define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); roy skinner – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:34:42 +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 SEC Morning Five: 10.21.11 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2011/10/21/sec-morning-five-10-21-11-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/10/21/sec-morning-five-10-21-11-edition/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:30:15 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=42761

Rally the troops! Sound the Horn of Nerdfighting and CHARGE! The ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top-25 poll has been released! The Southeastern Conference has four members on the list: Kentucky at #2 (with one 1st place vote), Vanderbilt at #7, Florida at #10 and Alabama at #17. (Future SEC member Texas A&M checks in at #19.) Mississippi State was the only other SEC school receiving votes from the coaches. Returning all five starters helped Vanderbilt garner their highest Preseason Top-25 ranking since 1965. Those 1965-66 Commodores, led by legendary coach Roy Skinner, were coming off their first NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance. [...]]]>
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Morning Five: 10.27.10 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2010/10/27/morning-five-10-27-10-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/10/27/morning-five-10-27-10-edition/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:27:43 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=25853

The Fanhouse 2010-11 All-America Team features Kyle Singler (Duke), Jacob Pullen (Kansas State), Jimmer Fredette (BYU), Marcus Morris (Kansas) and JaJuan Johnson (Purdue).  To each their own, but we think it’s a mistake to leave off Harrison Barnes (UNC) given what we know about the talent of star freshmen these days (to be fair to Fanhouse, he was on their third team).  Also, we know that Morris is a great player only scratching the surface of his potential, but is he the second-best forward in the country behind Singler?  We just can’t get behind that one yet. Right, Leonard Hamilton, because [...]]]>
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