RTC Summer Updates: Atlantic Coast Conference
With the the NBA Draft concluded and the annual coaching and transfer carousels nearing their ends, RTC is rolling out a new series, RTC Summer Updates, to give you a crash course on each Division I...
View ArticleAndre Drummond Commits To UConn & Changes The National Title Picture
A little over two weeks after he decided to spend an extra year in prep school rather than go to college Andre Drummond announced that he had changed his mind and would head to Connecticut this fall....
View ArticleMorning Five: 10.05.11 Edition
Official practices start in a little over a week, but players around the country are already involved in conditioning and individual instruction as the season quickly approaches. As a result, we’ll...
View ArticleACC Morning Five: 10.19.11 Edition
ESPN – Grantland: Grantland‘s “Why ____ Will Win the National Championship” series continues with Duke, the weakest team of the five profiles. But don’t let the title keep you from reading the post,...
View ArticleACC Morning Five: 10.26.11 Edition
ClemsonTigers.com: In celebration of 100 years of Clemson basketball, the athletic department nominated 72 Tiger alumni of whom 25 were chosen based on most fan votes. The roster is a little heavy...
View ArticleACC Morning Five: 10.27.11 Edition
ESPN (Insider): I normally avoid Insider posts, but North Carolina resident Dave Telep gives us a peek under the bleachers at the uglier side of high major recruiting in college basketball that’s...
View ArticleNBA Lockout Speculation: Two-and-Through All But Certain?
Today the RTC preseason All-America Team was announced, and it contains three sophomores on its first team who could have been viable 1-and-done prospects last spring had the NBA’s labor situation not...
View ArticleACC Team Preview: Duke
And then there were two. Duke is a very tough team to project this season. The Blue Devils lost their top three players (Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and Kyrie Irving) from last season, but there’s still...
View ArticleDuke and UNC Will Square Off In An Alumni Game on November 17
Even though real, meaningful basketball has started, indulge me for a bit more while we talk about one more meaningless game. Nolan Smith hinted at it on Twitter a couple of weeks ago and it turns out...
View ArticleACC Morning Five: 12.01.11 Edition
Grantland – ESPN: Shane Ryan has a slightly different take on Duke‘s loss at Ohio State than I did, especially regarding Austin Rivers‘ performance. He likened the performance to Kyrie Irving’s game...
View ArticleOne-and-Done Rule: Status Quo With Several (Not Good) Options…
An interesting thing happened last weekend. The NBA lockout came to a close and the single most impactful aspect of the labor negotiations on the sport of college basketball was left on (or under) the...
View ArticleACC M5: 11.01.12 Edition
Wilmington Star News: Brett Friedlander is putting out some good stuff in previewing the ACC season. Today his Maryland preview came online. Sophomore Nick Faust describes why people should expect...
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 ArticleACC M5: 10.29.13 Edition
Run the Floor: Michael Rogner released his ACC preview and it’s worth a look. It can be biting (poor Paul Jesperson), but it’s a good read to catch up on all the teams around the conference in one...
View ArticleThe Devils’ Doldrums: Could Duke Miss The NCAA Tournament?
After Duke‘s 11 point loss at Miami, Seth Davis tweeted: “It is time to acknowledge the possibility that Duke will not make the NCAA tournament.” Some context for that tweet: Duke has lost four of its...
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