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After the Buzzer: The Opening Night That Isn’t

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:58:52 +0000

College Basketball comes on little cat feet.

It sits looking over the BCS and NFL on silent haunches and then moves on.

The Season Surrounds Us, But Where Is It?

We’re reminded of this (slightly modified) poem every year when one day we wake up and find ourselves facing an “opening” Friday night of 135 games with nearly zero hype and fanfare ahead of it. Like the fog in Carl Sandburg’s world, the game creeps up and appears all around us rather damp and sticky, but unless you have an alt-network like ESPN-U or the Full Court package, you probably missed the whole [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #30 – MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:04 +0000

RTC is still seeking a MEAC correspondent. If you are interested in covering this league, email us for further information at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

Predicted Order of Finish

Morgan State (13-3) South Carolina State (12-4) Norfolk State (10-6) Delaware State (9-7) Bethune-Cookman (9-7) Maryland-Eastern Shore (8-8) Hampton (8-8) Howard (7-9) North Carolina A&T (6-10) Coppin State (4-12) Florida A&M (2-14) Savannah State (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards) North Carolina Central (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards)

All-Conference Team

CJ Reed (G) — Bethune-Cookman Hillary Haley (G) – Maryland-Eastern Shore DeWayne Jackson (F) — Morgan State Kyle O’Quinn (F) — Norfolk State Kevin Thompson (F) — Morgan State

6th Man

Darnell Porter (G) — South Carolina State

Impact Newcomer

Dominique Sutton (F) — North Carolina Central. NCCU isn’t yet [...]

RTC Region by Region Tidbits: 03.18.10

rtmsf — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:15:36 +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.

South Region Notes (Patrick Sellars)

Duke and guard Nolan Smith don’t think they’ll have an easy path to Indianapolis even though all the “experts” agree that Duke has the easiest road to the Final Four of the number one seeds. Smith said, “This is the NCAA tournament, [...]

RTC Region by Region Tidbits: 03.17.10

rtmsf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:08 +0000

East Region Notes (Ryan Restivo of SienaSaintsBlog)

President Barack Obama picked Kentucky to lose in his bracket’s final game but Coach John Calipari is worried about just getting momentum. “Land the plane. Survive and advance,” Calipari told Chris Low of ESPN. “That’s all we’re thinking about. [...]

First Round Game Analysis: Friday Afternoon

rtmsf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:14:13 +0000

Over the next two days in a series of separate posts, RTC will break down all 32 of the first round games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are the Friday afternoon games.

12:15 pm – #2 West Virginia vs. #15 Morgan State (Buffalo pod)

West Virginia enters the NCAA Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the [...]

RTC Region by Region Tidbits: 03.16.10

rtmsf — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:08:32 +0000

South Region Notes (Patrick Sellars)

The first “upset” of the tournament occurred in the South Region when SWAC champion Arkansas Pine-Bluff took down the Big South tournament champion Winthrop, 61-44. The Golden Lions earned the right to play top seeded Duke on Friday night. When #9 Louisville [...]

NCAA Region by Region Tidbits: 03.15.10

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

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 [...]

Morning Five: 02.04.10 Edition

rtmsf — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:43:01 +0000

You probably already knew that Michigan State star Kalin Lucas sprained his ankle in the game against Wisconsin on Tuesday evening, but yesterday MSU officials confirmed the important news that there was no broken bone in his foot. As of now, he’s listed as day to day but he’ll be re-evaluated after treatment today to determine if he might be back for Saturday’s game against Illinois. Minnesota forward Royce White has officially retired from basketball as he formally withdrew from the Minnesota program on Wednesday. You’ll certainly recall White’s bizarre YouTube announcement that he was quitting basketball in mid-December, and it [...]

Breaking Down the Bracketbusters…

rtmsf — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:50:14 +0000

Special to RushTheCourt. Ryan Restivo of the MAAC-based SienaSaintsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the Colonial Athletic Association. SienaSaintsBlog now features exclusive video!

