dcexaminer.com - 1/4/2009
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Blair, Pitt halt Hoyas' rise By Craig Stouffer Examiner Staff Writer 1/3/09 No. 3 Pittsburgh 70, No. 11 Georgetown 54 The answer to just how good Georgetown is must lie somewhere in between. Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair, left, attempts to shoot over Georgetown's DaJuan Summers during the ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
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Merry New Year! At 4:30 p.m. ET, The
Rose Bowl kicks off the annual NCAA money-grab Bowl...
Championship Series, a set of five games designed to maximize profits determine a national championship like Illinois awards Senate seats in an orderly, fair ...
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What if college basketball was stuck with the BCS?
bankrollsports.com - 1/5/2009
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Earlier in the college basketball season I broke
down how the ACC and the Big East stacked...
up against each other to be America’s best basketball conference. Notably pointing out how deep the Big East has become, and that soon they would be considered ...
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Big East Hoops Dominance
soxanddawgs.com - 1/6/2009
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The men’s college basketball polls are out and
this week have a new No. 1 in the...
country. Pittsburgh has risen to the top after the North Carolina Tar Heels lost to Boston College on Sunday night. Our UConn Huskies fell to No. 5 after losing to Georgetown last week. Pittsburgh beat the Hoyas on ...
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NCAA Men’s College Basketball Polls - Week 8
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Quickie Recap 1.3: The ups and downs of the Big East, Wake still perfect
Searching for Billy Edelin —
Georgetown received a giant reality check on Saturday afternoon. After going to Storrs and knocking off the #2 Huskies earlier in the week, their reward…facing the #3 Pittsburgh Panthers. The Hoyas kept it close in the first half, with DeJuan Summers putting the team on his back. However, the depth and toughness of the Panthers was too much for the Hoyas . Tied at 40 with just under 15 minutes to go in the game, Pittsburgh outscored the Hoyas (turned puppies) 30 - 14 down the stretch in order to prevail 70 - 54. DeJuan Blair may only be 6′7″ but he may be the second ...
The Belated Pitt-Georgetown Recap
Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue —
... . Steelers fans are known for traveling better than any in the NFL. Pitt basketball may gain that same reputation after thousands descended on Verizon Center on Saturday. Dixon made mention of the fans during his post-game interview.“Our fans were terrific,” he said. “It was amazing we had this many fans here.” At one point in the second half, there were loud chants of “Defense, defense” — when Georgetown had possession. Of course Georgetown has other concerns beyond not having homecourt. “We have to bounce back,” said Hoyas head coach John Thompson III, whose team departs ...
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