2008/2009 Big East Thread

[AnybodyKilla]

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Seton Hall just upset USC in the Puerto Rico Shootout, 63-61. Nice win by the Pirates.

Word, good for the Pirates.

[ehh]

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UConn's D looked like booty tonight, reminds me of last year where teams were always comfortable against us - never felt pressured or rushed or intimidated. Way too many easy buckets in the paint, to many cutters going where ever they wanted, etc. Thankfully Hash woke up the final 7 minutes of the game otherwise it woulda come down to the wire.

[AJ989898]

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Marquette plays crosstown foe UWM tonight and I get the privillige of sitting courtside since I am a writer for MarquetteHoops.com. We are 35-0 all time against UWM so I dont really consider it a rivalry. Marquette should have no problem with them and I expect a 20+ point win

[countryboy]

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UofL opens the season tonight with Morehead State in the Billy Minardi Classic. They will then play either South Alabama or Florida A&M depending on the outcome of both games.

Also, UofL is being replaced by Cincinnati in the Maui Invitational next year. The Cards will make the trip in 2012. The Cards are apparently in negotiations with another exempt event.

[ehh]

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since I am a writer for MarquetteHoops.com.

That's cool, how long have you been doing that?

[AJ989898]

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That's cool, how long have you been doing that?

I am a freshman this year so it is my first but I have been on the message boards on that site for a couple years. I must say that it is a pretty cool gig. I got to go to media day and talk to all the players back in October. Then I also get to go to press conferences before each game along with the one on the new recruiting class. We have 6 student writers so we split the games up evenly with 2 guys working each game.

[cjonesfan921]

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Rosario with a huge game last night, he should make this team fun to watch.

[AJ989898]

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sorry to link to other sites but I co-wrote this article for MarquetteHoops.com

http://marquette.scout.com/2/814753.html

[ehh]

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#2 UConn vs #16 Miami tonight at 6pm EST, not a bad early season match up. I'm nervous about this one.

[NYJets]

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Uconn advances.

Dominated early. Miami went on a run to cut it to 4 in the first half, but UConn led by 8 almost the whole way.

Hasheem was a force, and A.J. had a very good game. We gave up too many 3's to McClinton, but overall I thought the defense played really well

[in mid air]

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Rutgers with a tough loss to St. Bona (who?) in overtime today.

Big East this year is gonna very fun and competitive to watch this year. There are SO many good future matchups that I cant wait for.

[ehh]

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St. Bonaventure, theyr'e in the A-10 and were actually somewhat of a national powerhouse way back in the day.


Nice win by UConn tonight, pretty funy game to watch. Hash looked good - 19, 14 and 7 blocks.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Rosario with a huge game last night, he should make this team fun to watch.

He and Echenique are beasts...they'll be in the tourny in the very near future.

[ehh]

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He and Echenique are beasts...they'll be in the tourny in the very near future.

Well, minus their loss to the Bonnies last night.

[BGPurple]

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I say the conference standings will look like this:

1.) Louisville(Not due to me being a UofL fan, but from looking at their 4 returning startings and have Samardo playing so well so early.)
2.) Notre Dame(Harongody, all you need to say.)
3.) UCONN(Thabeet is already looking good, i think he will go far into the season like this.)
4.) Pittsburgh(Very good looking starting lineup.)
I had a Controversy between Pitt and UCONN being at 3 & 4. But had to go with UCONN due to a more effectinent inside playing team.
5.) Georgetown
6.) Marquette
7.) Cincinatti
8.) Providence
9.) Villanova
10.) Syracuse
11.) DePaul
12.) West Virginia
13.) Seton Hall
14.) Rutgers
15.) St. Johns
16.) USF