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Where 2016-17 Happens: Reason #21 We Love College Basketball

rtmsf — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:01:36 +0000

As RTC heads into its 10th season — Season X, if you will — covering college basketball, it’s time to begin releasing our annual compendium of YouTube clips that we like to call Thirty Reasons We Love College Basketball. These 30 snippets from last season’s action are completely guaranteed to make you wish games were starting tonight rather than 30 days from now. Over the next month you’ll get one reason per day until we reach the new season on Friday, November 11. You can find all of this year’s released posts here.

#21 – Where The Seemingly Unthinkable Happens.

We also encourage you to re-visit the entire archive [...]

Rushed Reactions: #10 Syracuse 75, #15 Middle Tennessee State 50

Nate Kotisso — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 00:58:16 +0000

Rush the Court will be providing wall-to-wall coverage of each of the NCAA Tournament from each of the 13 sites this year. Follow our NCAA Tourney specific Twitter accounts at @RTCEastregion, @RTCMWregion,@RTCSouthregion and @RTCWestregion.

Three Key Takeaways:

Syracuse’s Michael Gbinije rises for a highlight dunk on Sunday night. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

The Blue Raiders Were Panicking Early On: Perhaps Middle Tennessee State was experiencing a bit of a hangover after beating Michigan State. Maybe Friday’s win emptied the energy reserves to some degree. Either way, the Blue Raiders were neither relaxed nor confident early on, as they shot 4-for-18 to start the [...]

The Other 26: This Is Not Mark Few’s Best Team… Yet

IRenko — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:09:15 +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.

After a 17-point win at St. Mary’s on Thursday night pushed Gonzaga’s record to 24-2 and cleared its biggest hurdle to a regular season record tainted with just two losses, some are wondering whether this is the best team that Mark Few has put together in his 14 years at the helm. It’s a fair question, given the way they’re playing. But the best ever? Sure, not since Adam Morrison was dragged off [...]

The Other 26: Week Eight

IRenko — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:12:46 +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.

TO26 is back after a one-week hiatus, and do we have a doozy of a column for you. Today we take a look at the race for the top in every single non-power conference. We categorize each conference based on the number of contenders who have emerged after the first 2-3 weeks of conference play. Which conference looks like a fight between five legitimate contenders? Which conferences seem to be just one [...]

ATB: Belmont’s At-Large Chances, Minnesota’s 11 Wins, and the Itinerant Laval Lucas-Perry…

rtmsf — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:31:49 +0000

Tonight’s Lede. It’s day two of Finals Week and, although tonight wasn’t as dry to the bone as Monday was, it was still rather light around the college basketball world. Still, a couple dozen games included a handful of ranked teams and even a questionable RTC in a place called Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Let’s jump into it…

Your Watercooler Moment. Belmont Loses to Middle Tennessee — Are Their At-Large Chances Kaput?

MTSU Fans RTC'd After Beating Belmont Tonight (Nashville Tennesseean)

Middle Tennessee State and Belmont tipped it off for the second time already this season — in a scheduling quirk, the two [...]

Checking in on the… Sun Belt

rtmsf — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:07:29 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Toppers Move into Two-way Tie for First

We pegged University of Arkansas-Little Rock and Middle Tennessee as the teams to beat this season, and thus far, that is the case. However, Middle Tennessee was defeated last night by the Hilltoppers in a nail biter 61-63. Steffphon Pettigrew’s offensive rebound and subsequent put back with four seconds remaining sealed it for WKU. Unbelievably, the Blue Raiders have not won at Diddle Arena since 1977.

Bi-Polar Pioneers

Denver, who was red hot as of late, [...]

ATB: All Ends to Friday

rtmsf — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:41:46 +0000

Game of the Day. Xavier 63, Virginia Tech 62 (OT). This ending was almost as ridiculous as the Brandon Roy nonsense from a couple of weeks ago. After it appeared the Va Tech had won the game on a layup by Jeff Allen with under three seconds remaining, Xavier threw it up ahead to Dante Jackson, who at that point was 0-8 with 2 pts in the game. So of course he throws in a bank shot from 50 feet to win (see below). This was easily the best game-winner of the young season, and will probably be in [...]

Checking in on the… Sun Belt

rtmsf — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:17:10 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

No Sweep for Trio The talented trio of newcomer Head Coaches John Brady, Mike Jarvis, and Ken McDonald fared differently in first contests with thier programs. Mike Jarvis (Florida Atlantic) gained his first victory as the Owls defeated Monmouth to open the season, while John Brady (Arkansas State) and Ken McDonald (Western Kentucky) dropped contests to Houston and Ole Miss, respectively.

UNO Happy to be Back “Home” New Orleans will take the court this season in a quite impressive Lake Front Arena now that rennovations [...]

2008-09 Season Primers: #18 – Sun Belt

rtmsf — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:06:49 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Middle Tennessee (19-11, 13-5) Western Kentucky (18-11, 12-6) South Alabama (18-11, 11-7) Florida Atlantic (17-14, 10-8) Florida International (15 -16, 8-10) Troy (12-20, 5-13)

West

Arkansas-Little Rock (17-9, 12-6) North Texas (16-13, 10-8) Louisiana-Lafayette (15-14, 10-8) Arkansas State (14-15, 8-10) Denver (12-17, 7-11) Louisiana-Monroe (15-14, 7-11) New Orleans (11-19, 4-14)

WYN2K. The Belt took a step forward last season with the NCAA Tourney appearance of South Alabama, and the deep run of Western Kentucky into the Sweet 16, jumping from 17 to 14 in the RPI rankings. Accordingly, recruiting is on the way up all around. [...]