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Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

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The Big East conference has too many college basketball teams. In an ideal situation, each team in a conference plays each other twice, home and away. They can’t: too many teams! If they did this, each school would have to play 30 conference games! Ok, then let’s try this: split the Big East into two divisions of eight and play the other seven schools in your division … [Read more...] about Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

Top 5 Big East Arenas with Soullessly Corporate Names

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The Big East may be the best conference in all of college basketball, but wow do they have some TERRIBLE  names among their collection of home venues. The super-conference is comprised of 16 teams, and many of them play in arenas with names so blandly and offensively corporate, they make the names of many of the college football bowl games sound romantic and wholesome. … [Read more...] about Top 5 Big East Arenas with Soullessly Corporate Names

Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1-11-11)

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There are three different sections to the Big East through two weeks of conference play: The top tier, potential NCAA Tournament teams, and the bottom five.  Pitt, Syracuse, and Villanova have earned the title of the teams to beat but the next eight are battling for their tourney lives already... and it is only the second week of January.  Here are my updated Big East … [Read more...] about Big East Basketball Power Rankings (1-11-11)

Big East Basketball Power Rankings (12/26/10)

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Big East hoops action tips off with a behemoth battle on Big Monday when pre-season conference favorite Pitt hosts one of the surprise teams in the country and their Player of the Year breakout star, Kemba Walker of UConn.  Oh, and so much for this being a down year in the conference as five of the top nine ranked teams in the country call the Big East home.  Here are my Big … [Read more...] about Big East Basketball Power Rankings (12/26/10)

Rejoice TCU! You’re joining the Big East, and will soon have BCS Chances

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In a deal that's great for both parties involved. TCU joined the Big East conference today. If you've watched ESPN College Football Gamenight this season, you've noticed their running gags "Big East Bound and Down" and the "ACC Wheel of Destiny" to make fun of how mediocre, or just plain the respective conferences are. Although this move will not help the TCU Horned Frogs … [Read more...] about Rejoice TCU! You’re joining the Big East, and will soon have BCS Chances

DePaul Learns BIG EAST Opponents for 2010-11.

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DePaul coach Oliver Purnell learned Thursday his first round of home and road BIG EAST opponents as the conference office unveiled each program's opponents and locations for the 2010-11 season. Purnell and the Blue Demons are scheduled to face Cincinnati, USF and West Virginia twice next season while splitting the remaining dozen conference contests between the road and … [Read more...] about DePaul Learns BIG EAST Opponents for 2010-11.