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Big East M5: 02.12.13 Edition

Dan Lyons — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:45:55 +0000

Syracuse and UConn seem to be moving in very different directions as basketball programs on a number of levels. Syracuse is looking for another top-10 finish to the season and a high seed in the Big Dance. UConn, on the other hand, is ineligible for all postseason play. Syracuse is moving on to the ACC, leaving behind the shell of the once-great Big East. UConn was left at the altar, wondering what its next move will be. And this week, like ships passing in the night, Syracuse gained back dynamic sixth-man James Southerland, while UConn will likely be without big man Enosch Wolf [...]

Big East Summer Capsules: Pittsburgh Panthers

mlemaire — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:48:47 +0000

While most relish the onset of Summer, college basketball junkies do not. Most of the news surrounding the sport is recruiting rumors and commitments or injuries and transfer news. In order to help keep folks up-to-date on what their teams are doing during the summer, we put together these summer capsules for each team in the conference. Next up is Pittsburgh.

1. Not to be outdone, this season will be Pittsburgh’s last hurrah in the Big East too.

After Syracuse announced it had come to terms with the Big East on a departure date, you knew it wouldn’t take long for Pittsburgh [...]

It’s A Love/Hate Relationship: Volume V

jbaumgartner — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:47:19 +0000

Jesse Baumgartner is an RTC columnist. His Love/Hate column will publish on Mondays throughout the season. In this weekly piece he’ll review the five things he loved and hated about the previous seven days of college basketball.

Five Things I Loved This Week

I LOVED….that Xavier went down in flames against mighty Oral Roberts thanks to the multiple suspensions from the Cincinnati brawl – including Tu Holloway. Not that I ever want to wish ill upon others, but it seems so much more helpful when players really get to see the consequences of their actions. Perhaps an embarrassing loss like this will [...]

Checking in on… the Big East

jstevrtc — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:56:30 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin Is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

Let me paint you a picture.

Pitt is loaded. They have the Big East player in the post, an all-conference 20 PPG scorer on the wing, and a senior leader at the point running the show. They have depth, balance, quality role players, and one of the most unappreciated coaches in the game.

That was last season.

This season its a different story.

DeJuan Blair is gone. Sam Young is gone. Levance Fields is gone.

Before the season started, the consensus seemed to be [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #3 – Big East

rtmsf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:43:28 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

Predicted order of finish:

Villanova West Virginia UConn Cincinnati Louisville Georgetown Syracuse Seton Hall Pittsburgh Notre Dame Marquette South Florida Rutgers Providence St. John’s DePaul

Preseason Awards.

Player of the Year. Luke Harangody, Notre Dame Newcomer of the Year. Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Breakout Player of the Year. Kemba Walker, UConn

All-Conference First Team.

Kemba Walker, UConn Scottie Reynolds, Villanova Devin Ebanks, West Virginia Greg Monroe, Georgetown Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

All-Conference Second Team.

Jerome Dyson, UConn Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia Wesley Johnson, Syracuse Lazar Hayward, Marquette

All-Conference Third Team.

Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Corey Fisher, Villanova Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall Stanley Robinson, UConn Samardo Samuels, Louisville

All-Rookie Team.

Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati Peyton Siva, Louisville Maalik Wayns, Villanova Dante Taylor, Pitt Mouphtaou Yarou, Villanova

What you need [...]

Summer Bracketology: 07.23.09

zhayes9 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:26:40 +0000

Did you all miss Bracketology as much as I did? While the intense days of February and March seem like eons away, here’s a dose of bracket madness to keep you college basketball diehards happy in the heart of Summer 2009. Some brief notes regarding the bracket:

– The preseason #1 seeds are (in order) Kansas, Kentucky, Texas and Michigan State. As the number one overall seed, Kansas plays the closest to home in St. Louis, Kentucky is placed in Houston as higher priority over Texas, and so on. The only #2 seed that was considered for [...]

Villanova and Pittsburgh put the madness back in March Madness

nvr1983 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:44:17 +0000

After nearly 10 days of college basketball critics bemoaning the lack of excitement in this year’s edition of March Madness, two of the Big East’s best teams answered all of those critics by submitting an all-time classic. After one of the strangest 10 seconds you will ever see, Scottie Reynolds made an end-to-end run that might replace the Danny Ainge and Tyus Edney versions on NCAA Tournament highlight reels from now on as this was on a much bigger stage with a trip to the Final 4 on the line. Even with Reynolds miracle, Pittsburgh still had its [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: Regional Semifinals Day One

rtmsf — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:07:58 +0000

Hello everyone, it’s been a long four days since the last games ended on Sunday evening, but we’re back in earnest and ready for what should be a tremendous set of regional semifinals over the next two nights. Out of the top sixteen teams entering this Tournament, only two have been dismissed. The “upstarts” are Big 10 Tournament champion Purdue and a little school from the desert you might have heard from before, Arizona. We’ll be providing you with all the coverage as the weekend progresses… here’s tonight’s schedule:

7:07 pm. #5 Purdue vs. #1 Connecticut 7:27 pm. [...]

