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To know list: 7 things to make you an Instant Expert this week.(KNOW IT ALL)
[1] THE MAIN EVENT
College hoops' home stretch
The regular season ends this weekend for major Division I programs but will be followed by conference tournaments that give NCAA Tournament selection committee members a lot more information to consider in a short amount of time.
The ACC's middle class. The problem for this league is its lack of pushovers. Only one of the 12 teams has an overall losing record, which makes it tough for teams such as Miami, Florida State and Maryland to compile NCAA Tournament-worthy records. If any of them does damage in the ACC tournament, there's still a chance for an at-large bid.
Who won't be in NYC? The Big East is choosing to leave out four members instead of forcing its top teams to play four games to win its tournament. Once you've embraced the illogic of a 16-team league, that's the only reasonable option. But it means Louisville, Notre Dame and St. John's are among six teams scrambling for three vacancies on the Big East's bracket.
Texas' pursuit of a No. 1. The Longhorns' advantage over Memphis for the final top NCAA seed--Duke, Connecticut and Villanova are firmly established--is their victory over the Tigers at FedEx Forum in early January. The Tigers' edge is playing their tourney at FedEx against their subjects in Conference USA. If the Longhorns win the Big 12 tournament, they're a No. 1.
Automatic hunger. Stanford, Air Force and Temple have the ability to win their conference tournaments. And they probably need to do that to enjoy Selection Sunday.--Mike DeCourcy
- Schedules unbalanced for some conferences.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Barnhouse, Wendell February 13, 2004 700+ words
...on the court. Conference USA and the Big East Conference have 14 teams. And this year...Florida, Tulane and East Carolina. In the Big East, teams play home-and-away series...television partners CBS and ESPN, the Big East stacked its schedule with high-profile...
- MVC Men's Basketball: Shockers hit the ground running.
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) December 13, 2006 700+ words
...much the same way as the Big East was viewed back then...10 looked down on the Big East as if it were some kind...It took years for the Big East to gain respect. The...Missouri State's Blake Ahearn is shooting 94.3 percent...
- Marquette's Novak heeds coach's advice, starts firing away.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 15, 2006 700+ words
...Marquette's inaugural Big East basketball game, a 94...splash in their inaugural Big East season. They have done...assists per game, was voted Big East rookie of the year. And...by Missouri State's Blake Ahearn in 2004. Novak perfected...
- Finally taking a shot at glory: Marquette's Novak heeds coach's advice, starts...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 15, 2006 700+ words
...Marquette's inaugural Big East basketball game, a 94...splash in their inaugural Big East season. They have done...assists per game, was voted Big East rookie of the year. And...by Missouri State's Blake Ahearn in 2004. Novak perfected...
- Omaha World-Herald, Neb., Tom Shatel column: Tom Shatel: First downs, second...
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) January 12, 2007 700+ words
...league and they have a senior star (Blake Ahearn) who isn't afraid to take, or make...I would rather have seen a Big 12-Big East series. After Syracuse won the national...OSU, Texas and Kansas along the way, Big East types at the Final Four were crowing...
- Being this good requires commitment: MU's Novak aims at shooting records.
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) February 25, 2006 700+ words
...the Golden Eagles' final three Big East games, he'll break the league...season percentage in NCAA history. Blake Ahearn of Southwest Missouri State set...well. With 57 three-pointers in Big East play thus far, he stands just...
- March Madness hopefuls face uncertain fate in conference tourneys.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) March 7, 2007 700+ words
...BRACKETVILLE -- Here on The Bubble, Missouri State senior guard Blake Ahearn and his teammates sweat and stress. For five months, they...last season, rattled off four consecutive victories in the Big East Tournament to reach the NCAAs with an automatic bid. One...
- Big East can survive _ but how?(The Providence Journal)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Reynolds, Bill June 26, 2003 700+ words
...day, another installment in the ACC-Big East border war, the ongoing struggle to change...romanced by the ACC, the next it's five Big East schools suing the ACC for breach of contract...it's Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East, saying that the ACC should just take...