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St. John's Slapped Back to Reality by Notre Dame

Steve Lavin found out quickly how cruel life in the Big East can be. After a solid start to its conference season, St. John's -- in its second consecutive game against a ranked opponent -- got smoked at Notre Dame Saturday night, 76-61. It had fared well to this point, winning its first three in conference, but its luck...

Choose 'Lou Carnesecca's Sweater'

That is "Thunder" the presently retired, and generally forgotten mascot of the St. John's Red Storm from the 90s. After mercifully bucking the trend of a cartoonish or anthropomorphic mascots for most of the decade, St. John's plans to bring back a mascot (H/T to Deadspin).Clearly, that was what has been behind the...

Kansas Now Fully Loaded With Xavier Henry

With John Calipari now coaching at Kentucky, top shooting guard Xavier Henry reopened his recruiting. C.J. was already on the Memphis squad following a failed professional baseball career, but that meant little. Ultimately Xavier Henry has opted to go to Kansas, and his older brother will be joining him.The addition of...

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...