text messaging – Rush The Court

09.21.07 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:59:44 +0000

21 days to Midnight Madness, folks.

Roy’s 05 studs may end up costing him a recruit. UK’s Joe Crawford got his knee scoped, but is expected to be ready for the season. Arizona doesn’t plan on having McKale Madness this year. Gonzaga plays hard teams. Now you too can understand how they run their flex offense. Katz puts forth an informative article – he rates the top 10 teams’ nonconference schedules (not to be confused as the top 10 nonconference schedules) Rivals projects how ten new coaches will fare this year. Some folks think Florida’s Mareese Speights will become a beast. Hoopwise interviews the head coach of the Gonzaga [...]

07.03.07 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:58:08 +0000

Quite a bit of stuff we’ve missed over the past week or so…

Iowa transfer and Tennessee native Tyler Smith will be eligible to play at UT next season, as his appeal was approved by the NCAA. UT just moved into our Top 5 for 2007-08. Florida guard Brandon Powell‘s arrest for possession of a little ganja results in a transfer – expect to see him at Oklahoma St. or WVU next year. Cliff Ellis resurfaces at Coastal Carolina – we guess there are worse places than Conway, South Carolina. Apparently the NCAA will revisit its recently-enacted text messaging ban after 34 schools asked for a review. Indiana will tear down Assembly [...]

04.27.06 Fast Breaks

rtmsf — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:15:22 +0000

As we approach the early entry deadline on Sunday, Kansas forward Brandon Rush and Marquette guard Dominic James both announced they are officially going pro, but neither will sign with an agent. Put it on the Titanium AMEX: John Beilein agrees to pay WVU $1.5M buyout (where’d that extra mill go?) for leaving Morgantown before his contract term expired. 7’3 center Hasheem Thabeet is returning to UConn for his sophomore season. Someone buy Billy Gillispie an iPhone instead… NCAA formally bans text messaging of recruits. Don’t the girls all get prettier at closing time? Luke Winn discusses how Patrick Patterson seems to [...]

sup r u playin 2nite? ttul8r

rtmsf — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:58:47 +0000

In one of the its smarter moves in some time, the NCAA reported today that its management council is recommending a ban on text messaging between coaches and recruits. Although nothing gets us quite as lathered up as the image of middle-aged men playing electronic footsie with teenagers, we feel that this is an overdue necessity for the sake of the kids, who are already bombarded with letters and phone calls from amorous coaches. Consider the following story about uber-texter Billy Gillispie:

When describing how well Billy Gillispie fits what the University of Kentucky wanted in a basketball coach, athletics director Mitch Barnhart noted [...]