Posts Tagged ‘Big East’
Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 10.0
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
14 Mar 2010In the final Mock Tournament, we see seismic shifts for this late in championship week, including a new No. 1 seed and fewer bubble teams making the cut.
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Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 9.0
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
13 Mar 2010For many teams, today will be the last chance to improve their at-large profile or earn an automatic bid. Several teams still have more work to do in the waning hours before Selection Sunday.
St. John’s Rolls Over UCONN
By: Ray Floriani in: Conference Notes
9 Mar 2010There wasn’t a great deal on the X and O side to discuss. St. John’s, from tap to buzzer, simply wanted it more. The Red Storm snapped a nine-game losing streak to UCONN, defeating the Huskies 73-51 in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.
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South Florida Eliminates DePaul in Big East Play
By: Ray Floriani in: Conference Notes
9 Mar 2010South Florida is in relatively new waters but enjoying the voyage. The Bulls defeated DePaul 58-49 in the Big East first round opener at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
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Why You Need to Watch the Big East Tournament
By: Michael Protos in: Conference Notes
8 Mar 2010No fewer than four teams will see their bubbles burst unless they make a deep run in the Big East tournament this week.
Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 6.0
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
8 Mar 2010Check out the field as projected one week before Selection Sunday. With the regular season complete, teams will be making their closing arguments for inclusion in the NCAA Tournament during their conference tournaments this week.
Bracket Breakdown: Big East Flirts With Greatness
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
28 Feb 2010Few teams reach the NCAA Tournament with a losing conference record of 13 or more overall losses. Six Big East teams’ records are hovering around those numbers.
Bracket Breakdown: You Be the Judge, Big East Style
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
27 Feb 2010The Big East figures to have more representatives in the NCAA Tournament than any other conference. But which teams have worthy profiles? Decide for yourself.
Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 3.0
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
26 Feb 2010Connecticut rolls into the field with two great wins against West Virginia and Villanova in recent weeks, replacing William & Mary, which sputtered in two losses to Iona and Towson.
Friars Hope to Show They Grew During Brutal Stretch
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
24 Feb 2010Four games against teams ranked in the top 10 are in the books for Providence. It would be a challenging stretch for anyone, but for the young Friars it was a bigger challenge. The Friars lost all four, three by double digits.
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Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 2.0
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
22 Feb 2010In the second bracket projection of this season, the Bracket Breakdown punishes some Wildcats while rewarding others. And Charlotte doesn’t look like one of the 65 teams worthy of a bid to the NCAA Tournament — as of Feb. 22.
Seton Hall: Injuries Blast Holes in Pirates’ Tourney Hopes
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
21 Feb 2010Scoring dynamo Jeremy Hazell struggled in his first game since suffering a deep cut on his shooting hand, and the team’s loss to West Virginia rendered a deep cut to the Pirates’ campaign to make the NCAA Tournament.
For West Virginia, the Butler Keeps Doing It
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
18 Feb 2010West Virginia’s most important player isn’t someone that anyone would have imagined a few years ago. But Da’Sean Butler is closing the book on a fine career that has come a long way from his days growing up in Newark, New Jersey.
Tough Stretch Could Influence Providence’s Present and Future
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
10 Feb 2010The Big East is certainly a strong conference this season, but the stretch Providence began on Tuesday still stands out nonetheless. It’s the first of four games against teams ranked in the top ten nationally, with two on the road. For the young Friars, it could make a difference in their careers, not just this season.
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Georgetown is Getting Stronger
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
10 Feb 2010In a Big East that is once again very strong and has some very good teams at the top, Georgetown is starting to assert itself as a contender once again. Tuesday night’s 79-70 win at Providence may be a microcosm of the team’s season, one where they got stronger as the game went along.
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Marquette Battles, Learns to Win Close Ones
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
7 Feb 2010If you play Marquette, be prepared to earn every ounce of victory if you win. Recent experience making teams do that has helped this team win and made them tougher to beat.
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Bracket Breakdown: Which Wildcats Deserve a No. 1 Spot?
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
6 Feb 2010Villanova, Kentucky and Kansas State are contending for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. If the selection committee picked today, the Wildcats that grab a top seed might surprise you.
Huskies’ Athletes Having Trouble Scoring, Winning
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
28 Jan 2010Look at Connecticut’s roster, or watch them before the game, and they look impressive. They pass the look test, with a lot of length and athleticism. But once the game begins, it’s not long before the feeling changes.
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How Will Providence Bounce Back From This?
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
24 Jan 2010Providence has had to face adversity over the course of this season on several occasions. But the young Friars haven’t faced anything like their loss to South Florida on Saturday night, so the next time out, they will have a brand new test.