The BracketBuster matchups are out, and as promised, RTC is here with some analysis of some of the top games! Five Colonial Athletic Association teams lead the pack into these February weekend matchups. The Western Athletic Conference drew four bids and the Missouri Valley drew three. One problem with the BracketBusters? Five of the television games will be on ESPNU, which of course means they’re not available on ESPN360. However I’d say [...]

ATB: Cornell Loses Its Way in the Phog…

rtmsf — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:25:57 +0000

The (Big) Red Scare. #1 Kansas 71, Cornell 66. Normally, an early January game between a top-ranked Kansas squad and…well, pretty much any Ivy League school sounds about as thrilling as getting the measles twice. Tonight was different. Cornell came into Kansas’ dreaded Allen Fieldhouse already with a few wins over big-conference teams like Alabama, Massachusetts, and St. John’s. They were riding the momentum of a ten-game winning streak and could boast a kid in Ryan Wittman who is nothing close to a kept secret any more. Wittman (24/4/3 assts), a 6’6 long-range bomber averaging 19 PPG and [...]

ATB: Just Call Him Oscar…

rtmsf — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:56:59 +0000

Story of the Night. Evan Turner’s Date With History. It’s only a matter of time. So long as Evan Turner stays healthy this year, he should have the new record for triple-doubles in a single season by around New Year’s Eve. He’s already got two in November, which puts him in select company of 33 others players in the entire history of the NCAA to have multiple trip-dubs in one season. The record is four, held by Stephane Lasme (UMass), Jason Kidd (Cal), Brian Shaw (UCSB) and Michael Anderson (Drexel). We should go ahead and dust off the [...]

ATB: Weekend Wrap – Pac-10 and SEC Struggle Again

rtmsf — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:38:31 +0000

It was an odd weekend of basketball. The games weren’t all that interesting — at least when compared to Friday night, for example — but there was plenty to talk about when scores started rolling in. Mainly, it was a weekend that had few storylines other than Pac-10/SEC incompetence and prep work for all of the holiday tournaments that start this week.

Pac-10 Nightmare Saturday.

Loyola Marymount 67, USC 59. Will this ultimately be the worst BCS team loss of the entire season? LMU won a total of three games last season, and while the Lions are undoubtedly [...]

RTC Live: Morgan State @ Louisville

rtmsf — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:26:02 +0000

This time, we travel to Louisville where Rick Pitino and his Cardinals have a date with MEAC favorites Morgan State on Sunday, November 22. Morgan State is 3-0 and are led by their versatile senior guard Reggie Holmes (currently averaging 25.3 PPG over those three games this season) and sophomore forward Kevin Thompson (9.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG). Just about everyone is familiar with the Edgar Sosa/Samardo Samuels/Reggie Delk attack that has proven effective for the 2-0 Cards, but this is the second of three straight days with games for Louisville; they knocked off East Tennessee State [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #31: MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:33:46 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the MEAC and SWAC conferences. Click here for all of our 2009-10 Season Preview materials..

Predicted Order of Finish:

Morgan State (22-9) North Carolina A&T (17-14) South Carolina State (16-12) Coppin State (14-13) Bethune-Cookman (14-16) Hampton (12-18) Delaware State (10-17) Norfolk State (9-19) Florida A&M (9-16) Howard (4-23) Winston-Salem State (4-26) UMES (3-27)

All-Conference Team:

Tavarus Alston (G) – North Carolina A&T – Should lead the MEAC in assists this season, and could be a scoring threat as well. Reggie Holmes (G) – Morgan State – 3rd leading scorer and leading 3pt shooter in the MEAC in 08 will expand [...]

RTC Mascot Death Match: Sweet Sixteen Matches

rtmsf — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:58:07 +0000

Ok, we’re ready for the Sweet Sixteen of Mascot Death Match. Things are starting to heat up. Who is your favorite? Voting will be open the next couple of days.

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