define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); shy ely – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:42:43 +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 RTC Aftermath: MVC Quarterfinals http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/07/rtc-aftermath-mvc-quarterfinals/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/07/rtc-aftermath-mvc-quarterfinals/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:14:10 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=5979

RTC Aftermath will come to you each night where our correspondents are at the conference tournament games as a part of RTC Live.  Patrick Marshall is in St. Louis all weekend covering the MVC Tournament for RTC.

Today you experienced our live blog of the Bradley-Southern Illinois game in the quarterfinal round of the MVC tournament.  This game was up and down for both teams.    Both teams were ready to go:

Bradley won this game by hitting timely shots and wearing out the Salukis.  The Salukis shot only 35% from [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/07/rtc-aftermath-mvc-quarterfinals/feed/ 0 Missouri Valley Conference Wrapup & Tourney Preview http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/missouri-valley-conference-wrapup-tourney-preview/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/missouri-valley-conference-wrapup-tourney-preview/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:34:13 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=5742

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the MVC and Big 12 Conferences.  He will be reporting from the MVC Tournament this weekend in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Missouri Valley Conference finished regular season play this last week with Northern Iowa and Creighton sharing the MVC regular season crown.  Due to the complicated tie-breaker formula, Northern Iowa received the 1-seed for the MVC Tournament and Creighton the 2nd.   My preseason predictions weren’t exactly what happened, but like the whole bizarre Valley season usually is, the middle was all muddled up.   No one [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/04/missouri-valley-conference-wrapup-tourney-preview/feed/ 2 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-9/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-9/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:29:12 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=5222

Current Records and my standings (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Creighton (23-6)(12-4) (2) Northern Iowa (18-10) (12-4)(1) Illinois St. (22-6) (11-5)(3) Bradley (16-12) (9-7) (4) Evansville (16-11) (7-9) (5) Drake (17-12) (7-9) (7) Wichita St. (14-14) (7-9) (6) Indiana St. (9-19) (6-10) (8) Southern Illinois (11-17) (6-10) (9) Missouri St. (11-17) (3-13) (10)

BRACKETBUSTERS

This weekend all 10 teams took part in the annual ESPN Bracketbusters event. Though the league went 7-3 in its games, 2 of the top three teams in the league suffered losses. The MAAC was not friendly to the Valley as Illinois St. lost to Niagara and Northern Iowa continued its slide losing [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-9/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/02/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-8/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/02/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-8/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:49:01 +0000 http://rushthecourt.wordpress.com/?p=4321

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Big 12 and Missouri Valley Conferences.

Current Records and my standings  (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Northern Iowa (16-6) (10-1)(1) Creighton (17-6)(7-4) (5) Illinois St. (18-4) (7-4)(2) Bradley (13-9) (7-4) (3) Evansville (14-7) (6-5) (6) Drake (14-9) (5-6) (4) Southern Illinois (10-12) (5-6) (7) Wichita St. (10-12) (4-7)  (8) Missouri St. (9-13) (2-9) (9) Indiana St. (4-18) (2-9) (10)

The Missouri Valley Conference is part of the ESPNU Bracketbusters event once again this season.  Matchups will be announced on ESPNU at 5:30 on Monday.  With the struggles of this conference this season, it will [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/02/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-8/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/06/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-5/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/06/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-5/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:00:10 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3455

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley and Big 12 Conferences.

Current Records and my standings  (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Illinois St. (14-0) (3-0)(2) Evansville (10-3) (2-1) (3) Creighton (12-3)(2-1) (1) Bradley (9-5) (3-0) (5) Drake (11-4) (2-1) (4) Northern Iowa (8-6) (2-1)(6) Missouri St. (7-7) (0-3) (7) Wichita St. (6-8) (0-3)  (8) Southern Illinois (5-9) (0-3) (9) Indiana St. (3-11) (1-2) (10)

The yearly battle in the Valley once again has shown some surprises.  Is the Valley down this year?  Hard to tell.  Check out the teams this week and how they are doing.

GAME OF THE [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/06/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-5/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/14/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-2/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/14/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-2/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:22:23 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3051

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley and Big 12 Conferences.

Current Records and my standings (Last Week Rank)

Illinois St. (9-0) (1) Creighton (7-2) (2) Evansville (7-1) (3) Drake (8-3) (6) Missouri St. (5-3) (5) Bradley (5-4) (7) Northern Iowa (5-5) (4) Southern Illinois (3-5) (9) Wichita St. (4-5)  (8) Indiana St. (1-8) (10)

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Evansville (2-0 this week)—I could easily put Creighton in this position after the big win against previously unbeaten Dayton, but Evansville has earned the recognition for  what some would consider a surprising start this season.    Their only loss is to [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/12/14/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-2/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley Conference http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-conference/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-conference/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:31:39 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=2580

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley and Big 12 Conferences.

Missouri Valley Conference Week in Review (Nov. 14-23)

Current Records and my standings:

Creighton (3-0) Illinois St. (4-0) Evansville (3-0) Southern Illinois (2-2) Missouri St. (2-1) Bradley (1-1) Drake (2-1) Northern Iowa (2-1) Wichita St. (1-1) Indiana St. (0-2)

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Creighton—Creighton kicked off the season a week ago against New Mexico and looked like they were going to suffer a big loss at home.  However, they outscored New Mexico 40-16 in the final 10 minutes of the game led by P’Allen Stinnett with 30 points and Booker Woodfox with [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/23/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-conference/feed/ 0