Pac-12 M5: 02.07.14 Edition
The Inferno turned into The Library for the first 11 and a half minutes of last night’s Oregon State-Arizona State contest at Wells Fargo Arena, where the Sun Devil students decided to pay homage to...
View ArticleWho Won the Week? Two Undefeated Teams, But Certainly Not The Third…
Who Won the Week? is a regular column that outlines and discusses three winners and losers from the previous week of hoops. The author of this column is Kenny Ocker (@KennyOcker), a Spokane-based...
View Article#rushthetrip Day Two: Exhilaration and Apprehension as McKale Center Watches...
RTC columnist Bennet Hayes (@hoopstraveler) is looking for the spirit of college basketball as he works his way on a two-week tour of various venues around the West. For more about his trip, including...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 02.10.14 Edition
The Marcus Smart incident wasn’t the only negative fan-related problem from this weekend, as the Pac-12 had one of its own. According to reports from the Oregon basketball staff and members of the...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 2.12.14 Edition
So, after a week without Brandon Ashley, one thing has become pretty clear for Arizona: Odds are good that the injured big man will be back for his junior campaign in the desert. He told ESPN’s Jeff...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Week 13
Out of the country? Living under a rock? Here’s what you missed in the 13th week of Pac-12 basketball. Power Rankings (as voted upon by Connor Pelton, Andrew Murawa, and Adam Butler) Arizona is once...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 02.17.14 Edition
With wins over Marquette, Colorado, California, and Arizona, Arizona State and head coach Herb Sendek think the Sun Devils are an NCAA Tournament team. They currently boast a Top 30 RPI rank, putting...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Week 14
Out of the country? Living under a rock? Here’s what you missed in the 14th week of Pac-12 basketball. Power Rankings (as voted upon by Connor Pelton and Andrew Murawa) T1. Arizona State (19-6, 4...
View ArticlePac-12 M5: 02.19.14 Edition
So, late on Monday night I am navigating my way through the college basketball hub on ESPN.com, and I find this piece with different writers making predictions for the rest of the season that will...
View ArticleBreaking Down the Seven Pac-12 Teams with Tournament Hopes
Way back before the start of the season, I made the bold prediction that seven Pac-12 teams would wind up in the NCAA Tournament. Some three months later, we’re looking at six teams that can be...
View ArticleMorning Five: 02.25.14 Edition
Syracuse fans might not be happy about it, but yesterday ACC commissioner John Swofford said that the ruling on the C.J. Fair charge play was a “judgement call” and would not be reviewed formally by...
View ArticleTen Most Pivotal Moments of the 2013-14 Season
Within every 40 minutes of college basketball, there is a moment or two that sets a tone, shifts momentum, or otherwise dictates the game’s final result. If we think bigger picture, we’ll notice that...
View ArticlePac-12 Post-Mortems: Arizona
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll go through each Pac-12 team one by one and recount the season that has just completed and begin to turn the page to what we might see next season. Today, Arizona....
View ArticlePac-12 Early Entry Decisions: Winners and Losers
With Sunday night’s early-entry deadline come and gone, programs have now gotten past one potential source of damage to their rosters. Kids can still announce their transfers or get in trouble or get...
View ArticlePac-12 Season Preview: Arizona Wildcats
The Pac-12 microsite will preview each of its league teams over the next few weeks, starting today with Arizona. Arizona Wildcats Strengths: For a team that lost the Pac-12’s Player of the Year (Nick...
View ArticleArizona’s Most Important Player: T.J. McConnell
There’s no argument that Arizona is the most talented team in the conference, and there are probably at least four players with NBA futures on this squad. Freshman forward Stanley Johnson is already...
View ArticlePac-12 Media Day Roundup: Part Two
Adam Butler (@pachoopsab) of Pachoops.com is back for another go-round on his March to Vegas. He covered the Pac-12 Media Day on Thursday. Part I of this two-part series, which covered USC, Washington...
View ArticleIntroducing the RTC Preseason All-America Teams
With the season tipping off on Friday night, there’s no better time to roll out our preseason All-America Teams. More than anything, these three groups of outstanding players are here to foster and...
View ArticleRTC Pac-12 Preseason POY and All-Conference Teams
It is Opening Day around college basketball nation, and that means that it is time to unveil our picks for our Pac-12 All-Conference teams. We asked five voters (Tracy McDannald, Adam Butler, Kevin...
View ArticleA Player’s Program in Name Only: Sean Miller Runs This Show
Whatever you think you know about Pac-12 runaway favorite Arizona in advance of tonight’s season opener, head coach Sean Miller can always provide the media with another line of thinking. He is no...
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