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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...

Big East Commissioner Does Not Think Much of Rutgers' Basketball Performance

Mike Tranghese may be the outgoing Big East Commissioner, but that only seems to have liberated him. When asked asked about Rutgers basketball, he did not speak vaguely of how a team is trying to get better and that he believes a coach can get the job done, as he has done in the past. Instead, he was a little less warm and...

Don Imus Calls Rutgers Women's Team 'Nappy-Headed Hos'

Not that anyone should ever expect anything but racism or sexism from Don Imus, but this seems like a new low, even for him. In describing the Rutgers women's basketball team Imus managed to squeeze both racism and sexism into one sentence (story and video available here). Such efficiency. He's marveling at the tatoos on...

Schiano Gets a 50% Pay Raise from Rutgers

But no Rest Stop named after him on the Jersey Turnpike (yet).No, he isn't getting the kind of cash that Urban Meyer, Bob Stoops, Pete Carroll or Charlie Weis are getting. And if Bobby Petrino wasn't committing career suicide in Atlanta, it wouldn't pass what he was supposed to earn at Louisville. Still it raises him over...

UConn Just Keeps Repeating, "It's a Win."

Barely. Having to go to OT to beat Rutgers? There is not much positive spin on this one, other than finally snapping a 5 game losing streak to win 61-50.UConn blew a nine point halftime lead that was carried to the 9:15 mark. Even with 50 seconds left and a 6 point lead, it wasn't enough to close out the game. The sheer...