UCLA Week: Evaluating the Recent Past
There are no two ways around it, so we might as well get right to the punch: The past three seasons at UCLA, even with an NCAA Tournament appearance and win in 2010-11, is in the conversation for the...
View ArticleMorning Five: 08.21.12 Edition
In one of the shortest collegiate careers that we’ve quite frankly ever seen, Kansas freshman Milton Doyle has already decided that he’s had enough in Lawrence. That’s right, Doyle, still some...
View ArticleMorning Five: Columbus Day Edition
Does anyone even celebrate Columbus Day, and how would you do so if you had a notion — pull out some vials of smallpox and spread it around? At any rate, Happy Columbus Day, everyone. If nothing else,...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 10.24.12 Edition
CBS released its 2012 Top 50 Big Men list and a handful of Pac-12 players were scattered throughout. Highest on the list was Andre Roberson at #15, however, some have projected Roberson as a future...
View ArticleACC Team Previews: Clemson Tigers
Throughout the preseason, the ACC microsite will release a preview for each of the 12 teams. Today’s victim: the Clemson Tigers. Last season, the Clemson Tigers flirted with sneaking into the NCAA...
View ArticleFrom McAdoo to Siva: Six Players Not Ready to Meet the Preseason Hype
Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. Managing expectations is more difficult for some players than others. While some rise to the occasion and meet their preseason...
View ArticleACC M5: 11.06.12 Edition
Yahoo! Sports: When Miami dropped an exhibition game against Division II St. Leo on Friday night, it was fairly surprising. The Hurricanes return a veteran cast of players and many have pegged them to...
View ArticleATB: Notre Dame Knocks Off Kentucky, Florida Destroys Marquette and Doug...
Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. Tonight’s Lede. The “Other” Inter-League Challenge Doesn’t Fail to Entertain. There’s a power shift afoot in college hoops, a big,...
View ArticleIt’s A Love/Hate Relationship: Volume IV
Jesse Baumgartner is an RTC columnist. His Love/Hate column will publish each week throughout the season. In this piece he’ll review the five things he loved and hated about the previous seven days of...
View ArticleBig East M5: 12.20.12 Edition
The biggest statement game last evening was Cincinnati‘s dispatching of crosstown rival Xavier 60-45 on a neutral floor. The Musketeers made just 2-of-13 three-pointers and were blown out in the...
View ArticleBig 12 M5: 12.27.12 Edition
If the annual conference realignment fiasco has taught us one thing, it’s that the NCAA doesn’t have as much power as it once did. Coaches and media members have hinted at the idea of the major...
View ArticleJosh Smith Headed To Georgetown
According to a report from Jeff Goodman, former UCLA center Josh Smith is heading to Georgetown. The talented big man, who had seen his minutes and production fall during his two-plus years at UCLA,...
View ArticleWrapping Up Pac-12 Non-Conference Play By Reassessing Our All-Conference...
Later tonight, the second leg of the Pac-12 college basketball season begins as conference play tips off with the Battle of the Bachynskis, when Utah travels to Arizona State. After last year’s...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.03.13 Edition
After a disappointing two-plus seasons at UCLA ended in his decision to leave the team a little over a month ago Josh Smith has decided to transfer to Georgetown. As we mentioned yesterday Smith could...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 01.03.13 Edition
Despite being a senior, Kevin Parrom doesn’t mind that he’s coming off the bench for Arizona. Even though Parrom isn’t starting, he’s still averaging over 21 minutes per game and has been a key...
View ArticleMorning Five: 10.16.13 Edition
Maybe we should just start calling this post the Wiggins Five, given how often Andrew Wiggins is finding his way into it without having played a single minute of college basketball. But yesterday’s...
View ArticleBig East M5: 10.23.13 Edition
Just weeks before the start of the 2013-14 season, Marquette forward Jameel McKay has decided to leave the Golden Eagles to pursue his college basketball career elsewhere. Marquette Tribune writer...
View ArticleMorning Five: 10.24.13 Edition
The last time anyone saw UCLA’s mammoth center Josh Smith, this equally hilarious but also pathetic GIF was the result. To everyone else, the Airball Layup Incident may have been just another amusing...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 10.24.13 Edition
When Oregon faces Georgetown on November 8 in Seoul, South Korea, there will be a familiar face on the other side. The NCAA has cleared former UCLA center Josh Smith to start playing immediately for...
View ArticleBig East M5: 10.25.13 Edition
Change is in the air at Creighton, and not just in terms of the league in which the Bluejays will compete this year. The school recently held an open house to unveil a new court, featuring a revised...
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