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Scouting the Red Storm

March 10, 2011 Wes Cheng

The No. 11 and fourth-seeded Orange will play No. 17 and fifth-seeded Red Storm in the quarterfinals of the Big East championship. St. John’s has making its first quarterfinals appearance since 2003.

The Point After Podcast: Orange advance with win over St. Johns

March 9, 2011 The Juice

In the most recent installment of The Point After, The Juice Online’s Micah Tannenbaum and Wesley Cheng talk about the controversial end to the St. John’s vs. Rutgers game and preview the Red Storm vs. Syracuse Big East Tournament quarterfinal matchup.

Amid controversy, St. John’s knocks off Rutgers

March 9, 2011 Wes Cheng

Dwight Hardy had 17 points as No. 5 seed St. John’s advanced with a 65-63 win over No. 13 seed Rutgers. The Red Storm will advance to the Big East quarterfinals for the first time since 2003 where it will face No. 4 seed Syracuse.

Officials’ miscues help Storm advance past Rutgers

March 9, 2011 Micah Tannenbaum

When Rutgers inbounded the ball with five seconds left, it looked like the key question would be why the Scarlet Knights threw a lob to mid-court when they had time to drive the length of hardwood.

Rutgers tops Seton Hall, will face St. John’s

March 8, 2011 Wes Cheng

For the first time since 2006, Rutgers will be advancing in the Big East tournament. Jonathan Mitchell scored 17 points and made several critical free throws in overtime as Rutgers defeated Seton Hall 76-70 in the 12/13 matchup.

The Dag Bag – How far can SU go?

March 8, 2011 Matt Dagostino

With championship season starting for Syracuse, it begs the question: How far will Syracuse go in the Big East and NCAA Tournament?

Syracuse’s bench providing quality minutes

March 8, 2011 Wes Cheng

Syracuse’s bench was so good in Saturday’s 107-59 blowout against DePaul that the reserves scored 55 points, nearly as many as the entire Blue Demons team combined.

Jackson snubbed in Big East awards

March 8, 2011 Matt Dagostino

Jackson was the only one in the conference to average a double-double (13.1 ppg, 10.7 rpg) during conference play while leading the league in blocks and field goal percentage. To do that for a top-four team in the Big East has to have some added benefit.

Big East tournament predictions

March 7, 2011 The Juice

With the Big East tournament set to start on Tuesday, the staffers at The Juice Online make their predictions on what will happen this week.

Greener Pa$tures: A look at the ACC defectors

March 7, 2011 Mike Chandler

The Big Ten expansion this past offseason set off another wave of panic over whether we’d seen our last classic tournament performance at Madison Square Garden. This time, it was the Big 12 that had to deal with the fallout, but in 2003, we were the ones who had to figure out how to keep the conference together after losing three members. To say that Big East basketball survived is putting it mildly. But what of those who followed the cash to the ACC?