Big East Archives - Page 13 of 14

Connecticut shuts down Butler to win championship

April 5, 2011 Wes Cheng

A quick look at Connecticut’s 53-41 win over Butler to capture its third national championship in school history.

Connecticut tops Arizona to advance to Final Four

March 26, 2011 Wes Cheng

A quick take on Connecticut’s 65-63 win over Arizona that will send the lone Big East team remaining in the NCAA tournament to the Final Four.

Connecticut gives Big East at least one team in Elite 8

March 24, 2011 Wes Cheng

A quick take on Connecticut’s 74-67 win over San Diego State to advance to the Elite 8.

Week in review (3/20): Tracing the origins of 3-goggles

March 20, 2011 Wes Cheng

The 3-goggles have been ubiquitous throughout the beginning of the NCAA tournament, as players across the country are holding an OK sign up to their eyes and looking through the circle created by the thumb and index finger after a successful 3-point shot.

Orange will face Marquette (again)

March 20, 2011 Wes Cheng

The last (and only) time Syracuse was in this position, the year was 1987 and Sherman Douglas was throwing alley-oops to Rony Seikaly. That year, the Orangemen advanced to the national title game to play the Indiana Hoosiers. But before SU even got there, it defeated Providence for the third time that season in the national semifinals game. That is to say, Syracuse met another Big East foe in the NCAA tournament.

Which conference will exceed expectations?

March 16, 2011 Scott Jamieson

The six power conferences (ACC, Big East, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC) dominate the field of the Final Four every season. Since the last of the power conferences, the Big 12, came into existence in 1997, every National Champion has come from one of the six.

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.

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?

Week in review (3/6): Big East awards

March 6, 2011 Wes Cheng

With the Big East Player of the Year and the rest of the Big East awards to come out today, I figured this would be a good time to give out my conference awards.

Scouting the Blue Demons

March 4, 2011 Wes Cheng

This section would normally be filled with information about freshman forward Cleveland Melvin, who leads DePaul in scoring at 14.3 points per game on 52 percent shooting. But he will be out for the rest of the year after he sprained his left thumb in a 76-51 loss to St. John’s on Feb. 23.