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Improbable Overtime Win May Be Just What South Florida Needs
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
24 Jan 2010South Florida pulled out an improbable win in Providence on Saturday night. It’s not out of the realm of possibilities that it could be just the beginning of an upswing for the Bulls.
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The Notebook
By: Ray Floriani in: Columns
10 Jan 2010Some notes on Syracuse using the 2-3 zone defense successfully, Fairleigh Dickinson coming alive in 2010, a doubleheader coming up and St. John’s reversal of fortune in early conference games.
Providence’s Inside Work Key In Toppling Cincinnati
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns| Your Phil of Hoops
23
Jan
2009
Lost in the story that caught everyone’s attention on Saturday night and even Monday night in Providence is a great development on the court. While the big story is part and parcel of what’s going on, in the long run it’s not as important.
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Big East Notebook – Cardinals and Golden Eagles Streaking
By: Nick Dettmann in: Conference Notes
19
Jan
2009
The Cardinals have won five straight, including knocking off No. 1 Pittsburgh. They have now won their past three games in the regular season against ranked opponents – Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Villanova. In addition, Louisville has won three straight against the No. 1 team in the country. The previous two were over Florida on Dec. 13, 2003 and Kentucky on Dec. 27, 2003.
Marquette’s Experience made all the Difference Against Providence
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
19
Jan
2009
There’s always a lot said about how much it helps when a team has winning experience, especially if that team goes up against one that lacks such experience. While it doesn’t always manifest itself in such a matchup, when it does it’s almost undeniably clear.
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On Thursday evening over the Prudential Center the Seton Hall men battled but came up short in search of their first Big East win of the season. Providence gradually wore down the Pirates, fouling out three players in the process, to earn a hard fought road win.
Today’s task was to evaluate Rhode Island’s Ryan Center and UConn’s Gampel Pavilion. In addition, I was hoping to get enough material to write some kind of game story.
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An oft-uttered cliché early in a season is that “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” True though it might be, you can’t neglect how you start, because it can have an impact on how you finish. A bad start can have you exerting a lot of energy to try to rebound from it, then leave you out of gas to try and finish it. A good start can give you a boost and help you play better later on.
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23
Dec
2008
A day after handily defeating Marist in the semifinal, St.John’s met their match. Virginia Tech defeated the Red Storm 81-67 before slightly over 2000 at Madison Square Garden . The win gave Virginia Tech a second straight Aeropostale Holiday Festival title. Tech defeated St.John’s is last year’s championship.
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22
Dec
2008
It was crushing news to Norm Roberts and his staff last month when informed that their best player, Anthony Mason Jr. would miss the entire season with a foot injury. It only got worse when Justin Burrell sustained a facial fracture after being hit by teammate Sean Evans in practice last Thursday. So with its top two players sidelined, along with freshman Malike Boothe playing with a sprained left thumb, it was no suprise that it would be a struggle vs former Big East memeber-now ACC foe Virginia Tech.
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Big East Notebook – Friars’ Geoff McDermott is Still a Quarterback
By: Zach Smart in: Conference Notes
20
Dec
2008
During his high school days, Geoff McDermott was known as rifle-toting Geoff McDermott. Then a quick-strike 6-foot-6 quarterback, McDermott helped lead perennial power New Rochelle to back-to-back state championships. After committing to Providence, where there’s no football team, he kissed all gridiron dreams goodbye. Today, McDermott is still whipping passes.
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- Akron: Men's Basketball Falls to Ohio in MAC Tourney Final March 14, 2010
- Yahoo Newswire: Butler gives WVU first Big East title (AP) March 14, 2010
- Bethune-Cookman: Wildcats Make History, Back-to-Back Winning Seasons In Division I March 14, 2010
- New Mexico St. tops Utah St. to win WAC (AP) March 14, 2010
- Providence: Bilal Dixon Named To The Sporting News BIG EAST All-Freshman Team March 14, 2010
- Oregon's Ashton Eaton sets world record in indoor heptathlon March 14, 2010
- Long Beach State: LBSU drops 69-64 decision to UC Santa Barbara in Big West Tournament championship game March 14, 2010
- Minnesota: Gophers Face Buckeyes in Championship March 14, 2010
- Mountain West: San Diego State Captures MWC Tournament Title March 14, 2010
- CBS Sports Scores: No. 7 West Virginia 60, No. 22 Georgetown 58 March 14, 2010
- CBS Sports Scores: New Mexico St. 69, Utah St. 63 March 14, 2010
- Butler gives WVU first Big East title (AP) March 14, 2010
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