define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); russell hicks – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:10:13 +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 Sun Belt Wrapup & Tourney Preview http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/sun-belt-wrapup-tourney-preview/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/sun-belt-wrapup-tourney-preview/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:54:24 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=5785

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Final Results Are In

A couple things were expected.  And a lot was not.  WKU sitting out the first round is no shocker.  UALR atop the West was expected as well.  But MTSU was expected to do a lot better.  Additionally,  who would have “thunk” that head coaches Mike Jarvis and John Brady would finish at the bottom of their respective divisions and as 12th and 13th seeds?  Wow.  Lastly, how does Troy, a team that actually was picked [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/sun-belt-wrapup-tourney-preview/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Sun Belt http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/30/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-6/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/30/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-6/#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:28:51 +0000 http://rushthecourt.wordpress.com/?p=4304

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Rohnert Seals Two Quality Wins  for the Pioneers

Denver’s recent streak of bad luck in close games came to an end last weekend against East with a 78-74 win at home over Western Kentucky.  The Hilltoppers pulled within two points in the final minute last Saturday, but Denver’s Brian Stafford connected on a bounce pass to cutting teammate Nate Rohnert for a backdoor layup. This put the Pioneers up by four points with 13 seconds left to finish off the Toppers.  WKU saw [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/30/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-6/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Sun Belt http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/05/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-4/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/05/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-4/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:22:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3437

Rick Henderson of FAUOwlsNest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Current Standings:

Eastern Division

Western Kentucky  (2-0,  8-4) Middle Tennessee   (2-0,  8-5) South Alabama  (2-1, 9-5) Troy  (1-2,  5-9) Florida International   (0-2, 5-10) Florida Atlantic   (0-3, 4-10)

Western Division

UALR  (2-0,  9-4)  Denver  (2-1,  6-7)  New Orleans  (2-1, 6-7)  Arkansas State   (1-1,  9-4)  Louisiana-Lafayette   (1-1, 4-8)  North Texas  (1-2,  8-5) ULM   (1-2, 4-9)

Galindo Returns for Florida International

Pre-season All SBC selection Alex Galindo, who suffered a dislocated ankle injury prior to the start of the 2008-2009 season returned to action in unexpected fashion scoring 19 points in a recent Panthers victory over Fordham.  FIU has been hampered by a string of injuries to [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/05/checking-in-on-the-sun-belt-4/feed/ 0 2008-09 Season Primers: #18 – Sun Belt http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/24/2008-09-season-primers-18-sun-belt/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/24/2008-09-season-primers-18-sun-belt/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:06:49 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1596

 

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Middle Tennessee  (19-11, 13-5) Western Kentucky  (18-11, 12-6) South Alabama  (18-11, 11-7) Florida Atlantic  (17-14, 10-8) Florida International  (15 -16, 8-10) Troy  (12-20, 5-13)

West

Arkansas-Little Rock  (17-9, 12-6) North Texas  (16-13, 10-8) Louisiana-Lafayette  (15-14, 10-8) Arkansas State  (14-15, 8-10) Denver  (12-17, 7-11) Louisiana-Monroe  (15-14, 7-11) New Orleans  (11-19, 4-14)

WYN2K.  The Belt took a step forward last season with the NCAA Tourney appearance of South Alabama, and the deep run of Western Kentucky into the Sweet 16, jumping from 17 to 14 in the RPI rankings.  Accordingly, recruiting is on the way up all around.  [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/24/2008-09-season-primers-18-sun-belt/feed/ 0