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RTC Conference Primers: #30 – MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:04 +0000

RTC is still seeking a MEAC correspondent. If you are interested in covering this league, email us for further information at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

Predicted Order of Finish

Morgan State (13-3) South Carolina State (12-4) Norfolk State (10-6) Delaware State (9-7) Bethune-Cookman (9-7) Maryland-Eastern Shore (8-8) Hampton (8-8) Howard (7-9) North Carolina A&T (6-10) Coppin State (4-12) Florida A&M (2-14) Savannah State (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards) North Carolina Central (*provisional member — ineligible for postseason and league awards)

All-Conference Team

CJ Reed (G) — Bethune-Cookman Hillary Haley (G) – Maryland-Eastern Shore DeWayne Jackson (F) — Morgan State Kyle O’Quinn (F) — Norfolk State Kevin Thompson (F) — Morgan State

6th Man

Darnell Porter (G) — South Carolina State

Impact Newcomer

Dominique Sutton (F) — North Carolina Central. NCCU isn’t yet [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #31: MEAC

rtmsf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:33:46 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the MEAC and SWAC conferences. Click here for all of our 2009-10 Season Preview materials..

Predicted Order of Finish:

Morgan State (22-9) North Carolina A&T (17-14) South Carolina State (16-12) Coppin State (14-13) Bethune-Cookman (14-16) Hampton (12-18) Delaware State (10-17) Norfolk State (9-19) Florida A&M (9-16) Howard (4-23) Winston-Salem State (4-26) UMES (3-27)

All-Conference Team:

Tavarus Alston (G) – North Carolina A&T – Should lead the MEAC in assists this season, and could be a scoring threat as well. Reggie Holmes (G) – Morgan State – 3rd leading scorer and leading 3pt shooter in the MEAC in 08 will expand [...]

Checking in on the… SWAC & MEAC

rtmsf — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:26:46 +0000

JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC Conferences. With the end of the regular season imminent, both conference wrap-ups are below this week.

SWAC Wrap-Up

And so it is nearly finished. A final act for the SWAC conference that is low on team talent, but with a few programs that have a legitimate shot of scoring more than 29 points against the number one seed in the national tournament.

Alabama State paces the conference, and is poised to eclipse 19 wins for the second-consecutive season. On their heels is Jackson State, with [...]

Checking in on the… MEAC

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:17:22 +0000

JC at HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC Conferences.

And now its time for America’s favorite Mid-Major soap opera, The MEAC and the Rest of Us. The MEAC is a major player in college basketball, yet its member schools consistently play dwarf to the Cinderella dreams of conferences like the Atlantic 10 and the Big South.

So now its time for the little guys to find their dancing shoes.

THIS WEEK – Every team in the MEAC has at least one win, and there have been some big wins on the year for the conference. The [...]

What’s Your APR?

rtmsf — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:49:32 +0000

No, not Annual Percentage Rate for all you creditworthy folks. We’re talking about the Academic Progress Report (APR) for men’s basketball (who is regularly the lowest rated sport in D1). Today the NCAA released the numbers that track athletes’ success (2003-07) in the classroom through retention, eligibility and graduation, and it appears that things are going to get a little dicey for some name-brand programs over the next twelve months.

The APR has two classes of penalty – immediate and historic. Immediate penalties are levied when a program is below the cutoff score of 925 (approximating a 60% graduation rate), and one [...]