define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Mike Krzyzeski – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:19:34 +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 On an Amazing Weekend of Basketball in Portland… http://rushthecourt.net/2017/11/27/on-an-amazing-weekend-of-basketball-in-portland/ http://rushthecourt.net/2017/11/27/on-an-amazing-weekend-of-basketball-in-portland/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:45:44 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=130483

Nike’s goal was to get the best in college basketball together for Phil Knight’s 80th birthday, and a sport that has badly needed an on-court distraction from its off-court shambles absolutely put its best foot forward in Portland over the holiday weekend. The quality of the performances by many of the 16 teams in the double-bracket event has led me to a number of conclusions about the state of the game and this season. First of all, nobody who watched or attended Duke vs. Texas or Gonzaga vs. Florida OR Duke vs. Florida should have any time for arguments against [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2017/11/27/on-an-amazing-weekend-of-basketball-in-portland/feed/ 0 Behind the Numbers: Structures and Strategies http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/23/behind-the-numbers-structures-and-strategies/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/23/behind-the-numbers-structures-and-strategies/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:01:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=36053   Kellen Carpenter is an RTC contributor.   Nate Silver isn’t always right, but I’m beginning to wonder why I would ever bet against him. Last week, Silver published a consideration of seeding where he argued that because of the structure of the bracket, the eighth and ninth seeds are at a considerable disadvantage compared to much lower-seeded teams. This makes intuitive sense because the way the bracket is constructed the eight and nine have to play a top-seeded team before everyone but the sixteen seed. Still, it sounds funny and it is odd that a twelve seed has a better statistical chance of [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/23/behind-the-numbers-structures-and-strategies/feed/ 0