ncaa tournament committee – Rush The Court

Morning Five: Tax Day Edition

rtmsf — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:18:30 +0000

Yesterday was the first day of the national spring signing period, and there were a couple of mid-major surprises (Butler Effect or just pater familias?) in addition to everyone else in America signing with John Calipari. Ok, we’re (partially) kidding on the last part, but Cat fans should get used to a revolving door in Lexington for as long as the 1-and-done rule is still in effect. Here are the updated Scout.com class rankings — UNC and Memphis both have three 3-star players coming in next season. Andy Katz introduces us to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Committee chairman, Ohio State AD [...]

Mocking the Media Mock Bracket

rtmsf — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:55:01 +0000

We haven’t seen much written on this yet, so we thought it would be worth our 1000th post here at RTC (woohoo!) to mock the media’s mock bracket that came out last Friday. You remember the drill – the NCAA invites twenty distinguished members of the hoops cognoscenti to Indianapolis to go through the same exercise of filling the bracket in twelve hours that the NCAA Selection Committee goes through in five days (we’re still awaiting RTC’s invite). According to Mike DeCourcy, this abridged media experience somehow proves that there’s no time for shenanigans amongst the committee in terms of [...]

07.25.08 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:46:58 +0000

Some things we’ve missed while lounging in a pool of indignant contempt (and mineral hot springs)with Lute Olson, Kevin O’Neill and friends the past few weeks…

It’s Extension Season! – Davidson’s Bob McKillop (3 more yrs until 2015-16), UCLA’s Ben Howland (7 yrs at approximately $2M per until 2014-15), Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl (1 more yr until 2013-14, but with a raise that will average out to $2.3M per over that span), Notre Dame’s Mike Brey (2 more yrs until 2014-15), Temple’s Fran Dunphy (2 more yrs through 2013-14), and Oregon’s Ernie Kent (3 more yrs until 2012-13) all got their wives a new car last week. UCLA’s AD Dan Guerrero [...]