Morning Five: Turkey Day Edition
It turns out that the layup-line injury to Texas guard Varez Ward suffered Tuesday night was indeed as bad as it looked. He will miss the entire season with a ruptured quadriceps, and surgery is...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Exit Strategy of Minnesota’s Royce White
You guys remember Royce White, the uber-talented freshman power forward from Minnesota who has spent the better part of his first semester in college getting in various forms of trouble — allegedly...
View ArticleMorning Five: 12.22.09 Edition
Matt Doherty appears ready to forgive and forget (mostly) his exit from North Carolina five years ago, but one quote in this probing article is revealing. Speaking as to whether he was forced out...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.05.10 Edition
Joe Dumars’ son, 6’5 freshman forward Jordan (is that a joke?), has already left the South Florida program and enrolled at Michigan for the remainder of his career. He’s only played 27 minutes so far...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.26.10 Edition
Some suspension news: Creighton’s P’Allen Stinnett was suspended indefinitely by Dana Altman for conduct unbecoming to the team, and Michigan’s Manny Harris has been reinstated to play tonight against...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.04.11 Edition
Minnesota’s Devoe Joseph will be suspended for the second time this season as a result of “some things that he needs to work on” according to head coach Tubby Smith, and has apparently told team...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.19.11 Edition
Former Mississippi State forward Elgin Bailey of the refusal to move his legs for His Heiness Renardo Sidney’s passing fame, will re-surface at Southeastern Louisiana next season for his final year of...
View ArticleMorning Five: Veteran’s Day Edition
SPONSORED: Rush the Court is pleased to bring you a one-day fantasy college basketball league courtesy of FanDuel.com to tip off the season. The league, which is completely free to enter, starts on...
View ArticleMorning Five: 12.06.11 Edition
You know those anthologies called the Top Fiction/Non-Fiction/Sportswriting/etc. in America that come out every year around the holidays? Have you ever wondered what the best college basketball...
View ArticleMorning Five: 12.07.11 Edition
The Big East is expected to announce today that it will add five schools to its football lineup starting in the 2013 season, and the lucky ‘winners’ are quite literally all over the country. Boise...
View ArticleBYU’s Brandon Davies Keeps His Profile Low, Productivity High
Kraig Williams is an RTC correspondent. He filed this report after Wednesday night’s game between BYU and Weber State in Provo. You don’t have to be a huge college basketball fan to know the story of...
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.25.12 Edition
Kansas State received good news on Tuesday when center Jordan Henriquez was reinstated to the team after a brief suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team.” Frank Martin’s comments about...
View Article2011-12 Season Recap: Top 12 Storylines of the Year
Evan Jacoby is a regular contributor for RTC. You can find him @evanjacoby on Twitter. Yesterday we captured the most iconic moments of the college basketball season, and today we highlight the most...
View ArticleMorning Five: 06.20.12 Edition
There are many coaching hires where the logical process makes normal and complete sense to everyone – a longtime assistant is promoted to the top job; a big personality moves on to a school to match...
View ArticleMississippi State’s Jalen Steele Lands in the Dog House
Brian Joyce is a writer for the SEC microsite and regular contributor for Rush The Court. Follow him on Twitter for more about SEC basketball at bjoyce_hoops. It’s no secret that Mississippi State...
View ArticleMorning Five: 07.11.13 Edition
A little more than a decade ago, a brash young rapper by the name of Marshall Mathers asked us if the “real Slim Shady” would please stand up and take responsibility for his actions. He could have...
View ArticleMorning Five: 07.31.13 Edition
Last year’s Armed Forces Classic between Connecticut and Michigan State on an air base in Germany may not have brought the same razzle-dazzle that the original aircraft carrier game in 2011 did, but...
View ArticleMorning Five: 09.25.13 Edition
Yesterday we mentioned that SI.com‘s Andy Glockner was brewing up a firestorm with his series of articles ranking the top 20 current programs in college basketball. Such an endeavor has two verifiable...
View ArticleLouisville Star Chane Behanan Suspended Indefinitely: How It Will Affect the...
Louisville’s once-promising chances at repeating as National Champions took a hit Thursday morning as coach Rick Pitino announced that star forward Chane Behanan is suspended indefinitely for violating...
View ArticleChane Behanan Will Be Back, and Louisville Will Be Better For It
Don’t read too much into the indefinite suspension of Louisville forward Chane Behanan. While the news has the entire city of Louisville up in arms, judging by Pitino’s history, we’ll see the...
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