http://www.bigeasthoops.com Bloggin' Big East basketball since way back (2006). Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was the first year they won the tournament. The year they beat Georgetown in the Sweet 16, Villanova in the Elite 8, Mason in the Final Four and then UCLA for the title. The reason this year's Louisville squad reminds me of them, is because the are ... http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/03/28/memories-of-the-06-gators/ Marquette lost. Notre Dame lost. Pittsburgh lost. But it's all okay. Because Duke lost. West Virginia won. My favorite game of the tournament every year: the game when Duke goes out. Call me a hater, and you'd be right. I hate Duke. I love West Virginia. I only ... http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/03/23/nothing-is-sweeter/ Halfway to a clean first round for the Beast, and the best -- G-town and Louisville -- were reserved for today. No complaints whatsoever so far. Only 20 more wins to an all-Big East round of eight! Needless to say, if Villanova sneaks past a very good Clemson team, we should ... http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/03/21/4-0/ When it comes to NCAA Tournament selection, there are no experts. Dick Vitale -- he's no expert. Jay Bilas -- he's no expert. Pat Forde...again, no expert. Big Willie...certainly not an expert. Year in and year out, though, we hear the same talking heads on ESPN, giving ... http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/03/20/debunking-experts-and-disturbing-trends/ These are hilarious, BEHoops gives props to ESPN.com's Pat Forde. Below is excerpts from his article found here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3300956&sportCat=ncb&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1 And here's Pat's run down of our teams. GEORGETOWN (2) Best Case: Hoyas finish proving there is life after Jeff Green by grinding their way to San Antonio, where they again upset North Carolina and ... http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/03/19/pat-fordegenius-the-best-and-worst-case-scenarios-of-each-team/