Big East is still dominating can anyone stop them

Louisville recruiting always seems to have something brewing and right now U of L is on the Trail of a Point Guard for 2010 (Louisville Courier-Journal), Cory Joseph, of Findlay Prep.

The 6-foot-3 guard is looking to narrow his list by the end of the summer and is also looking at Ohio State, Florida, Kansas, Memphis, Minnesota, Texas, Arkansas, Connecticut, Villanova and Texas A&M are among the schools he’s considering.

The Cards have been very active in Joseph’s recruitment for and he indicated to the C-J that they are one of his top choices.

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Do you remember what occered last year.  Will THE BIG EAST dominate again in 2010.  Only time will tell.  Will you be their to tell the time?  We will see.

Five BIG EAST Teams Enjoying The Holidays In The National Polls

You can find five BIG EAST teams ranked in this week’s Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls, the most of any conference in the country.  Pittsburgh and Georgetown are sixth and eighth respectively in both polls.  The Panthers are coming off a 65-64 overtime win over Duke on Dec. 20, which pushed their record to 12- 0.  Marquette is 12^th in AP and 13^th in ESPN/USA Today.  Villanova is 18^th in AP and 16^th in ESPN/USA Today.  West Virginia is 23^rd in both polls.  The BIG EAST has had at least five teams ranked every week this season.

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• ESPN will continue to televise the BIG EAST Championship from Madison Square Garden in New York.  The dates for the 2010 event are March 9-13.
• ESPN and the BIG EAST again will partner in the network’s Big Monday format.  The league also will make regular appearances on ESPN and ESPN2 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  
• Big Monday – All seven BIG EAST teams that earned berths in the 2009 NCAA Championship will make appearances.  The first Monday game is Pittsburgh at Cincinnati on Jan. 4.  Villanova travels to Louisville on Jan. 11.    No other conference appears on Mondays on ESPN more than the BIG EAST.  The Big Monday package also includes Connecticut at Villanova, a battle of the two league squads that advanced to the NCAA Final Four last year, on Feb. 15.  The Big Monday series concludes with Georgetown at West Virginia on March 1.  All games on the Big Monday schedule will be available on ESPN.360.  
• Wednesdays -- ESPN or ESPN2 will show nine Wednesday games involving BIG EAST teams during the 10-week conference season.  The Wednesday schedule includes Connecticut at Syracuse on Feb. 10 as part of ESPN Rivalry Week.  Those two clubs played an unforgettable six-overtime game in the quarterfinals of The BIG EAST Championship.  
• Thursdays -- ESPN or ESPN2 will televise 11 Thursday games that will include 13 BIG EAST squads.  The weekly Thursday night package starts when ESPN2 carries St. John’s at Georgetown on Dec. 31.  The final Thursday of the season, March 4, includes two telecasts on ESPN or ESPN2 – Seton Hall at Rutgers and Providence at Pittsburgh.    
• Saturdays – ESPN or ESPN2 will telecast 10 BIG EAST games during the conference season, including the final game at storied Freedom Hall March 6, when Syracuse visits Louisville.  Also, the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week package continues, mostly at noon, ET.  The Game of the Week package reaches over one-third of the nation and is the largest syndicated college basketball package in the nation.  The Saturday schedule will be announced at a later date.  There is one Sunday telecast on ESPN, Louisville at Syracuse on Feb. 14.    
• CBS Sports -- The 11-game schedule on CBS Sports, which includes five league contests, will feature eight BIG EAST teams.  The CBS Sports slate begins with one of college basketball’s great intersectional rivalries, UCLA at Notre Dame, on Dec. 19.  The first league game of the season will be on CBS Sports when West Virginia visits Seton Hall on Dec. 26.  On Feb. 21, Pittsburgh will host Villanova, a contest that figures to spark memories of their game in the 2009 NCAA Elite Eight in Boston.  The Wildcats won at the buzzer 78-76.  The BIG EAST/CBS Sports schedule concludes with West Virginia at Villanova on March 6.  The BIG EAST and CBS Sports have been formal television partners since 1985, the longest relationship of any conference and national network.
• ESPN GameDay – ESPN will take its signature GameDay series to a BIG EAST campus again.  Syracuse will host Villanova and the GameDay crew at the Carrier Dome on Feb. 27.
• ESPN Rivalry Week – No conference will appear more times on Rivalry Week than the BIG EAST.  The week begins on Feb. 8 with Villanova at West Virginia in a Big Monday battle.  Rivalry Week concludes the following Monday, Feb. 15, with Connecticut at Villanova.  In all, seven BIG EAST games will be televised.
• Holiday Week – The BIG EAST league schedule on ESPN and ESPN2 begins in late December with Connecticut traveling to Cincinnati on Dec. 30.  On New Year’s Eve, St. John’s plays at Georgetown.  Both games will be carried by ESPN2.
• Jimmy V Classic – For a second straight year, the BIG EAST will participate in both games of the doubleheader at the Jimmy V Classic, Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden.  ESPN will show Georgetown versus Butler followed by Pittsburgh meeting Indiana.
• SEC/BIG EAST Invitational – The third annual meeting between the two conferences will be carried by ESPN and ESPN2.  On Dec. 9 at Madison Square Garden, St. John’s battles Georgia on ESPN2 followed by Connecticut and Kentucky on ESPN.  On Dec. 10 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., DePaul and Mississippi State square off on ESPN2 before Florida plays Syracuse on ESPN.
• Between the Jimmy V Classic and the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational, as well as a pair of scheduled nonleague games involving Villanova and Cincinnati, eight BIG EAST teams will appear on either ESPN or ESPN2 between Dec. 8-10.
• NBA All-Star Weekend Game – The BIG EAST again will be featured on ESPN on the Friday night of the NBA All-Star Weekend when West Virginia plays at Pittsburgh on Feb. 12.
• Saturday, January 30 – Although there are several days on the schedule with many attractive matchups, one of the better days may be Jan. 30.  At noon, Louisville plays at West Virginia  on ESPN.  At 2 p.m. Georgetown will host Duke on CBS Sports.  At 6 p.m., Notre Dame goes to Rutgers on ESPN2. Also, Marquette plays at Connecticut and Syracuse travels to DePaul. 
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Big East domination continues:

