Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann Showtime The luminary lights of New York City shine on basketball’s bright young stars. New Yorkers get a chance at an early sneak peak at many of the big-time future hoopers in college and beyond. Lamar Odom, Kenny Anderson, Lenny Cooke, now Lance […]
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Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-1 Big East, 20-3 Overall) Up Next: Wednesday at West Virginia at 7:30 p.m., Saturday vs. Providence at 6 p.m. (ESPN) Pittsburgh has rebounded with three straight wins after a late January loss to Marquette. The Panthers […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (5-1 Big East, 17-3 Overall) Up Next: Wednesday at Cincinnati at 8 p.m., Saturday vs. St. John’s at 4 p.m. Pittsburgh had two big wins in the past week, before falling to Marquette on Sunday 77-74. The […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Pittsburgh Panthers (3-0 Big East, 15-2 Overall) Up Next: Saturday vs. Georgetown at 9 P.M. (ESPN) Pitt has rebounded from two tough non-conference losses to win four straight games, including a contest at Syracuse last Thursday. While star senior […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo 1. Connecticut Huskies (0-0 Big East, 11-0 Overall) Up Next: Saturday @ West Virginia at 2 p.m. (ESPN 2), Saturday @ LSU at 9 p.m. (ESPN) Despite a rather lax non-conference schedule so far (Indiana, LSU, Georgia Tech still loom), […]
Big East Preview
Big East Conference 2006-07 Preview by Jesse Ullmann and Pat DiSalvo In its second year as a 16-member monster conference, the Big East will be successful yet again this season. But it will look quite different. Although players graduate or move on to the NBA every year, many Big East […]
NCAA Diploma Mill Investigation
Guilty by Association by Jesse Ullmann It is Fall in southeast Connecticut and perched atop the mystique of Gardner Lake a swift breeze rustles the yellow and red autumn leaves. Nestled within the deep, thick woods of Montville, 30 minutes on back roads far, far away from anything such names […]
ABCD Camp Notes
Have You Heard The One About… by Jesse Ullmann TEANECK, N.J. – After a long All-Star day of top quality high school hoops in Teaneck, the finale at Reebok ABCD 2006 was only fitting. For everyone in attendance – fans, coaches, scouts, media – the underclassmen went to overtime and […]
Big East Tournament Early Rounds
Big East Conference Tournament Notebook by Jesse Ullmann NEW YORK – It was clearly evident Louisville was not ready for the bright lights of the big apple. 2 media timeouts, 1 hot dog, 1 Poland Spring and 3 Mark Jones walk-bys later, Louisville finally made a field goal. The New […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Jesse Ullmann and Zach Van Hart Top 25? Let’s stay focused on the Top 15 for now or at least one third of it. As for Charles Barkley’s proclamation during TNT’s “GameBreak” last weekend that “Those guys up there in Storrs can beat the Timberwolves,” […]
