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Big East Tournament Results Day Two: No Surprises Today

Chalk ruled the day. The teams having a bye all advanced. Sandwiched between some reasonably competitive games were a couple games that never had the outcome in doubt.DePaul spent most of the game looking like they were going to take care of any bubble talk in the Big East by putting Providence out of the Big East...

Big East Tournament Results Day One: A DePaul Win is a Loss for Providence

The biggest loser of the first game of the Big East Tournament (BET) was not Cincy. It was Providence. The Friars are a fringe bubble team. They need more than simply a deep run in the BET, they need quality wins to boost their computer numbers. Providence now gets DePaul and their 200+ RPI number tomorrow. Even if they...

Let the One-derful Upsets Roll

Long ago, somewhere around the time you broke your first New Year's resolution in a flurry of Haagen-Dazz and Oreos, dangerous stopped being an adequate word to describe college basketball's pole position.Asking Jim Calhoun about his W-2s is dangerous. Tailgating LenDale White is dangerous. Taking tax advice from Barry...

No. 1 Pitt Falls to Providence

It was senior night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center for the Providence Friars. The Friars' bubble had seemingly been burst by their home loss to Notre Dame last Saturday, which left them at 16-11. Yet somehow that loss proved to be the perfect mix for the latest No. 1 upset in college basketball's skittish season as...

Notre Dame Gets a Rare Road Win

Nothing like having two defensively challenged teams facing each other to provide entertaining -- if one-dimensional -- basketball. Notre Dame and Providence offered just that as the Fighting Irish got only their second Big East road win, 103-84.Both teams were looking for a big win to get them into the bubble argument....