Voices of the Big East: Volume I

Posted by Patrick Prendergast on November 21st, 2011

Voices of the Big East is an ongoing feature intended to capture the essence of the conference through the words of those involved and those impacted. This will come in the form of quotes, Tweets, videos and anything else we feel like sticking in here. It’s perfect for you multitasking short attention-spanners. If you find something you think is a candidate for this feature send it to us and we might even give you credit!

The Blue Hose – Who Dey?

Cincinnati center Yancy Gates, after the No. 20 Bearcats were upset by Presbyterian 56-54 on Saturday.

“You just take it as a learning experience. Probably some guys think we’re better than we are. Hopefully it will humble us as a team.”

(Associated Press)

It’s All About The Benjamins

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim speculating to the Syracuse Post-Standard on why Bobby Davis would be telling his story of alleged abuse now.

“Here’s why,” he said. “The Penn State thing came out and the kid behind this is trying to get money. He’s tried before. And now he’s trying again. If he gets this, he’s going to sue the university and Bernie. What do you think is going to happen at Penn State? You know how much money is going to be involved in civil suits? I’d say about $50 million. That’s what this is about. Money.”

‘Deep’ Thoughts by Jim Boeheim

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim commenting on how to divvy up playing time between his talented four-guard rotation of: Scoop Jardine, Brandon Triche, Dion Waiters and Michael Carter-Williams.

“It’ll give you people something to talk about as to who should be playing, but they all will be playing. Whichever one plays good then he’s the one who should be playing the most. That’s the way it’ll be all year.”

 

New sheriff in FRIARTOWN returns to his old stomping grounds

First year Providence head coach Ed Cooley on returning to Fairfield last Monday to play his former team

“It will be emotional. I have a great amount of respect for those kids. We recruited them and I’ve seen them grow into men. I’ve seen how they’ve been able to impact the community down there, but at the end of the day they are the absolute enemy. When the ball goes up, I don’t give a damn about them. I care about the Friars. Go Friars.”

“I love those kids. I’ll give them all a hug then we’ll try to rip their hearts out.”

(Providence Journal) 

Tell us how you really feel Mike Rice

After his team lost handily to Miami, Rutgers coach Mike Rice didn’t hold back in his assessment of his team. He will also — apparently — had a relatively lonely walk to the bus.

“Austin was the only guy who had any purpose or discipline on our team. Dane Miller was soft. Gilvydas (Biruta) was rushed. Austin was the only person I’d like to walk to the bus with me.”

 

The PITTS, Yins’All!

Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon on Wednesday’s upset loss to Long Beach State.  Surprisingly Snoop Dogg could not be reached for comment but fo’ shizzle he was happy.

So Much Drama in the LBC

 

“We knew when we scheduled Long Beach State that they were very good and we wanted to play an experienced team. We knew how good they were. I anticipated us being a much better team at this time and obviously we are not where I would like us to be.”

Guys who are supposed to be back on the shot aren’t doing that when they are supposed to be, but the same guys aren’t doing it in practice either. It’s a new thing for a couple of guys. We got beat every which way and when you get beat like we did it is execution or could be construed as effort.”

 

I Scream, You Scream…But Not Like She Screams!

St. John’s missed like 452 free throws in the waning minutes of their 58-57 loss (yes they could have won by 451) to Billy Kennedy’s Texas A&M Aggies.  If you have problems waking up in the morning we suggest using this video as your snooze alarm.

Jeff
Goodman (@GoodmanCBS)
11/18/11 6:37 PM
I’m not kidding when I say this. Billy
Kennedy’s daughter, Anna Cate, should get the game ball. She was the
difference-maker in this one.

If you count getting arrested for throwing eggs at cars, in high school I got my name in the paper once

Providence 2012 signee & cover boy Kris Dunn.

Patrick Prendergast (74 Posts)

Twitter: @FriarFrenzy


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One response to “Voices of the Big East: Volume I”

  1. Patrick Prendergast says:
    November 23, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Thanks John! Appreciate you reading and providing feedback. ‘Voices’ will be a regular feature on the site so we hope to continue having some fun with it. If you see anything out there that would be a good candidate for this feature send it along! rtcbigeast@gmail.com Thanks again!

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