define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); SWAC Tournament – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:42:46 +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 Bracket Prep: Texas Southern, Harvard & Wyoming http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/16/bracket-prep-texas-southern-harvard-wyoming/ http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/16/bracket-prep-texas-southern-harvard-wyoming/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:40:10 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=108594

Let’s finish off the Bracket Prep series with our reviews of each of the weekend mid-major automatic qualifiers to help you fill out your bracket. Here’s a primer on each of the most recent bid winners. The entire series can be found here.

Texas Southern

Texas Southern is going dancing for the second-straight year. (hbcubuzz.com)

SWAC Champion (22-12, 16-2) RPI/Pomeroy/Sagarin = #130/#207/#204 Adjusted Scoring Margin = -2.1 NCAA Seed: #15

Strength: You don’t often see SWAC teams with as much talent as Texas Southern, especially in the backcourt. Conference Player of the Year Madarious Gibbs (14.2 PPG, 4.3 APG), Marshall transfer Chris Thomas (12.6 PPG) and former Nebraska [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/16/bracket-prep-texas-southern-harvard-wyoming/feed/ 0 Conference Tourney Primers: SWAC http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/10/conference-tourney-primers-swac/ http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/10/conference-tourney-primers-swac/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:01:42 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=108316

We’re in the midst of Championship Fortnight, so let’s gear up for the continuing action by breaking down each of the Other 26’s conference tournaments as they get under way.

SWAC Tournament

Dates: March 10-14

Site: Toyota Center (Houston, TX)

(swac.org)

What to expect: Second-seeded Alabama State and third-seeded Southern are both ineligible for postseason play this year, so should one of those two win the event – a distinct possibility – the next-highest finisher will claim the automatic NCAA Tournament bid. Then again, it might not matter. Texas Southern, which beat Michigan State and Kansas State back in non-conference play, looks poised [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2015/03/10/conference-tourney-primers-swac/feed/ 0