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5 Questions with Casual Hoya
St. John's fans are all abuzz about the 2-0 start in Big East play with the Georgetown Hoyas coming to town. In the pregame notes, I wrote a little about the Hoya's strengths and weaknesses, but it's time to go deeper. I answered some questions about the St. John's Red Storm for Casual Hoya, and...
5 Questions with Friar Basketball
Spirits are high for St. John's after the road conference-opening win against the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Red Storm hope to stretch their three-game winning streak with another win on the road in Providence against a much-improved Friar club. Who are they? How are they different than last...
5 Questions with the Smoking Musket
Now that it's conference season, it's time to fire up the old question exchange with fellow Big East bloggers to get a sense of what they think their team's strengths and weaknesses are. First up for the West Virginia Mountaineers game is Charley West of The Smoking Musket site (thanks for the...
Dec Roundtable: What will the final Big East standings be?
I. Team review, so far | II. Surprise Big East team | III. Most disappointing Big East team | IV. Player surprises/ disappointments | V. How will the Big East teams finish? Big East play starts tonight! With Connecticut and Pittsburgh playing tonight, the Big East kicks off 3 months of bare...
Dec Roundtable: player surprises + disappointments
I. Team review, so far | II. Surprise Big East team | III. Disappointing Big East team | IV. Exceeding/ missing expectations (players) | V. How will the Big East teams finish? Big East play starts next week. And every year, there are players who make a leap, and others who... leap into the abyss....
Dec Roundtable: Disappointing Big East team
I. Team review, so far | II. Surprise Big East team | III. Most disappointing Big East team | IV... Continuing with the 5 questions I asked some of my fellow Big East bloggers to respond to, this post will cover the teams that didn't quite meet the bloggers' early season expectations... or...
Dec Roundtable: Surprise Big East team
I. Team review, so far | II. Surprise Big East team | III. Disappointing Big East team | IV... The second entry in the December roundtable series covers the surprise teams in the Big East. A number of teams surprised - if only because many teams were predicted to struggle. Connecticut is the early...
December Roundtable: Team Expectations
As longtime followers of the blog know, I do love a roundtable. Coming into Big East play - which starts next week! - there are a lot of teams who have really surpassed expectations... so far. Rutgers is competent. Connecticut is incredible. Louisville's demise has been greatly exaggerated....
St. John's is an interesting team, Steve Lavin an impact hire
We're filling these spaces in the preseason with previews, human interest stories, guess/speculation, and generally chomping at the bit to get it on with some games. I'm trying to hit some preseason contests at DePaul to feed my basketball jones. And I will be a guest on Hoops Talk Live tomorrow...
Big East basketball roundtable: must-see games
Part I - blogger poll of Big East teams | Part II - Starting Fives | Part III - New on Campus | Part IV - Final Four Contenders | Part V - Must-see Games I asked everyone what games they are most excited to see. There are the traditional rivalries... and then there are the games that will make the...
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