define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); quentin grimes – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:40:50 +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 Rushed Reactions: Iowa State 78, Kansas 66 http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/16/rushed-reactions-iowa-state-78-kansas-state-66/ http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/16/rushed-reactions-iowa-state-78-kansas-state-66/#respond Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:23:32 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=137561

Coming into Saturday’s Big 12 championship game, this had not been a tournament to remember for a small but important number of reasons. Most notably, this year’s edition didn’t include a team pushing for a #1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, and the conference’s two biggest NBA Draft prospects (Texas Tech‘s Jarrett Culver and Texas‘ Jaxson Hayes) were bounced in the quarterfinals. West Virginia‘s upset over Texas Tech was important at the moment, but it also birthed a laugher of a semifinal game against Kansas. In Friday’s other semifinal match-up, Kansas State couldn’t overcome the loss of Dean Wade, [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/16/rushed-reactions-iowa-state-78-kansas-state-66/feed/ 0 Rushed Reactions: Big 12 Semifinal Friday http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/15/rushed-reactions-big-12-semifinal-friday/ http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/15/rushed-reactions-big-12-semifinal-friday/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2019 04:11:42 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=137442 A heated series will be reignited Saturday night as Iowa State will square off against against Kansas. (Orlin Wagner/AP)

While West Virginia‘s quarterfinal upset of Texas Tech hammered home the Big 12’s lack of elite teams, it also highlighted the league’s parity and unpredictability when it comes to individual games. The conference figures to send something like seven teams to the Big Dance, but it’s tough to feel confident about any of them reaching the Elite Eight, much less the Final Four. All that said, there was something odd about one of the co-champions not being in the house for the [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2019/03/15/rushed-reactions-big-12-semifinal-friday/feed/ 0 Injury to Udoka Azubuike and Other Woes Not Enough to Pick Against Kansas in Big 12 Race http://rushthecourt.net/2019/01/08/injury-to-udoka-azubuike-and-other-woes-not-enough-to-pick-against-kansas-in-big-12-race/ http://rushthecourt.net/2019/01/08/injury-to-udoka-azubuike-and-other-woes-not-enough-to-pick-against-kansas-in-big-12-race/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:15:24 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=136140

Kansas was dealt a significant blow on Sunday when the program announced that center Udoka Azubuike will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right hand. It’s the latest trickle of bad news for a team that can never seem to avoid having something go sideways with its big men, whether it is Azubuike, Silvio De Sousa, Billy Preston, Carlton Bragg, Cliff Alexander or Cheick Diallo. There have been injuries, certain and potential NCAA violations, slow development and matches simply not working out the way both parties hoped for one reason or another. You name it and [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2019/01/08/injury-to-udoka-azubuike-and-other-woes-not-enough-to-pick-against-kansas-in-big-12-race/feed/ 0