The strongest college basketball conference in America named it's best today. Six players were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. The BIG EAST Player of the Year will come from that group. The conference will announce Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, March 8. ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM Kemba Walker, … [Read more...] about All-Big East Teams Selected, ND’s Hansbrough Only Unanimous Pick
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DePaul Loses Cleveland Melvin for the Season
DePaul head coach Oliver Purnell announced today that freshman Cleveland Melvin will miss the remainder of the 2010-11 season with a left thumb sprain. Melvin injured the thumb in DePaul’s game at St. John’s on Feb. 23 and missed Saturday’s game against USF. Melvin, a BIG EAST Rookie of the Year candidate, leads the Blue Demons and all BIG EAST freshmen with 14.3 points per … [Read more...] about DePaul Loses Cleveland Melvin for the Season
DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Emerging as one of Big East’s Top Freshman
For the third time in four weeks, DePaul freshman forward Cleveland Melvin was named Rookie of the Week by the BIG EAST Conference. Melvin is the first Blue Demons to pick up the honor three times in a season. Melvin averaged an impressive 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in games against Seton Hall and Connecticut last week. He opened the week with 21 points, nine rebounds and … [Read more...] about DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Emerging as one of Big East’s Top Freshman