Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Let the Games Begin Monday night’s feature presentation of then No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 3 Pittsburgh signaled to me the start of another Big East season. It wasn’t exactly the first league game but a Monday night matchup of two top ranked […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Fountain of Youth Much of the early success of the Big East conference can be attributed to an abundance of talent in its freshman class. Obviously, Carmelo Anthony was the big name in the recruiting wars last year. He has not disappointed Syracuse fans. […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly With Christmas less than a week away, it’s time to check on what Santa may be bringing some members of the Big East Conference Pittsburgh Hype-proofing for the Panthers. Some pundits including myself are not sold on this crew’s upper echelon ranking. A win […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Lookin’ Good So far so good as pertains the Big East conference this season. This highly competitive league has once again emerged as one of the nation’s very best. The early returns have been tremendous. Now, I know it is only December but this […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Bragging Rights The Big East conference picked up two big victories this past week against some top- notch competition. Villanova headed north to Alaska last weekend and upended No. 10 Michigan State, 81-73, while Notre Dame mauled No. 12 Marquette, 92-71. Now, I know […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly With the season openers behind us I decided to take a close look at some Big East rosters and come up with a few players worth your watching this winter. None of them are mentioned for preseason honors but all of them should emerge […]

Big East Notebook by Kevin Reilly Don’t Look Over Nova The Villanova Wildcats will certainly be an interesting team to follow this winter. How far Coach Jay Wright’s squad will go remains to be seen but the future in Philly is so bright they may be wearing shades inside the […]

Big East Conference Preview by Phil Kasiecki The Big East Conference saw another very competitive season of basketball last season, as the outcome of few games could be accurately predicted with the teams being relatively even. Five Big East teams made the NCAA Tournament, with Connecticut getting as far as […]

Big East Notebook The Whole F’n Game! If you haven’t heard about the thrilling Notre Dame-Georgetown game from last Saturday, I’ld like to know what it’s like living under a rock. Notre Dame beat the the Hoyas in DC, despite a 35 point, 20 rebound performance from big man Mike […]