Who’s Got Next? Commitments, Misspellings and More…
Who’s Got Next? is a bi-weekly column by Josh Paunil, the RTC recruiting guru. We encourage you to check out his website dedicated solely to college basketball recruiting, National Recruiting...
View ArticleMorning Five: 09.11.13 Edition
When Luke Winn recently wrote about the up-transfer phenomenon his examples were typically players whose performance exceeded the expectation of observers allowing them to move up a level of play....
View ArticleMorning Five: 01.22.14 Edition
College basketball fans (particularly the students) love to find any part of an opposing player’s past to use to get under his skin. They will not have to look very far for Cimneon Bowers, a Florida...
View ArticleWhat We Can Expect From Auburn in Bruce Pearl’s First Year
The SEC’s basketball profile will continue to flounder until some of the other 12 programs other than Florida and Kentucky develop into consistent winners. The conference needs the depth of several...
View ArticleSEC Season Preview: Auburn Tigers
The SEC microsite will preview each of the league teams over the next few weeks, continuing today with the Auburn Tigers. Strengths. The Tigers should not struggle to put the ball in the basket this...
View ArticleOne on One: An SEC Preview With Chris Dortch
Rush the Court is back with another edition of One on One: An Interview Series, which we will bring you throughout the preseason with previews of each of the major conferences. With the college...
View ArticleAssessing Some Positives Amid an SEC Meltdown
Hard as it may be to believe, SEC teams did do some good things on opening night (try not to fall out of your chair). Here are several positives that might have fallen through the cracks amid the...
View ArticleWelcome to the Show, Part II: Breakout Newcomers in the Former SEC West
Last week, we sorted through Kentucky’s latest five-star recruiting haul and delved into Frank Martin’s latest freshman class to determine who the SEC East’s breakout newcomers would be in 2014-15....
View ArticleSEC M5: 11.19.14 Edition
A bleary-eyed Bruce Pearl was not happy with his team after Auburn was outscored 52-25 in the second half of its midnight tilt against Colorado late Monday night. “You can tell, in a game like this,...
View ArticleAuburn’s Offense Struggling, But It Will Improve
There were a few things that you knew you could expect from Bruce Pearl’s first year at Auburn. One was a good recruiting class, and another was an entertaining wardrobe. On both of those counts he has...
View ArticleAuburn Basketball Not Quite Ready For Prime Time
When Bruce Pearl took over a moribund Tennessee program in 2005, he inherited a team that had underachieved and had not been to the NCAA Tournament in four years. He went on to prove that team had some...
View ArticleSEC M5: 01.16.15 Edition
Auburn’s Cinmeon Bowers was one of the most sought-after junior college players in the country last year and he has proved to be quite a find for Bruce Pearl. He is currently the team’s third-leading...
View ArticleSEC M5: MLK Day Edition
So many potential narratives started swirling around after Kentucky’s shaky outings against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Had the Wildcats become unfocused and vulnerable? Would they respond? Was the...
View ArticleFreeze Frame: Analyzing Kentucky’s Post Game
Teams known for their defensive efficiency might not normally hang 110 points in conference play, but that’s exactly what Kentucky did when it met Bruce Pearl’s Auburn team on Saturday evening. Ken...
View ArticleSEC Most Valuable Players, Part I
The regular season has flown by, but before the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders this postseason, it’s time to honor individuals for their valuable play this year. Even the teams that...
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