Jim Calhoun Has Fallen And Can Get Up

The story goes that Calhoun fell with about 16 miles to go in a 50 mile charity bike race. In the fall Calhoun suffered 5 broken ribs. After falling, Calhoun got back on his back and finished the race.
That’s bad ass. Forget Billy Donovan swimming with the sharks in South Africa, this is the ultimate [...]

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Louisville vs Connecticut, Ladybugs Part Duex

Louisville has played Connecticut twice this year. Once during the regular season to a 93-65 loss and once in the Big East Tourney to a 75-36 loss.
Still the Cardinals are faking confidence going into tonight’s championship match-up. The players were asked about being such underdogs during their media obligations, “That’s OK,” Louisville senior Angel McCoughtry [...]

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‘Cuse outlasts UCONN at MSG

Up until last night there had only been two 6 OT games in the history of D1 collegiate basketball–both games were played in the 1950’s. There has been only one game that went longer than this. This was a 7 OT game in 1981. No Big East game had ever gone more than 3 OT’s, [...]

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Big East Conference Tourney Preview

The field is set and the bracket is out. You know it’s a hell of a tournament when Connecticut is a 3 seed! That’s right Uconn ends the season 15-3 in conference play and is thus tied with Pitt. Pitt dominated Uconn, beating them twice, and is thus granted the tiebreaker which gives them the [...]

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Oh, man, I had a weekend

It seems like some guys just can’t stay out of the news. This weekend was no exception for the media darlings that are Terrell Owens and Alex Rodriguez.
On the opposite side of the spectrum; the smaller conferences had a chance to shine as teams tried to punch their ticket to the dance.

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