define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); stu jackson – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:31:48 +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 Rick Pitino’s Massive Coaching Tree Adds Another Branch As Richard Becomes FIU’s Head Coach http://rushthecourt.net/2012/04/17/rick-pitinos-massive-coaching-tree-adds-another-branch-as-richard-becomes-fius-head-coach/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/04/17/rick-pitinos-massive-coaching-tree-adds-another-branch-as-richard-becomes-fius-head-coach/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:00:30 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=69310

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Florida International has never made any meaningful noise on the basketball court (one NCAA Tournament appearance in school history), yet the Golden Panthers continue to create plenty of buzz off of it. Over the weekend it was announced that Richard Pitino, the 29-year-old son of famed Louisville coach Rick Pitino, would be taking over as head coach at FIU. Richard Pitino was a Louisville assistant and replaces the recently fired Isiah Thomas, who of course is one of the NBA’s all-time great players as well as a [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/04/17/rick-pitinos-massive-coaching-tree-adds-another-branch-as-richard-becomes-fius-head-coach/feed/ 1 Pac-12 Morning Five: 3.13.12 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/13/pac-12-morning-five-3-13-12-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/13/pac-12-morning-five-3-13-12-edition/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:25:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=66113

After at least a week, and more likely months of conjecture, it’s official: the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament is head to Las Vegas. In a news conference schedules for this afternoon, the conference will officially announce the move of their season-ending even to the MGM Grand Garden for at least the next two years. For the past 11 years, the tournament had been held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but attendance and fan interest in that event has waned over the years, in part due to the decline in talent in the conference, but also, perhaps, due to [...]]]>
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