basketballprospectus.com - 12/21/2008
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The supersized conference placed seven of its teams in the ESPN/ USA Today top 15. All of those teams, even second-ranked Connecticut, have issues they need to deal with.
buildingthedam.com - 12/19/2008
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buildingthedam.com —
Well guys, as we all know, it's natural
for us Oregon Staters to make friends. Other then...
when we play Oregon, we have some of the kindest fans in the country. We are passionate more about our team then we are hating whoever we are playing, which I ...
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5 Reasons to Hate Pitt
thedailygopher.com - 12/20/2008
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thedailygopher.com —
Broadcast on FSN-North on Saturday, 1:00 pm Game
Thread will be here at TDG Check out Card...
Chronicle to learn more about the Cardinals. Finally the non-conference game we have all been waiting for. This game against 9th ranked Louisville is ...
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Minnesota vs. Louisville - TDG Preview
sports.espn.go.com - 12/26/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
Favorite : In a slight nod, it goes
to Connecticut over Pitt. The Huskies have the most...
intimidating force in Hasheem Thabeet (when he wants to be assertive). And they still have a healing all-conference guard in A.J. Price and plenty of depth at ...
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Andy Katz: Big East early season review
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Recap: Georgetown 69, Mount St. Mary's 58
Hoya Prospectus —
... making only 2/8 (not surprising) out of 30 total FGA in the half. From the realm of non-shocking developments, Georgetown allowed far too many offensive rebounds in the 2nd half (Mt. St. Mary's was able to gather half of their own misses), which likely was the determining factor in allowing the Mountaineers to hang around. Since Mt. St. Mary's is a pedestrian rebounding team, I think this had officially become one of the Hoyas' Achilles heels (as noted by Basketball Prospectus). The 2nd half eventually degenerated into a FT ...
MBB Game 13: Pitt Panthers vs FSU @ 5:30pm EST
Tomahawk Nation —
... have a 10 chance of winning this game.
What do you think?
This season, the Noles have beat a team from the SEC, Pac-10 and Big East...can we repeat our triumph over the Big East? Through out the last few game threads, many of us have been eagerly looking ahead to tonight's game. Pitt is one of the elite teams in the country and will make a run late into the season. There has been a lot of press about how good this team really is.
Let's take a look at who they are and what they have done so far this year. ...
Gasaway on the Hoyas
Hoya Prospectus —
... A month ago I remarked somewhat raffishly that Georgetown appeared to be inventing a new category: “outstanding defense without rebounds.” Well guess what. Turns out you need rebounds after all. In a conference with Seton Hall, the Hoyas can at least take solace in the fact that they will always be spared the indignity of being “last in defensive rebounding,” but the truth is their defensive rebounding is terrible. ...
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Big East Basketball: The Stretch Run
collegehoopsnet.com 2/22/2009 —
With only two weeks left, there's still plenty to talk about
in the Big East. Some teams have been
pleasant surprises (Providence, Marquette) and others not so much (Georgetown,
Notre Dame). But to those of you who
need to catch up on the action, here's what you need to know about ...
Recap: Pittsburgh 70, Georgetown 54
hoyaprospectus.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — In his preview for today's game, SFHoya hit on two keys to the game - containing DeJuan Blair and attacking the basket to draw fouls. Well, the Hoyas managed to make (12) more FTs than the Panthers took (6) but less than in their previous game at ...
