 03/14/10 Austin Peay (Ohio Valley), Bowling Green (Mid-American), Chattanooga (Southern), Connecticut (Big East), Duke (ACC), East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun), Gonzaga (West Coast), Lamar (Southland), Louisiana Tech (Western Athletic), Marist (Metro Atlantic Athletic), Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt), Ohio State (Big Ten), Portland State (Big Sky), Princeton (Ivy League), San Diego State (Mountain West ...
 03/14/10 Austin Peay, Ohio Valley Conference Bowling Green, Mid-American Conference Chattanooga, Southern Conference Cleveland State, Horizon League Connecticut, Big East Conference Duke, Atlantic Coast Conference East Tennessee State, Atlantic Sun Conference Gonzaga, West Coast Conference Hampton, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference James Madison, Colonial Athletic Association Lamar, Southland Conference ...
 03/14/10 Associated Press Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y., 28-4. Nickname: Orangemen. Coach: Jim Boeheim. Conference: Big East. Bid: At large. Region: West. Seed: No. 1. Tournament Record: 50-32, 32 years. Last appearance: 2009.
03/14/10 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y., 28-4. Nickname: Orangemen. Coach: Jim Boeheim. Conference: Big East. Bid: At large. Region: West. Seed: No. 1. Tournament Record: 50-32, 32 years. Last appearance: 2009. Scoring: Team (81.5); Wesley Johnson 16.0; Andy Rautins 11.7; Kris Joseph 11.3; Arinze Onuaku 10.5; Rick Jackson 10.0. Rebounds: Team (38.2); Wesley Johnson 8.4; Rick Jackson 6.9; Kris Joseph 5.4; Arinze ...
 03/15/10 1. SYRACUSE Syracuse, N.Y., 28-4 Nickname: Orangemen. Coach: Jim Boeheim. Conference: Big East. Bid: At large. Tournament Record: 50-32, 32 years. Last appearance: 2009. Scoring: Team (81.5); Wesley Johnson 16.0; Andy Rautins 11.7; Kris Joseph 11.3; Arinze Onuaku 10.5; Rick Jackson 10.0. read more
03/15/10 Happens every year, like pitchers and catchers. Except it's crazy. We lock into the Big East Tournament as if it's super special. And it sure seems to be. Yet, it's not even close. Rarely does it determine which Big East teams make the NCAA Tournament, and a...
 03/15/10 Notre Dame's Tim Abromaitis, right, and Ben Hansbrough smile after they defeated Pittsburgh in an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in New York. Notre Dame won 50-45.
 03/15/10 Syracuse will look for a Final Four performance and more in the NCAA men's tournament to prove it did not go from overlooked to overrated in the course of a record-setting season. After being picked sixth in a preseason poll of Big East coaches, the Orange combined selfless play on offense with its trademark 2-3 zone defense to win what is widely regarded as the nation's toughest conference and ...
 03/13/10 When Shedrick Haynes transferred out of then Manatee Community College after the 2008-09 basketball season, his dream was to come back home and play in the Big East Conference .
 03/15/10 1. SYRACUSE ORANGE (28-4) Finish and bid: First (15-3) in Big East; at-large bid after losing to Georgetown in quarterfinals. Coach: Jim Boeheim (34th season).
 03/15/10 My pick to win it: Selecting a No. 1 is an easy choice, but I have been behind Syracuse the whole season and I am not leaving them now. The Orange had a few extra days to rest and now something to prove after not winning the Big East Tournament.
 03/16/10 Their pride is showing at the Theodore D. Young Community Center in Greenburgh over that basketball-loving hometown kid who played there so many days and nights and grew into a 6-foot-9 McDonald's All-American on the way to the Big East.
 03/16/10 The trip that 23-year-old Northern Kentucky native Michael Niehaus made to New York City last week for the Big East Conference Tournament was already, "Awesome, Baby," to quote Dick Vitale, but it became even more awesome for Niehaus when he won $10,000 in a Vitale impersonation contest at the tournament.
 03/16/10 Villanova sophomore pitcher Kyle McMyne (Old Forge) was named the Big East and Philadelphia Big Five Pitcher of the Week for the period of March 1-7. During that span, McMyne recorded a win and a save in two appearances for the Wildcats. On March 3 again
03/15/10 Connecticut Storrs, 33-0. Nickname: Huskies. Coach: Geno Auriemma. Conference: Big East. Bid: Big East champion. Region: Dayton. Seed: No. 1. Tournament Record: 71-15, 21 years. Last appearance: 2009. Scoring: Team (81.5); Tina Charles 18.4; Maya Moore 17.5; Kalana Greene 12.0. Rebounds: Team (43.5); Tina Charles 9.4; Maya Moore 8.3; Kalana Greene 4.7. Assists/Turnovers: Team (19.7/14.7); Maya ...
 03/17/10 Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto made it crystal clear that DePaul is ready to play with the big boys of the Big East. And in order to play with the big boys, you have to pay like the big boys. Apparently, DePaul is ready to do that.
03/17/10 New Mexico's Darington Hobson is already predicting a run to the regional final for a bunch of NCAA tournament first-timers. His Montana counterpart, Anthony Johnson, made it known the Grizzlies expected a first-round date with a high-profile Big East Conference school and not somebody from the mid-major Mountain West.
 03/17/10 BUFFALO, N.Y. - After its Big East bite of Big Apple basketball last week, West Virginias Empire State tour continues here with higher stakes.With a No. 2 seed in the NCAA East Region, the reward for a WVU team led by New York City area natives was to shuf...
 03/17/10 West Virginia hits town in a snit after being denied a No. 1 regional seed. And the Mountaineers have sound grounds for feeling slighted after tying for second during the Big East regular season and then winning the conference tournament.
03/17/10 BUFFALO, N.Y. - After its Big East bite of Big Apple basketball last week, West Virginias Empire State tour continues here with higher stakes.With a No. 2 seed in the NCAA East Region, the reward for a WVU team led by New York City area natives was to shuf...
 03/13/10 Had to send this up early yesterday, as this year, as I have been for the past 25 years, I'm off to the Big East men's basketball tournament in New York City for the weekend with some of my longtime friends. | 
