St. John’s and UConn face off in a matchup of the Big East’s top teams
CHICAGO — Let’s go. No more delays; it’s time for some action. On Friday night, the spotlight will be on No. 3 Connecticut and No. 22 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden. Both teams have their sights set on extending their winning streaks. St. John’s is riding high with eight consecutive wins, while UW boasts […]
How Zuby Ejiofor blossomed into Big East’s Most Improved Player
Zuby Ejiofor needed a lot of work. He hesitated, was sure of himself, and wasn't ready for work. No, this had nothing to do with basketball. That was his pre-match speech. “They may have been some of the worst pre-game speeches I've heard in my life,” teammate Brady Dunlap recalled with a laugh Monday at […]
Big East’s daunting coaching lineup is throwback to glory days
Looking back, it's little surprising that there was unforgettable basketball in the first year of the Big East. That year in the early 1980s was when a college basketball coach first became a star for himself. They were not all in the Big East. North Carolina and Dean Smith had Jimmy V on the roads […]
Yankees in first place, but Orioles are still East’s team to beat
The Orioles are in second place, but the Yankees are chasing them. Looking at the standings, we can see that Baltimore is trailing the Yankees by 0.5 games. A head-to-head matchup between the two teams would be even more interesting, as the Orioles have won five of seven games and look to be the clear […]
Yankees set for first clash with AL East’s defending champion Orioles
MILWAUKEE — The Yankees will be seeing the team they spent most of last season staring down for the first time. After another 15-5 win over the Brewers on Sunday, the Yankees fly to Baltimore and begin a four-game series against the defending AL East champions on Monday. “We’re excited,” Aaron Judge said. “We’ve watched […]
Big East’s three March Madness teams must stand tall after league brass’ weak response
It’s up to you, Connecticut, Marquette, Clayton. It’s your job to fly the flag for the Big East. To prove what we all know, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee selected a conference that was ranked No. 2 in the country by the analytics website KenPom.com and considered the second-best conference in the nation. I mean, […]
Providence’s Kim English fumes over Big East’s March Madness snubs: ‘Analytics are bulls–t’
There has been a lot of discussion about why certain conferences received so many bids to the NCAA Tournament and why others, namely the Big East, did not. Providence head coach Kim English was asked for her thoughts after her team was named a Big East snub in Sunday’s selection, and the Friars’ first-year coach […]
NBA All-Star Game 2024 smashes scoring records in East’s win
INDIANAPOLIS — The NBA wanted more competition. In return, we earned more points than ever before. And once again, the All-Star Game was all about offense. On Sunday night, the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 211-186, with the winner scoring the most points in the game’s 73-year history. Previous mark: 196 points in the […]
Big East’s elite teams are still a notch above St. John’s
For a good portion of Saturday afternoon, I didn’t even have to watch a basketball game on the floor of Madison Square Garden. For the first 28 minutes or so, when St. John’s was desperately trying to look into the eyes of the Connecticut Huskies, you could close your eyes for long stretches and just […]