danny Spewak (@dspewak) is an RTC correspondent. He’ll cover the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis through Sunday.

Three Key Takeaways.

Revenge Win For Creighton: A month ago, the Bluejays got spanked in Terre Haute. Indiana State coach Greg Lansing said after Friday’s quarterfinal win that the 76-57 margin was probably an anomaly, but it was by far Creighton’s worst loss of the season. On Saturday, Doug McDermott single-handedly decided to avenge that defeat in the first half of the MVC Tournament quarterfinals. McDermott finished with 25 points, scoring 15 in the first 11 minutes of the game to open up [...]

The Other 26: Niagara Rushes Forth

IRenko — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:45:29 +0000

I. Renko is an RTC columnist. He will kick off each weekend during the season with his analysis of the 26 other non-power conferences. Follow him on Twitter @IRenkoHoops.

When you hear the word “Niagara” you’re not likely to think of basketball. But in the shadow of one of the world’s natural wonders, something is percolating on the hardwood. After a thrilling 93-90 overtime win over Iona that included a rally from a late 15-point deficit and a buzzer-beating three-pointer to win the game, Niagara sits atop the MAAC standings at 10-1. A win over Loyola today would cap a tremendous week [...]

CIO…the Missouri Valley Conference

Brian Goodman — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:34:55 +0000

Patrick Marshall is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can also find his musings online at White & Blue Review or on Twitter @wildjays.

Looking Back

MVC Race Already Heating Up–What a wild first week in Missouri Valley Conference play. Creighton, as expected is sitting at 3-0. Gregg Marshall doesn’t get enough credit for reloading Wichita State and the Shockers are at 3-0 as well. After that, things get really interesting. Indiana State, Evansville, Bradley and Missouri State are all sitting at 2-1. None of those four teams were mentioned in the top echelon at the start of the [...]

CIO… the Missouri Valley Conference

Brian Goodman — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:19:43 +0000

Patrick Marshall is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can also find his musings online at White & Blue Review or on Twitter @wildjays.

Looking Back

Indiana State Raises Profile: There have been a lot of question marks surrounding Indiana State and how good the Sycamores might be this season. It is possible those questions have been answered after a couple of important overtime wins over power conference teams in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii. First, they knocked off Mississippi and then after losing to San Diego State, knocked off Miami (FL) in the third-place game. Jake Odum [...]

CIO… the Missouri Valley Conference

Brian Goodman — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:01:19 +0000

Patrick Marshall is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can also find his musings online at White & Blue Review or on Twitter @wildjays.

Looking Back

McDermott Looking Like Last Season — If you have been watching any Creighton games this season, it might have seemed that Doug McDermott was starting out a little slowly compared to last season. That may have been expected as more teams have started to regularly double- or even triple-team the All-American. However, it may also have been related to the time he took off in the summer [...]

2012-13 RTC Conference Primers: Missouri Valley Conference

Brian Goodman — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:10:14 +0000

Patrick Marshall of White & Blue Review is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can find him on Twitter at @wildjays.

Top Storylines

MVC Untouched — The Missouri Valley Conference has so far survived the first few rounds of changes among the top 15 conferences in Division I basketball (the Ivy being the other one). While every major conference, and some others even further down have been expanding or shifting, the MVC has walked away unscathed and still completely intact. That doesn’t mean there have not been rumors about teams leaving the conference at some point. The latest such mention [...]

RTC Summer Updates: West Coast Conference

Brian Goodman — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:06:40 +0000

With the completion of the NBA Draft and the annual coaching and transfer carousels nearing their ends, RTC is rolling out a new series, RTC Summer Updates, to give you a crash course on each Division I conference during the summer months. Our first update is from the West Coast Conference and comes courtesy of Will Green, an editor and writer with The Slipper Still Fits.

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Summer Storylines

Brigham Young University Joins The Conference: When this story was first reported back in September, it was largely forgotten. BYU’s move was a [...]

NCAA Region by Region Tidbits: 03.15.10

rtmsf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:28:25 +0000

Each day this week during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament we’re asking some of our top correspondents to put together a collection of notes and interesting tidbits about each region. If you know of something that we should include in tomorrow’s submission, hit us up at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

East Region Notes (Ryan Restivo of SienaSaintsBlog)

#8 Texas was once the top team in the nation, but now they are reeling. However, a team trending even worse might be their opponent: #9 Wake Forest. Demon Deacon Head Coach Dino Gaudio said Al-Farouq Aminu had an [...]

Checking In On… the WCC

rtmsf — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:43:56 +0000

Michael Vernetti is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference.

Standings

Gonzaga 5-1 Portland 5-1 San Diego 5-2 Saint Mary’s 3-1 Santa Clara 3-3 Pepperdine 3-4 USF 2-4 Loyola-Marymount 2-5

Looking Back

Zags, Pilots, Toreros Notch Tournament Wins to Lead WCC Teams

It has been a tournament-heavy pre-season for the WCC, and it was in venues ranging from Maui to Anchorage to Anaheim that the early-season leaders made their marks. Gonzaga led the charge by winning the venerable Maui Invitational with victories over Colorado (76-72), Wisconsin (74-61) and Cincinnati (61-59) in a hard-fought tournament championship in overtime on Thanksgiving eve. The Zags had padded their resume with early home wins over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #14 – West Coast

rtmsf — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:45:57 +0000

Michael Vernetti is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference. Click here for all of our 2009-10 Season Preview materials.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Portland (11-3) Gonzaga (10-4) Saint Mary’s (8-6) San Diego (7-7) Santa Clara (6-8) Loyola Marymount (6-8) USF (5-9) Pepperdine (3-11)

All-Conference Team:

Matt Bouldin (G), Gonzaga Kevin Foster (G), Santa Clara Dior Lowhorn (F), USF Kevin Young (F), Loyola Omar Samhan (C), Saint Mary’s

6th man. Nik Raivio, Portland

Impact newcomer. Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s

What You Need to Know.

Going International. The 2010 season marks the WCC’s most pronounced bow to international athletes, with every team having at least two foreign-born [...]