define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); maurice ford – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:36:17 +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: 07.08.10 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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Is This What Calipari’s Detractors Have Been Waiting For? http://rushthecourt.net/2010/05/28/is-this-what-caliparis-detractors-have-been-waiting-for/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/05/28/is-this-what-caliparis-detractors-have-been-waiting-for/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 04:31:20 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=21785

In a story on the New York Times website, college basketball writer Pete Thamel and contributor Thayer Evans dropped a big Memorial weekend bomb on the Big Blue Nation, as the legions of University of Kentucky basketball fans around the world are known.  According to the article, the NCAA is looking into former UK shooting guard Eric Bledsoe possibly having received improper benefits while in high school, specifically having his rent paid by his senior-year high school coach, Maurice Ford.  The article also brings up the question as to whether or not Ford, in attempts to gather money [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/05/28/is-this-what-caliparis-detractors-have-been-waiting-for/feed/ 4