Big East Morning Five: 11.23.11 Edition
On October 28, the Big 12 formally announced that it had accepted West Virginia into the conference. Three days later, West Virginia sued the Big East conference in hopes of entering the Big 12, which...
View ArticleChecking In On… the Big East Conference
Brian Otskey is the RTC correspondent for the Big East conference. You can find him on Twitter @botskey. Reader’s Take Take Our Poll The Week That Was A Pair of Upsets: How many of you had Wagner...
View ArticleFour Thoughts: Connecticut v. Seton Hall Edition
Game recaps are boring. If you want to read them, search your local newspaper or the Associated Press. Four Thoughts is our brand new, not-so creatively titled feature where, in lieu of a game recap,...
View ArticleChecking In On… The Big East Conference
Brian Otskey is the RTC correspondent for the Big East conference. You can find him on Twitter @botskey. Reader’s Take Take Our Poll The Week That Was Syracuse A Cut Above: With wins over Villanova...
View ArticleBig East Afternoon Five: 01.23.12 Edition
You will have to excuse the late posting as I attended the NFC Championship game last night in San Francisco and completely shirked my Morning Five duties, so instead, you folks get an afternoon five....
View ArticleThe Doctor Is In The House: Connecticut Edition
Over the next few weeks we will be diagnosing some of the weaknesses and reasons behind the struggles of some Big East teams. Next up is Connecticut, losers of their last three games and five of their...
View ArticleBig East Morning Five: 02.27.12 Edition
Syracuse clinched the Big East regular season crown this weekend when C.J. Fair blocked a last-second three-pointer by Roscoe Smith and the Orange held on to a 71-69 win over Connecticut. The...
View ArticleBig East Weekly Five: 04.24.12 Edition
With three weeks having passed since Kentucky snipped the nets in victory we here at RTC Big East are officially in withdrawal and already cannot wait until the 2012-13 season tips off. However, we...
View ArticleMorning Five: 05.28.12 Edition
On Friday the NCAA ruled that Central Michigan transfer Trey Zeigler would be able to play for Pittsburgh next season without having to sit out the usual one year. Citing historical precedent, Zeigler...
View ArticleRough Offseason Has UConn Reeling, But Team Remains Hopeful in 2012-13
Breaking news surfaced on Wednesday when the NCAA released its Academic Progress Report (APR) for all Division I athletic programs, and a whopping 10 men’s basketball teams are now banned from the...
View ArticleBig East Summer Capsules: Connecticut Huskies
While most relish the onset of Summer, college basketball junkies do not. Most of the news surrounding the sport is recruiting rumors and commitments or injuries and transfer news. In order to help...
View ArticleRTC Summer School: Mountain West Conference
Over the next couple of week’s we’ll be checking in with each of the high mid-major leagues as to their mid-summer offseason status. Up next: the Mountain West. Drew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for...
View ArticleMorning Five: 08.27.12 Edition
Worrisome news was released on Friday from Saint Louis University when the school announced that its head coach, Rick Majerus, will be taking a medically-related leave of absence next season, leaving...
View ArticleTaking Stock of UConn’s Transfers: Who Ended Up Where?
Christopher Johnson is an RTC columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. Between its poor chemistry, inconsistent performance in conference play and seemingly complacent disposition on the court,...
View ArticleTipping Off The Big East Countdown: #8 Connecticut
Few new coaches in the country will have a more difficult job this season than new Connecticut head honcho Kevin Ollie. Not only does Ollie has the unenviable task of following the most popular and...
View ArticleChecking In On… the Mountain West
Last year about this time, the Mountain West’s record as a collective was 27-3. Sure, there wasn’t a large number of top shelf wins among those 27, but they were wins. This year the teams are a...
View ArticleChecking In On… the Mountain West
We’re a little more than two weeks into the season and the best win among all 11 Mountain West conference teams is: what? New Mexico in a double-overtime miracle over a UAB team that was under .500...
View ArticleChecking In On… the Mountain West
Hooray! The Mountain West has its hero. November is in the books and the conference finally has a victory worth crowing about under its collective belt. In fact, San Diego State scored a couple really...
View ArticleChecking In On… the Mountain West
Last year, the Mountain West Conference earned, and received, five bids to the NCAA Tournament. Once there, things did not go as planned, but regardless, it was a good regular season for the...
View ArticleAAC M5: 12.27.13 Edition
AAC Basketball resumes Saturday after a five-day holiday break with one the last and the biggest non-conference game for one of its teams: Louisville visits Kentucky in the annual renewal of the...
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