Syracuse-Villanova Set For ESPN GameDay


This season, the BIG EAST again will be a popular stop on the weekly ESPN College GameDay Driven By State Farm tour.

ESPN has selected Villanova at Syracuse from the Carrier Dome on Feb. 27.  For the first time, ESPN also will be holding a GameDay in conjunction with a women's contest, Notre Dame at Connecticut from Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 16.

The BIG EAST has had more GameDay appearances than any other conference, 23 including this season's schedule.

Last year, Villanova swept the two meetings between the clubs, including an 89-86 decision at the Carrier Dome on Feb. 22.

Villanova advanced to the Final Four compiling a 30-8 record. Syracuse reached the NCAA Sweet 16 round and finished with a 28-10 mark.

Scheduled sites for College GameDay and Saturday Primetime:

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Previous Next The ACC Has the Best Basketball Conference in the Nation: NOT the Big EastSlide 1 of 2

Every time I turn on the TV lately, I hear about "the best conference in college basketball." I believe it's on ESPN 2 during breaks or commentary for their Big East games. Regardless of what station you turn to, however, it seems that the entire nation thinks the Big East is the best basketball conference this year.

Boy, are they wrong.

In my opinion, you determine the merit of a conference, in any sport, by the depth of quality teams. Just like you would never say the Horizon League is the best in the nation because of No. 4-ranked Butler (RPI Rankings), you should not say that the Big East is the best conference because they have a few (and I stress few) more teams at the top.

Assuming you regard the RPI ranking system as the best (and I do, considering come tournament time that's what is used to determine who gets to the Big Dance), here's a look at the REAL best conference in the nation FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

As you probably can't see above (sorry, limitations of this site I suppose - or the more likely limitation of the author), the ACC has a whopping 83.33 percent of its conference in the top 80, while the Big East has only 68.75 percent.

Not good enough?

The ACC also has 75 percent of their teams ranked 71st or higher in the nation, while the Big East has only 56.25 percent. That's a big difference because that 18.75 percent means the Big East would need three more teams to eclipse the 71 ranking. You think St. John's is up to the task?

The Big Eas(y)t has a long way to go before they reach the prowess of the ACC.

Hopefully this article will circulate to the "experts" at ESPN, and they will stop using terms like "the best conference in the nation."

I doubt it, but one can dream.

 1 Pac 10 Conference .8739 17 Summit League .4343

 2 Atlantic Coast Conference .8722 18 Mid American Conference .3951

 3 Big East Conference .8691 19 Southland Conference .3846

 4 Big 12 Conference .8660 20 Sun Belt Conference .3690

 5 Big Ten Conference .8520 21 America East Conference .3587

 6 Southeastern Conference .7840 22 Big Sky Conference .3525

 7 Mountain West Conference .7447 23 Ohio Valley Conference .3458

 8 Conference USA .6638 24 Atlantic Sun Conference .2870

 9 Atlantic 10 Conference .6423 25 Southern Conference .2810

10 Missouri Valley Conference .6176 26 Ivy League .2733

11 Horizon League .5705 27 Patriot League .2686

12 Western Athletic Conference .5565 28 Big South Conference .2521

13 West Coast Conference .5288 29 Northeast Conference .2432

14 Colonial Athletic Association .5140 30 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference .1461

15 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference .4761 31 Independents .0972

16 Big West Conference .4422 32 Southwestern Athletic Conference .0946

Side bar.. if they don't make the tournament Norm has to go.. that's barring injuries.

We sould go ahead and give Big East the Championship now so we don't have to go out and get bet down by their greatness!!  They showed us all last year in the Championship game...Oh wait they weren't there..  Next year maybe you guys will do better, who knows I hope UNC goes back but who know right now I would have to say it looks like Kanas is the team to beat.