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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Maryland Terrapins The Maryland Terrapins (6th seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament) have all the pieces this year to make a deep run with Anthony Cowan, Eric Ayala, and Jalen Smith returning. The only key piece they lost is Bruno Fernando and the Terrapins can shift Jalen Smith to more of a center role while running two forwards in Aaron
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As all great recruiters say, it’s never too early to start recruiting. These two sons of NBA greats, Lebron James and Dwyane Wade will be playing with each other next year at Sierra Canyon, with hopes of showing off to the scouts that they have what it takes to make it to the next level. Zaire, who will be heading
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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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As the First Four tips tonight in Dayton, the 2019 NCAA Tournament is upon us. Here are the top 5 first round match-ups to watch: 5. #4 Virginia Tech vs. #13 Saint Louis Friday 9:57 PM ET TruTV An East region first round match-up, as the automatic qualifier from the A-10 Saint Louis meets a hungry Virginia Tech team. The
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In a chippy heated game that saw three ejections, eight technicals and, multiple flagrant fouls, Marquette and Seton Hall fought it out to the end in what brought back memories of the old Big East. It’s their third meeting of the season with both teams winning their matchup at home. Marquette came out of the gates quickly with Markus Howard
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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
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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Does Seton Hall deserve a chance to play in the NCAA tournament? Their resume is up for debate and we will soon find out if the Pirates have what it takes.
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