Notes from the East Region Open Practice

nvr1983 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:37:46 +0000

Because of the NCAA’s refusal to give us a media credential (or discuss the issue and our side of the case), we were forced to go to today’s open practice to get an up-close look at the teams. As an aside, if anybody has extra tickets for the games in Boston for the Sweet 16 or the Elite 8 (in case your team gets cheated by the refs), send me an e-mail at rushthecourt@gmail.com and I might be able to take them off your hands.

The guys who don't want me covering the game

The East Region: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (By Dave Zeitlin and Steve Moore)

A look back: Here are some of the bests and worsts of the first two rounds of the East Region – as well as some other haphazard notes …

Most impressive team remaining: Villanova. The Wildcats’ dismantling of UCLA was a sight to behold.

Shakiest team remaining: Pittsburgh. I sat next to a diehard Pitt fan at a sports bar Friday. I knew it was a bad sign when he turned to me disgusted midway through the second half and said, “Just root for [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: NCAA Tournament Day Four

nvr1983 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:16:29 +0000

After a thrilling finish last night that made Demetri Goodson a household name for at least a few days, we think the tournament has officially begun. Even being fairly selective, we think there are at least 3 outstanding games today. Here’s a quick rundown of the games we’ll be covering tomorrow:

12:10 PM: #6 Arizona State vs. #3 Syracuse 2:20 PM: #12 Wisconsin vs. #4 Xavier 2:30 PM: #11 Dayton vs. #3 Kansas 2:40 PM: #13 Cleveland State vs. #12 Arizona 2:50 PM: #8 Oklahoma State vs. #1 Pittsburgh 4:50 PM: #6 Marquette vs. #3 Missouri 5:00 PM: #10 USC vs. #2 Michigan State 5:20 PM: [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: NCAA Tournament Day Two

nvr1983 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:45:05 +0000

We’d like to apologize for our coverage yesterday. We had some technical/communication issues regarding the post yesterday, but I’ll be back covering the games today so everything should be back to normal. Here’s a quick rundown of the games we’ll be covering today:

Early Games

12:15 PM: #14 Stephen F. Austin vs. #3 Syracuse 12:25 PM: #9 Tennessee vs. #8 Oklahoma State 12:30 PM: #11 Utah State vs. #6 Marquette 12:30 PM: #14 North Dakota State vs. #3 Kansas

Afternoon Games

2:45 PM: #11 Temple vs. #6 Arizona State 2:55 PM: #16 East Tennessee State vs. #1 Pittsburgh 3:00 PM: #14 Cornell vs. [...]

NCAA Preview: Pittsburgh Panthers

rtmsf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:20:37 +0000

Pittsburgh (#1, East, Dayton pod)

vs. East Tennessee State (#16) Mar. 20 @ 2:55pm

Vegas Line: Pittsburgh -20

Thanks to Vegas Watch for providing these graphs that measure the moving average of a team’s spread (moving avg.) over time vs. the spread for each individual game (indiv). If a team’s moving average is higher than zero, then Vegas currently has a higher opinion of them than Pomeroy, and vice versa.

General Profile

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Conference: Big East, at-large Coach: Jamie Dixon, 150-41 08-09 Record: 28-4, 15-3 Last 12 Games: 10-2 Best Win: 76-68, Connecticut, 2/16/2009 Worst Loss: 81-73, Providence, 2/24/2009 Off. Efficiency Rating: 122.9 [2] Def. Efficiency Rating: 92.2 [34]

Nuts n Bolts

Star Player(s): DeJaun [...]

NCAA Basketball 2009: The BCS Version

nvr1983 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:15:51 +0000

With the release of the brackets on Sunday evening there has been quite a bit of controversy (Arizona over St. Mary’s being the predominant gripe) and there have been some interesting moments with Jay Bilas and Digger Phelps ganging up on Dick Vitale and almost bringing him to tears. However, it was nothing compared to the furor that we saw when the BCS released its final poll that determined the BCS bowl games and more importantly the national championship. We thought it would be a fun exercise to try to make a [...]

Big East Wrapup & Tourney Preview

rtmsf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:27 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference. He will be live-blogging all the action from his executive suite at MSG this week.

Schedule:

Tuesday, March 10th / First Round – Game 1: #9 Cincinnati vs. #16 DePaul – Game 2: #12 Georgetown vs. #13 St. John’s – Game 3: #10 Notre Dame vs. #15 Rutgers – Game 4: #11 Seton Hall vs. #14 South Florida

Wednesday, March 11th / Second Round – Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. #8 Providence – Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. #5 Marquette – Game 7: Game 3 Winner [...]