Last season, the Big East took a jump in the right direction. While most media members shared the same thought that it was a young conference with Villanova as the only true contender, these ten teams thought otherwise. Sure, Villanova was dominant, but Markus Howard and Marquette proved their worth on the national stage, while Myles Powell led a deep
Earlier today the Big East revealed their 2019-2020 conference schedule. The Big East has lots of high hopes this season to return back to the top as one of the premier conferences in college basketball after struggling last season and only receiving four bids to the NCAA tournament. Conference play will mean a lot to these teams as they look
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Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
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It has been a season of unpredictability in the Big East and much of that looks to remain the same moving forward into the Big East Tournament. The Big East looked like an unfiltered MMA brawl throughout the year and nothing is going to stop that moving forward. The Big East finished as the only conference in the NCAA with
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The 17-11 Clemson Tigers currently sit on the bubble going into March, just weeks away from Selection Sunday. The Tigers, just 7-8 in the ACC, have a lot of work to do before they can confidently say they’ve earned a spot in the field of 68. In non conference play, Clemson struggled against power 6 teams, falling to Creighton, Nebraska,
Read moreNo one has been a bigger fan of the Georgetown Hoyas this year more than I. I may have some partiality to the Hoyas since one of our former players is now playing there and performing at a high level. I also do not see through rose colored glasses at how the Hoyas are as a team. One day they can
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The Big East is a guard heavy conference but who is the best of the best?
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The non-conference season is basically over and over the past month we have learned a great deal about each team. Teams have shown if they could be legitimate contenders for a national championship, they have shown that they could make a run in the NCAA tournament, that they most likely won’t be a threat, and the few teams who still
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The college basketball season is off and running. Throughout the first two weeks there have been buzzer beaters, overtime games, shocking blowouts, and some amazing upsets. If one didn’t look at the calendar and see that it is only November 18 it could easily be mistaking for March. Feast week has made its way to the forefront and will stay
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Gonzaga announced Tuesday that big man Killian Tillie re-aggravated an ankle injury and tests show a stress fracture needing surgery. This is a big loss for the Zags, as Tillie was a prominent role on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball for the Bulldogs. Tillie came into this season after averaging 12.9 points per game as a sophomore
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