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 […]