define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); super bowl – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:37:11 +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 Media Timeout: Could College Basketball Survive a Longer NFL Season? http://rushthecourt.net/2016/03/02/media-timeout-could-college-basketball-survive-a-longer-nfl-season/ http://rushthecourt.net/2016/03/02/media-timeout-could-college-basketball-survive-a-longer-nfl-season/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:44:27 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=118313

College basketball places huge emphasis on individual games — showdowns between top-ranked teams, annual rivalry clashes, single-elimination tournaments — but it’s important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture from time to time. The Media Timeout considers how fans and journalists watch, follow, and talk about the sport.

Rejoice, for it is March. If you’re a college hoops-first sports fan like me, then welcome to our favorite part of the calendar. With football in the rear-view there are no distractions as the nation turns its collective attention toward March Madness. But after the confetti is all swept [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2016/03/02/media-timeout-could-college-basketball-survive-a-longer-nfl-season/feed/ 2 Morning Five: 02.03.12 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/03/morning-five-02-03-12-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/03/morning-five-02-03-12-edition/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:14 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=59316

We suppose that we should recognize that there’s a football game going on this weekend in Indianapolis that involves a couple of well-known quarterbacks. It should come as no surprise that Las Vegas sports gambling establishments are offering all kinds of ridiculous prop bets on the Sunday evening Super Bowl, but as The Dagger’s Ryan Greene writes in this piece, there are an interesting array of crossover props available that institute both this weekend’s college basketball action as well as the NFL championship. That’s right, if you are inclined to pick between Northwestern star John Shurna’s combined points and rebounds [...]]]>
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