AAC M5: 11.11.13 Edition
In the most high-profile AAC contest of the opening weekend, UConn avoided a last-minute collapse against Maryland in the Barclays Center. While The UConn Blog expressed some alarm over the shaky play...
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Junior forward Chane Behanan has been reinstated to the Louisville basketball team, 25 days after Rick Pitino announced his indefinite suspension. Although the decision should come as no surprise to...
View ArticleAAC M5: 12.13.13 Edition
TGIF: check out the “dentist selfie” (read: “DENTIST SELFIE.”) that landed former UConn center Hasheem Thabeet on Deadspin last night. All I really want to know is how the tallest man to ever don a...
View ArticleFour Thoughts on Memphis Beating Louisville
Four Thoughts is our way of providing some rapid reactions to some of the key games involving AAC teams throughout the season. Luke Hancock (left) played his best game since the Final Four, but it...
View ArticleAAC M5: 01.14.14 Edition
I understand the value of coaches’ speeches and motivational tactics, but don’t put too much stock into rhetoric when it comes to impacting the team’s play on the floor. That said, asking his players...
View ArticleAAC M5: 01.17.14 Edition
Temple and La Salle meet tomorrow in a highly publicized Big Five matchup, and Joe Juliano of The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that the two teams arrive in vastly different positions. The noon game,...
View ArticleKey Matchup in UConn-Louisville Could Take Place on the Wing
Heading into the first of two games between UConn and Louisville this year, the most obvious narratives have already been explored at length. On paper, the battle between senior All-America candidates...
View ArticleAAC M5: 02.07.14 Edition
Hartford Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs writes that Sean Kilpatrick “out-Bazzed” Shabazz Napier in the Bearcats’ 63-58 victory over the Huskies last night. After a cold start, the Cincinnati senior...
View ArticleAAC Roundtable: Conference Tournament Preview
As we head into the postseason, RTC AAC Microwriters Mike Lemaire, Will Tucker and Ross Schulz preview the very first American conference tournament through the prism of three key questions. Louisville...
View ArticleAAC M5: 03.24.14 Edition
For the second time in three NCAA Tournaments, in-state rivals Kentucky and Louisville will square off. This time, the setting will be Indianapolis in a regional semifinal and the match-up was almost...
View ArticleAAC M5:03.25.14 Edition
Houston joins South Florida as AAC teams looking for a new leader, as head coach James Dickey stepped down for personal reasons on Monday afternoon. The main replacement candidate is former Oklahoma...
View ArticleNCAA Regional Reset: Midwest Region
Walker Carey (@walkerRcarey) is the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region correspondent, which begins Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with Tennessee vs. Michigan followed by Louisville...
View ArticleAAC M5: 03.28.14 Edition
When the next AAC Morning 5 is published, only four teams will remain to vie for a national championship. Will an AAC school be one of them? Both AAC squads still remaining, Louisville and...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Game Analysis: Sweet Sixteen, Friday Night
Walker Carey (@walkerRcarey) is the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region correspondent, and Brian Otskey (@botskey) is the NCAA Tournament’s East Region correspondent. Make sure to also follow...
View ArticleBattle of the Bluegrass: Previewing Kentucky vs. Louisville
The most intense rivalry in college basketball renews Friday night in Indianapolis when Louisville and Kentucky square off in the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years. C.D. Bradley, who...
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