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Published on: 12th March, 2010
Day Of Upsets In Big East Quarterfinals As Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Villanova Go Home |
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NEW YORK — The Big East’s day of quarterfinal upsets ended with an unlikely long shot.
West Virginia became the only one of the conference’s top four seeds to advance to the semifinals when Da’Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Mountaineers (No. 6 ESPN/USA Today, [...]
Published on: 11th March, 2010
Upset Special: Cincy Beats LouisvilleCincinnati head coach Mick Cronin reacts after receiving a technical foul in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl) |
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NEW YORK — Deonta Vaughn made two free throws with 5.9 seconds left then made the game-saving strip just before the buzzer and Cincinnati beat Louisville 69-66 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Big East tournament.
The 11th-seeded Bearcats (18-14), who had never won a game in the tournament until Tuesday’s opening-round win [...]
Published on: 10th March, 2010
St. Johns Loses A Close One To Marquette As Roberts' Coaching Status Takes Center StageBig East Championship. 2009 BIG EAST Championship: Second Round. St John's Red Storm vs Marquette Golden Eagles. St Johns head coach Norm Roberts reacts to game. Original Filename: _HS26666R1.jpg |
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New York – Cinderella almost continued its run towards college basketball relevance today, but not quite. St. Johns University, once among the titans of the sport but having fallen on hard times in recent years, had defeated Connecticut handily yesterday to move into the second round of the Big East Championships. They took a favored [...]
Published on: 9th March, 2010
St. Johns Shocks UConn in Big East Opening Round GameSt John's Red Storm playeres high fiving.
2010 BIG EAST Championship: First Round.
St John's Red Storm vs Connecticut Huskies. Original Filename: _HS29171.jpg |
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New York – Tonight, Norm Roberts can rest a little easier. As many games as St. Johns has lost under his tutelage against teams the Red Storm never used to lose to, today’s convincing blowout of the University of Connecticut in the opening round of the Big East Championship tournament at Madison Square Garden was [...]
Published on: 9th March, 2010
Big East Names Coach, Player, and Rookie of the Year |
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New York — Syracuse forward Wes Johnson, a newcomer who helped lead Syracuse to the Big East regular-season title and an overall record of 28-3, has been named Big East Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
His coach, Jim Boeheim was named the Coach of the Year of the Conference.
Lance [...]
Published on: 14th January, 2010
Stephenson and Cronin At Post-Game Press Conference |
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New York – Tonight was supposed to be one of the big events of this college basketball season, particularly since it was taking place in the basketball cathedral of Madison Square Garden. It was a happening, not so much because it was St. Johns against Cincinnati in another battle of Big East teams who can [...]
Published on: 2nd January, 2010
Tebow and Meyer Ride Off Into the Sunset |
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NEW ORLEANS — Tim Tebow and coach Urban Meyer stood together in one corner of the Louisiana Superdome, sang the school fight song and then offered a final gesture.
Tebow took off on a victory lap. Meyer saluted the Florida fans.
It was Tebow’s way of saying goodbye. It may have been Meyer’s, too.
Tebow rose above all [...]
Published on: 11th December, 2009
John Wall Is Basketball's Next Big Thing |
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NEW YORK — John Wall was last in Madison Square Garden a little less than eight months ago, for the Jordan Brand Classic, a messy high-school All-Star game in which he had eight points, six assists and five turnovers, and two big men, Georgia Tech-bound Derrick Favors and Mississippi State-bound Renardo Sidney, were named co-MVPs.
Wall [...]
Published on: 30th October, 2009
Lance Stephenson Progress Report |
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Freshman Lance Stephenson put on a show Saturday in his first public appearance as a member of the University of Cincinnati basketball team.
Playing in an intrasqad scrimmage before the football game, Stephenson scored 22 points in 25 minutes to lead the Red team to a 50-43 victory over the Black team.
He also made two nifty [...]
Published on: 7th September, 2009
Uh Oh, Oklahoma's Bradford Has AC Sprain Of Throwing Shoulder |
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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Monday that quarterback Sam Bradford has a Grade 2 or Grade 3 sprain of the AC joint in his right, throwing shoulder.
Stoops said that Bradford’s recovery will continue to be monitored and it could be a “week or two” before there is a total understanding of a timetable for the junior’s [...]
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