Today is a big day for the Big East Conference.  All year the experts have been saying that the Big East is down this year.  Well today the conference can show the rest of the nation otherwise.  With both Louisville and Syracuse playing in the Elite Eight today the conference has a chance to punch the first two tickets to the Final Four. From the beginning of the season the popular belief around the country ...

The 2011-2012 Louisville Cardinals are beginning to look a lot like the 2010-2011 Connecticut Huskies.  I know in this business we try and compare the past and present far too often but in this case it is impossible not to.  We just have to look at some basic facts. Both teams started their seasons off flying high.  In the case of the 2010-2011 Connecticut Huskies it was a 10-0 run and a Maui Invitational c ...

The Cincinnati Bearcats continued their strong play this postseason with an impressive 65-59 second-round win over Texas.  With the win Cincinnati is now 3-1 in tournament play this season with their only loss coming to Louisville in the Big East Championship game.  For the Bearcats two of their three postseason wins have come against teams ranked in the top-15 including a victory over Syracuse in the Big E ...

This week on The Basketball Show the gang discusses how the Big East teams will fare in the Round of 68.  Once again host Sam Dostaler is joined by basketball editor Terrence Payne and recruiting analyst Jimmy Kelley. Listen in and be sure to subscribe to our Ustream.tv Page, along with our three channels. And always keep an eye on The Basketball Show, one of of our weekly podcasts.   Video streaming b ...

On the first day of the Big East Tournament there were some familiar faces in unfamiliar places.  Day one of the 2012 Big East Tournament saw Connecticut, Pittsburgh and Villanova all take the floor at Madison Square Garden.  With Pittsburgh and Villanova both being the underdogs as they played as the lower seeds against the likes of St. John’s and Rutgers. Because Pittsburgh and Villanova both played on da ...

It's undoubtedly been an up and down season for the defending national champions. With their early Big East Tournament win, have the Huskies turned a corner? ...

Big East 360 basketball editor Terrence Payne and recruiting analyst Jimmy Kelley join host Sam Dostaler on the first edition of The Basketball Show on Big East 360. One of our weekly podcasts, The Basketball Show hits on the hottest topics across the league. Today, the crew breaks down the Big East Tournament and wraps up the regular season. Listen in and be sure to subscribe to our Ustream.tv Page, along ...

The Hoyas have quietly improved and are among the top tier of teams likely to make a run in the Big East and NCAA Tournaments. Have the Hoyas gained momentum in the same way UConn caught fire in 2011? ...