define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); UC Santa Barabara – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:38:59 +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 For California, Justin Cobbs May Be The Key To This Year’s Success http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/20/for-california-justin-cobbs-may-be-the-key/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/20/for-california-justin-cobbs-may-be-the-key/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:45:39 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=52557

Mike Lemaire is an RTC correspondent. He filed this report after the California-UC Santa Barbara game last night.

Even after talented freshman guard Gary Franklin announced that he was transferring from California to Baylor last January, the Golden Bears were a popular pick to finish atop the Pac-12 standings this season thanks in a large part to their talented backcourt. They just might not have realized just how talented it really was — until last night.

Justin Cobbs Is A Key Piece To California's Conference Title Hopes This Season (Credit: Getty Images)

Playing without senior leader, second-leading scorer, and best on-ball [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/20/for-california-justin-cobbs-may-be-the-key/feed/ 0 O26 Primers: Big West Tourney http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/10/o26-primers-big-west-tourney/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/10/o26-primers-big-west-tourney/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:32:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=35048

RTC’s Kevin Doyle, author of the weekly column, The Other 26, and the Patriot League Correspondent, will be providing conference tournament previews for all non-BCS conferences.

We have finally reached the last Other 26 conference to begin their tournament. It has been an incredibly entertaining journey beginning with the Big South and the Horizon League getting started back on March 1st, and concluding with the Big West today. As fun as it has been to track each of the 25 tournaments—remember, there are not 26 of them due to the Ivy League—it will certainly be even more enjoyable to watch [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/10/o26-primers-big-west-tourney/feed/ 0 Checking in on… the Big West http://rushthecourt.net/2010/12/07/checking-in-on-the-big-west-7/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/12/07/checking-in-on-the-big-west-7/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:51:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=28676

Ryan ZumMallen is the RTC correspondent for the Big West conference.

[Ed. note: this post was written prior to Tuesday night’s games]

A Look Back

In the past two weeks, the Big West has picked up some solid wins for its obvious top-tier teams and seen clutch performers emerge in a conference where it only takes one to contend for a championship. After a stalled start, UC Santa Barbara looks to be hitting the groove that caused the media to pick them to win the conference, while Pacific has hit a snag and people like me are still waiting [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/12/07/checking-in-on-the-big-west-7/feed/ 1