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NBA Draft Thoughts From a College Perspective

rtmsf — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:34 +0000

The NBA Draft has come and gone with one of the most boring evenings in its televised history. Maybe it was the arena setting, maybe it was the lack of marquee names, maybe it was the fact that none of the draftees wore anything particularly ridiculous, but the league’s capstone summer event was so uninspiring that even Bill Simmons’ usually-hilarious draft diary felt trite and mailed in. Still, the draft represents to every major college basketball player the culmination of a lifelong dream to hear one’s name called by David Stern, and it’s worth a quick reflection on [...]

Around The Blogosphere: May 9, 2011

nvr1983 — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:15:41 +0000

If you are interested in participating, send your submissions to rushthecourt@gmail.com as we will be updating these posts throughout the day.

News

Terrence Jones To Return: “Terrence Jones will be returning to Lexington for his sophomore year. That’s good news for the Wildcats’ hopes of winning their eighth national championship, and I think it is the correct decision for Terrence, considering all publicly known factors.” (A Sea of Blue) Jeff Capel headed back home: “The University of Duke has confirmed today that former Oklahoma head basketball coach and Duke alumni, Jeff Capel has accepted an assistant position under his mentor [...]

Dissecting the Law of Unintended Consequences, Early Entry Style

rtmsf — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the law of unintended consequences, folks.

Starting with Jared Sullinger’s surprising decision to return to school in the aftermath of #1 Ohio State’s upset loss at the hands of Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament last month, a number of projected top draft picks have similarly shocked the world by deciding to stick around their college campuses for another season. Subsequent to Sullinger, Baylor’s Perry Jones — another top five pick — followed that up with his own shocker. Next, UNC’s Harrison Barnes and John Henson — both projected lottery picks this June — each decided [...]

Around The Blogosphere: May 7, 2011

nvr1983 — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:15:11 +0000

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News

Brandon Knight to Stay in Draft: “As expected, star point guard Brandon Knight stated at a press conference today that he will remain in the 2011 NBA Draft and forgo his remaining three years of college eligibility. Knight will almost certainly be drafted in the lottery, and currently signs point to him being drafted somewhere in the 5-7 range.” (A Sea of Blue) Maryland Basketball Clamoring For Series With Georgetown: “A Maryland-Georgetown series is something that has been [...]

Conference Report Card: SEC

Brian Goodman — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:00:32 +0000

Jared Quillen is the RTC correspondent for the SEC conference. We will be publishing a series of conference report cards over the next week for conferences that got multiple NCAA bids to recap the conference, grade the teams, and look at the future for the conference.

Conference Recap

It was a good year for the Southeastern Conference. After a weak showing in the NCAA Tournament last year, the SEC was the only conference with multiple teams (Kentucky and Florida) in the Elite Eight. The SEC also got five teams into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three [...]

Morning Five: 04.07.11 Edition

nvr1983 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:15:02 +0000

Most of the news around college basketball yesterday was about players putting their names into the NBA Draft. Some were expected like Kyrie Irving while others were a bit more surprising like Scotty Hopson. Two teams–UNC and Kansas–appear to have done rather well yesterday as each saw a pair of players (John Henson and Tyler Zeller for UNC and Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson for Kansas) who many felt might put their names into the NBA Draft decide to stay in school for at least one more year. Both programs are still waiting for other players to announce their intentions, but should be on the [...]

Around The Blogosphere: March 31, 2011

nvr1983 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:58:33 +0000

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Final Four Notes

Feinstein On The Brink … Of Encephalic Detonation: “One definition of insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Whether you agree with that or not, it is commonly used to display the logical flaws in not making changes to a given process when the process doesn’t work. John Feinstein wants [...]

It’s a Love/Hate Relationship: Volume XV

jbaumgartner — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:41:50 +0000

Jesse Baumgartner is an RTC contributor. In this weekly piece he’ll review the five things he loved and hated about the previous seven days of college basketball. This week, Jesse asks who the best prototype player in the game is, backs the Princeton Tigers, and laments his bad bracket luck. Yeah, Jesse…tell it to Coach Greenberg.

Five Things I Loved This Week

I LOVED…..trying to figure out a unique question. I was having a debate with someone about Connecticut, and in the course of that argument said that “you have to remember, the Huskies [...]

Around The Blogosphere: March 9, 2011

nvr1983 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:30:25 +0000

Top 25 Games

#18 UConn 97, DePaul 71: “The five-year hex hovering over the Huskies at Madison Square Garden has been lifted. And all it took was playing one of the worst teams in major college basketball. But as is UConn’s tradition when playing in NYC in March, it wasn’t pretty.” (The UConn Blog)

News/Analysis

Jalen Rose Discusses Fab Five Documentary: The former Fab [...]

Set Your Tivo: 03.06.11

Brian Otskey — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:00:43 +0000

***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013 * – don’t waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo’s) of any kind on this game

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

What a Saturday it was. The final [...]

ATB: Jordan Taylor Goes Jordanesque Against Indiana

rtmsf — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:38:39 +0000

The Lede. There are only a handful of days left in the regular season. After 10,000 games, we’ve already eliminated a number of teams from national title contention and we’ll spend the weekend talking about positioning. Most teams are who we know them to be at this late point in the season — like last call in a college bar, it becomes about finding the best light to present yourself to the evaluators, in this case, the NCAA Selection Committee. The numbers ultimately will rule the day, but perception and the ‘sniff test’ are things not easily [...]

Set Your Tivo: 03.03.11

Brian Otskey — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:00:12 +0000

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

It’s a light night across the college [...]

Around The Blogosphere: March 2, 2011

nvr1983 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:15:56 +0000

Top 25 Games

#1 Ohio State 82, Penn State 61: “Jon Diebler might have missed his first and last triple tries but he connected on 10 straight in between, pouring in a career high 30 points as the Buckeyes clinched at least a share of the B1G regular season conference title by routing Penn State 82-61 tonight in Happy Valley.” (Eleven Warriors) #6 Purdue 76, Illinois [...]

Checking in on… the SEC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:54:10 +0000

Jared Quillen is the RTC correspondent for the SEC.

A Look Back

There was little change in SEC standings this week, which bodes well for the SEC’s chances at getting six bids to the NCAA Tournament, the most since 2008. And that’s just how Joe Lunardi sees it as he currently projects six SEC teams in his bracket. That means that Tennessee and Georgia both remain in the tournament despite suffering losses this week. The SEC is second only to the Big East in total conference bids, which is currently projected at eleven. While I think that is [...]

Set Your Tivo: 02.22.11

Brian Otskey — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:02:50 +0000

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

Illinois and Tennessee will look to lock up bids [...]