Connecticut’s return to the Big East last year carried with it both opportunity and frustration for the other members of the conference. A standard-bearer is a valuable thing for the Big East — the same way it has been for women’s basketball as a whole during the Geno Auriemma era in Storrs. But with the […]
When news broke of the death of John Thompson Jr., the longtime Georgetown men’s basketball coach, the college basketball world eulogized a titan of a bygone, halcyon era of the sport. It remembered the iconic towel draped over his shoulder, how his Hoyas shut down Manley Field House, how — with an all-Black starting five […]
In one of the most consequential games in school history, the Creighton Bluejays picked apart a top-10 opponent and its top-30 defense, then irked its head coach by cutting down the nets. It was a fittingly odd and astonishing way for Creighton to capture its first Big East title in program history. Greg McDermott’s team […]
The 2018 St. John’s Red Storm might go down as the most erratic team in men’s college basketball history. When they were losing, they couldn’t do anything right. But now that they’re winning, they’re taking down some of the most feared programs in the country. No team has ever rattled off a more impressive series […]
The 2018 St. John’s Red Storm might go down as the most erratic team in men’s college basketball history. When they were losing, they couldn’t do anything right. But now that they’re winning, they’re taking down some of the most feared programs in the country. No team has ever rattled off a more impressive series […]