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SEC Mount Rushmore

EMoyer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:50:36 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic Sun Conference and Southern Conference and a contributor to the RTC SEC Microsite. You can find him on Twitter @EricDMoyer.

In honor of President’s Day, RTC is putting together the Mount Rushmores of the six power conferences. For all the history in the SEC, picking four who represent all of basketball proved difficult and will surely (hopefully) create good debate. So without any delay, here’s the Mount Rushmore of SEC basketball:

Adolph Rupp – Kentucky: Rupp, a fixture on the Mount Rushmore for all of college basketball easily earned one of the four coveted spots. Rupp learned [...]

It’s a Love/Hate Relationship: Volume I

rtmsf — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:45:48 +0000

Jesse Baumgartner is an RTC contributor. In this piece he’ll spend each week reviewing the five things he loved and hated about the previous week of college basketball.

The Five Things I Loved This Week

I LOVED..…that the Big Ten announced Sunday it’s not looking to expand in the near future. This recent movement between conferences has been fine and dandy, but I’m all for reeling things in a little bit now rather than continuing to strengthen/expand the big boys. We like conferences in college basketball for [...]

Conference Primers: #18 – Summit

rtmsf — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:49:53 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish:

Oakland (21-8) (15-3) Oral Roberts (16-11) (12-6) North Dakota St. (16-12) (12-6) IUPUI (17-11) (12-6) Missouri-Kansas City (14-17) (9-9) Southern Utah (13-16) (9-9) Centenary (12-17) (8-10) IPFW (8-20) (6-12) Western Illinois (8-21) (4-14) South Dakota St. (5-24) (3-15)

WYN2K. Someone in PR at the Mid-Continent Conference decided that the league needed to be rebranded to effectively portray the goals and ideals of its member institutions. Hence, the Summit, which immediately reminds us of the orange and white monstrosity court at the University of Tennessee, but which league commish Tom Douple stated, represents “the top in athletics and academics.” Good [...]

Let’s See those Pearly Whites

rtmsf — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:42:27 +0000

Wow, Ms. Summit, you look like a new woman since your divorce!

That hand is dangerously close to her… soft drink.

Rocky Top, Indeed!

(h/t to the Big Lead for uncovering these dandies)

09.28.07 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:50:10 +0000

Fourteen Days to go…

JT3 gets himself a well-deserved raise (reportedly doubling his salary to $900k) and extension through 2013 at Georgetown, although he’s still grossly underpaid. He’ll have to start the 2007-08 season without backup PG Chris Wright, however, due to a broken foot. Wright is expected back later this season. Considerable speculation over Duke Crews’ suspension ended when the Tennesseean reported that a bag of maryjane was found in his dorm room. JJ Redick don’t play like dat, and his brother will let you know it… According to Six Pack Sports Report, Jim Calhoun hates kids with cancer [...]

That Which We Don’t Speak Of…

rtmsf — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:02:13 +0000

In news of Armageddon-esque proportions, Bruce Pearl is getting divorced from his wife of 25 years:

The third-year Vols’ head coach separated from his 50-year-old wife after the team returned from an 11-day trip to Europe that took place Aug. 8-19. The divorce was filed in Knox County on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, according to a UT spokesperson.

Wait, something sounds eerily familiar here…

Pearl is the second high-profile Tennessee coach to announce the filing for a divorce in the past month. UT women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt filed for a divorce from her husband, R.B. Summitt, on Aug. 15 in Blount [...]

08.17.07 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:26:42 +0000

Nothing like 100-degree heat to make you think college hoops, right:

Our future Prez (ca. 2016 unless some redneck jacks him first) was a baller! Barack Obama starred at D3 Occidental College back in the day (highlights here – let’s hope his FT shooting acumen is not indicative of a lack of concentration under pressure) FAMU head coach Mike Gillespie was fired for stalking his ex-girlfriend – and yes, because you wouldn’t need a girlfriend unless it were so, he is married. What the hell is going on at Ball St.? Coach Ronny Thompson (son of JT2) resigned in July, leaving in his wake an athletic [...]