0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/25/2015
It’s fascinating to contemplate how much of a difference two years can make. 2013 was the year of the quarterback in the SEC. The conference was oozing with talent with names like Johnny Manziel, Aaron Murray, Zach Mettenberger, A.J. McCarron and Connor Shaw. 2014 was expected to be a down year for quarterback play in […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Our week of RPI case studies continues at The Student Section. If this was a TV show, you’d call it “CSI: RPI,” and the job of investigators is to find out exactly how teams have managed to create such high and glossy-looking numbers from bodies of modest achievement. Tuesday on CSI: RPI, we looked at […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
It’s that time of year. “Seed lines” become a part of the national discussion… and unlike Great Britain, such a term has nothing to do with the Royal Family or its babies. We’re talking brackets, and no seed line is more scrutinized than the top one. Just exactly which teams are in line to get […]
Rick Pitino and Louisville made The American a much stronger league in 2014 compared to the current 2015 version. Sure, SMU leads the conference this season, but it achieved a lot more in the 2014 campaign. Why is 2015 SMU’s RPI at 18 while last season’s team carried an RPI of 53 into Selection Sunday? The answer becomes very obvious as you continue to read this piece… and no, it’s not about winning games, either.
0 comments by Joseph Nardone on 2/24/2015
The reason for the dismissal of Chris Jones from the Louisville basketball program is now public, and it isn’t very pretty. According to multiple reports, Jones — who had some issues in the past — texted threats to a woman because she messed up his room. Because of this incident, Jones was dismissed from the program […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In our overview of the RPI on Monday, we put forth the contention that the RPI must die. We now set about the task of offering case studies to more precisely show why this tool — while not the only one or even the primary one the Selection Committee uses — needs to be blown […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
The Kentucky Wildcats have turned out to be pretty good at hurling a basketball toward the general direction of a hoop this season. They have also managed to be even better at stopping their opponents from doing that same exact thing. All this is not incredibly surprising considering John Calipari lands — approximately — eleventy-billion […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Oh, the NFL Combine, the version of a band touring 30 years after they retired and lost a few members to death and it sells out just because people are desperate for that music. Every year, it gets bigger, and every year, more people complain. It’s cold in Indiana. The […]
0 comments by Scott on 2/23/2015
Georgia Tech’s Tadric Johnson put a highlight end to the first half with this dunk over Louisville’s Chinanu Onuaku. Georgia Tech currently leads Louisville 24-17 at the half. Post Chris Jones life is not going well for the Cards.
Jim Larranaga is pursuing an ACC regular season championship. If he beats Notre Dame on Wednesday, he should be able to celebrate.
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
With the bubble season ramping up as the conference tournaments approach, here is a list of “bubbly” games to watch this week in college basketball: TUESDAY Texas A&M at Arkansas – Texas A&M has won four of its six games in February, after losing only two games in January. One of those was an overtime […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
We have, apparently, officially reached the point in the season when job security will become an issue at multiple programs. No, there is no need to worry about your favorite master fresh-fry dispenser. Rather, it has a little more to do with the leader of free labor young men in college basketball — which brings us […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s beginning to be that time of year, sports fans. Selection Sunday’s just 20 days away. You’re going to see this acronym a lot over the next three weeks: RPI. The Ratings Percentage Index is not the only tool used by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, but it is one tool, and the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The realization should dawn on you by now: The college basketball regular season is almost over. This is the final week of regular-season play for many smaller (one-bid) conferences, and there are only two weeks left before the power conferences begin their tournaments. We’re only 20 days away from Selection Sunday, six days away from […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/22/2015
One of the slower and less compelling Saturdays of the college basketball season — almost certainly the last Saturday that will fail to excite the senses — still produced some significant developments. This was a Saturday on which the season seemed to take one big breath before the frenetic stretch run. What happened during this […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
In nearly 13 minutes of game time on Saturday night, the Arizona Wildcats were outscored 24-0 by the UCLA Bruins. UCLA outscored Arizona 7-0 in the first six-plus minutes of the game, and then slapped a 17-0 run on Sean Miller’s team to start the second half. Naturally, these two runs — accompanied by […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/21/2015
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect In 1998, there was an “X-Files” episode in which David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson encountered a situation where some telemarketer basically saw his boss as a giant insect who was out to kill people. Duchovny’s character likened the situation to other assumed delusional people in the past who had similar […]
