The 2009/2010 Big East Thread

[justamush]

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Well I found a website that shows who the AP voters voted for, I should not have looked because it has made me angry. 2 voters left Syracuse off of the top 25 and 10 voters put UNC Ahead of Syracuse.

If your not gonna even bother looking at the score section of your Newspaper, DO NOT VOTE.

http://pollspeak.com/pollstalker/pol...&v=187&w=3&r=T

Yeah, that is dumb. Good thing hoops has a tourney to decide who is the best team at the end of the season. What a weird idea.

[justamush]

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I was encouraged by Pitt's performance in KC. They beat a decent Wichita St. team, and then hung with Texas for 32 minutes until they wore down at the end. Getting Jermaine Dixon and Gilbert Brown will be a big boost come Big East time. They especially missed Brown's size today, because a lot of the time they were playing Adams (5'10, maybe), Woodall (5'10), and Gibbs (6'1) together at the same time. That might work against some teams, but probably not against a team with Texas's size.

[countryboy]

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Very impressed by what I saw out of both Pittsburgh and Cincinnati last night. Actually the past two nights. Cronin has done a great job in rebuilding the Bearcats. Don't think they are capable of contending for the BE crown this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't finish in the Top 5.

And its odd seeing Pittsburgh being in rebuilding mode. I honestly didn't think they would keep the game as interesting as they did against Texas last night, but I was obviously wrong. Lot of young talent on that Pitt team.

[KG]

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Cincy looked good and the Big East is rolling right now. Even though Texas pulled away from Pitt they hung around with them in the 1st half.

[ehh]

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UConn will put an end to this when we stink up the Garden tonight. Team has looked so bad the first three games.

[Spectre]

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St. John's is awful

[RayAllen20]

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UConn will put an end to this when we stink up the Garden tonight. Team has looked so bad the first three games.

I thought the same thing until we just flat out dominated LSU. I know LSU isn't very good, but I can tell this UConn team has some potential. This press is really something, and once again we will probably be the best blocking team in the nation. The 1-2 punch of Dyson and Walker may be the best backcourt in the nation (Kansas maybe), and Robinson has really improved his jumpshot. Plus our bigs just dominated today. I'm liking our chances against Duke (if they win), they aren't athletic and we can press them and create turnovers. Plus against ASU, Duke is playing bad against the zone which we tried out today.

On a side note, how are we the best blocking team in the nation EVERY YEAR? I understand Calhoun recruits shot blockers, but he must be great at teaching it. From what I've seen from Edwards this year so far, he had to have been taught how to block better.

On another side not, can anyone imagine if we had Dyson last year for the NCAA tourney. I am almost positive we would've had a UConn-UNC title, which would've been a great great game. I considered Dyson as our best player until he went down. He was atleast our best offensive player. That game would've been two pretty even teams. IMO it would've been a championship to remember.

Well anyways, I think this team can definitely be a 4 seed or up i the tourney. That is just what I've seen from them so far. Hopefully they show up like they did against LSU, not like they did against W&Mary, and Colgate.

[ehh]

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Can't wait for 5pm tonight!!

As usual when we play the Dookies, the only way they are staying in this game is if the officials call the game tight as hell - which of course they will. :

[ehh]

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Today's game is the first ever match up of two coaches with 800 career wins.

[KG]

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Can't wait for 5pm tonight!!

As usual when we play the Dookies, the only way they are staying in this game is if the officials call the game tight as hell - which of course they will. :

I fully expect Sticks to lock down Singler.

[countryboy]

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2 good wins for Marquette.

[NYJets]

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Thought we had things figured out after the LSU game but I guess not. Outrebounded yet again. Barely made half our free throws. No 3's.

Pretty terrible performance.

[countryboy]

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I think its a very safe comment to make when saying that UConn is a better team then they showed today.

[countryboy]

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IMO, a big game for UofL tomorrow afternoon as we play UNLV on the road. I say this because its the only road game we'll play before travelling to Kentucky the first of the year, and then to South Florida.

Curious to see how we play in a true road game and how much better we've gotten since the Hall of Fame showcase.

[crques]

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Looks like it's the Mountaineers will be taking on Portland for the 76 Classic Championship Sunday night. I would be lying if I said that I didn't expect WVU to be playing in the Championship, but I would be lying if I told you that I figured it would be against Portland. They've had an impressive showing thus far with wins over UCLA and Minnesota. I just think that WVU's depth and athleticism will be too much for them to overcome Sunday night but you never know. Welcome back Mr. Ebanks!!!