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RTC Live: Coaches vs. Cancer Consolation & Finals
Ok, we’re back at MSG and ready to give the grand old dame one more chance with their wireless internet before we completely write off this joint. As of now, things appear to be working, but there’s hardly anyone in the arena or on the network yet, so that all could change ...
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RTC Live: Vanderbilt @ St. Mary’s
Vanderbilt, a pre-season favorite along with Kentucky and Tennessee in the SEC’s Eastern Division, takes on 2-0 Saint Mary’s at 8:30 p.m. Pacific time tonight in the ultimate hostile environment — the Gaels’ bandbox gym in Moraga, CA . New Mexico State and San Diego ...
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Checking In On… the Ivy League
Dave Zeitlin is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League. OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL POWER RANKINGS Cornell (2-0) – Convincing road wins over Alabama and UMass to start the season not only secures the Big Red’s place as the clear best team in the Ivies; it also establishes them as one ...
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Bob Knight Decides To Go Back To Indiana
Just two weeks after turning down Indiana University ’s invitation to appear at his induction into the school’s Hall of Fame Bob Knight has announced that he will return to the Hoosier State for a fundraiser benefiting the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame , which is different than ...
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Checking in on… the Summit League
Standings IUPUI (0-0) 2-0 South Dakota State (0-0) 2-0 UMKC (0-0) 2-0 Oral Roberts (0-0) 2-1 Centenary  ...
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Morning Five: 11.20.09 Edition
AOL Fanhouse reported yesterday that there is an ongoing pattern of NCAA rules violations at South Florida , according to various former assistant coaches and players of the program under Stan Heath. Many of the alleged violations involve strength and conditioning assistant Terrelle ...
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ATB: Statement Wins At MSG for UNC and Syracuse
Coaches vs. Cancer . Carolina Hangs On . North Carolina 77, Ohio State 73 . The marquee matchup of the evening featured Roy’s defending national champs taking on Ohio State and early NPOY candidate Evan Turner in Madison Square Garden. RTC Live was a bust due to MSG’s ...
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Tuesday Morning, Jersey City
To steal from a favorite Elton John song, “It’s four o’clock in the morning, damn it…” Actually the mood when the alarm sounds is not anger but eager anticipation. Monmouth-St. Peter’s, 6 AM at the Yanitelli Center. The day, or morning, is here. 4:50 - College ...
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RTC Live: Coaches vs. Cancer Semifinals (Cal vs. Syracuse; UNC vs. Ohio State)
Welcome back to RTC Live, and tonight is arguably the best night of the new season thus far. Tuesday was pretty good with Michigan State – Gonzaga and Kansas – Memphis, but tonight we’ll be privileged to bring you four top 25 teams, all of whom have serious Final Four ...
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Memphis Learns Its Fate, Can’t/Won’t Tell Anyone the Results…
rushthecourt.net — Sometimes the NCAA’s policies, procedures and processes are so difficult, convoluted and nonsensical that it’s difficult to even begin to explain why they don’t make much sense. It took a little while, but we think we have a grasp ... (more) Memphis Learns Its Fate, Can’t/Won’t Tell Anyone the ...
Morning Five: 11.19.09 Edition
The holidays are approaching and lucky for us, Karen Sypher truly is the gift that keeps on giving. Ms. Sypher was charged today by a Louisville grand jury with the federal crime of retaliation against a witness for accusing Rick Pitino of raping her. In plain english, this means that ...
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ATB: Northwestern Really Misses Kevin Coble
A quiet day following the storm of the 24-hour marathon and on the eve of two tremendous CvC semifinal matchups tomorrow night in New York City… Story of the Day . Butler Passes Its First Non-Conference Test . #10 Butler 67, Northwestern 54. It was a balanced effort last night for the ...
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RTC Live: Utah State @ Utah
RTC Live makes its first trip to the pit (and we mean that in a good way) known as the Huntsman Center on the campus of the University of Utah tonight. The Utes are coming off a surprising home opener loss to Idaho last week, but Huntsman isn’t a place where many teams leave with a ...
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RTC Live: Butler @ Northwestern
Welcome back to RTC Live as we continue our coast-to-coast coverage of key games of national interest. Tonight we’re coming to you from the campus of Northwestern University, along the shore of Lake Michigan, as the Wildcats take on #10 Butler in an interesting game between the Big ...
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Morning Five: 11.18.09 Edition
Minnesota freshman Royce White might be looking to plead out of his legal problems arising out of an incident with a security guard at the Mall of America. What this means for his future with Tubby Smith’s team? Status unclear. These comments were never going to end well for ...
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ATB: Tired Yet?
An After the Buzzer recap for your liking as you catch up on some much-needed sleep… What We Learned . It’s very simple. Often we get all jazzed over those little numbers we put in front of each team’s name, but the line between top-ranked teams like Kansas/Michigan ...
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RTC Live: Fairfield @ Maryland
We are currently in the midst of ESPN’s second annual college hoops tip-off marathon, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the college hoops world comes to a halt. Tonight at 7 pm, the Maryland Terrapins will host the Fairfield Stags , and we will be there to provide you with any ...
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RTC Live: Hall of Fame Showcase (Ark-Louisville & Kansas-Memphis)
After a week of mostly uninteresting games to the casual fan, we’ve finally gotten to some juicy matchups. RTC Live will be in St. Louis tonight for the Hall of Fame Showcase, an event that features two ranked teams in #1 Kansas and #23 Louisville as well as two other dangerous ...
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That’s Debatable: Whither the 1-and-Done Rule?
Recently Buzz Bissinger wrote an op-ed in the NYT about the 1-and-Done Rule in college basketball. He feels that he has been duped by David Stern and the NBA for selling him on warm and fuzzies like player maturity and higher education when, in reality, the NBA just wanted the free ...
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ATB: WonderWall
ATB: WonderWall
rushthecourt.net — Game of the Night . #4 Kentucky 72, Miami (OH) 70 . Heeeeeere’s Johnny! As if the mystique and hype surrounding John Wall already wasn’t enough, in his official college debut the freshman not only becomes an on-court leader and ... (more) ATB: WonderWall
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