The likeliest 12th member of the Big Ten is Rutgers, the Chicago Tribune reports. Athletically, the Scarlet Knights don’t bring a whole lot to the table in men’s basketball or football. But Rutgers makes up for those shortcomings with the most important of considerations: location. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers is well within [...]
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This time last week, the Connecticut Huskies were reeling — riding a three-game losing streak and about to lose hall-of-fame coach Jim Calhoun, who left the team to deal with an as-yet-unspecified medical problem, with games against St. John’s and top-ranked Texas looming. After a dominating win at Madison Square Garden and an impressive come-from-behind [...]
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Those of you who were glued to American Idol last night missed one of the most entertaining endings to a college game I’ve seen in some time. St. John’s was down two points to Cincinnati with under 20 seconds left — in danger of falling to 0-4 in Big East play — when junior guard [...]
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On today’s RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour – host Jeff Erickson and I talk Big 12, Big Ten and Big East Hoops and Gilbert Arenas’ legal troubles. RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour 1/4/2010 – RotoWire on Blog Talk Radio.
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My colleague Tim Hyland, who covers college football for About.com, is breaking down the rumors about a possible expansion of the Big Ten. That conference has had eleven members since Penn State was added to the mix in 1993; adding a 12th would allow the league to split into two conferences and hold a championship [...]
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On Monday’s Rotowire Fantasy Sports Hour: host Jeff Erickson and I talk Big East and Big Ten basketball, replacement quarterbacks, and Greg Oden’s injury. RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour 12/7/2009 – RotoWire on Blog Talk Radio.
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After losing players like Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet and A.J. Price, Pitt’s Sam Young, DeJuan Blair and LeVance Fields, Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn, Louisville’s Terrence Williams and Villanova’s Dante Cunningham to graduation and the NBA Draft, this was supposed to be a “down” year for the Big East. Hasn’t really worked out that way. The conference boasts [...]
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