Checking In On… The Big East
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 Bad Saturday for Big East Referees: It...
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 Big East Adds Memphis: While conference...
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 Bubble Teams Hanging On: Four Big East squads...
View ArticleBig East Summer Capsules: Marquette Golden Eagles
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 ArticleBig East M5: 10.26.12 Edition
Connecticut’s basketball’s academic woes have reared their ugly head once again, this time in the form of the team’s graduation success rate (GSR). The Huskies’ GSR dropped from 36% to 11% this year,...
View ArticleTipping Off The Big East Countdown: #5 Marquette
Last year was Marquette’s most successful season since Dwayne Wade graced Milwaukee. The Golden Eagles finished second in the Big East for the first time ever, had a player named Big East Player of the...
View ArticleThe Big East’s Top 25 (or so) Non-Conference Games of 2012-13
While Big East basketball is always a spectacle, this conference season has even more added juice with the impending departures of Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and (eventually) Notre Dame. However, before we...
View ArticleBig East M5: End of the World (And I Feel Fine) Edition
The system that Buzz Williams has put into place at Marquette has generally done a good job of preventing major letdowns after the Golden Eagles lose significant contributors. However, this year’s...
View ArticleBig East M5: 01.02.13 Edition
One could say that Kevin Ollie’s first Big East season got going in the wrong direction. After late game heroics for both UConn and Marquette by Ryan Boatright and Junior Cadougan, respectively, the...
View ArticleBig East M5: 01.08.13 Edition
After Syracuse kicked off its Big East farewell road tour with a 55-44 win over USF in the Sun Dome, Jim Boeheim admitted he wouldn’t be accompanying his team to the ACC were Syracuse leaving the Big...
View ArticleBracket Prep: East Region Analysis
Throughout Monday, we will roll out our region-by-region analysis on the following schedule: East (9 AM), Midwest (11 AM), South (1 PM), West (3 PM). Here, Brian Otskey (@botskey) breaks down the East...
View ArticleBig East NCAA Tournament Capsules: Marquette Golden Eagles
Marquette rode a dominant season at home, where the Golden Eagles finished a perfect 16-0, to a 14-4 Big East record which tied Louisville and Georgetown atop the Big East. Buzz Williams’ team notched...
View ArticleEast Regional Final Game Analysis: #3 Marquette Vs #4 Syracuse
#3 Marquette vs. #4 Syracuse — East Regional Final (at Washington, D.C.) — 4:30 pm ET on CBS. Big East fans will be treated to one final conference game so to speak (unless the winner of this game...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Tidbits: 03.30.13 Edition
The NCAA Tournament is here and there’s more news, commentary and analysis than any of us can possibly keep up with. To make things a little easier, we’ll bring you a list of daily links gathered...
View ArticleSeason in Review: Marquette Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles earned a share of their first Big East regular season championship with their second consecutive 14-4 conference record. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament, Buzz Williams’...
View ArticleBig East M5: 10.23.13 Edition
Just weeks before the start of the 2013-14 season, Marquette forward Jameel McKay has decided to leave the Golden Eagles to pursue his college basketball career elsewhere. Marquette Tribune writer...
View ArticleBig East M5: 10.25.13 Edition
Change is in the air at Creighton, and not just in terms of the league in which the Bluejays will compete this year. The school recently held an open house to unveil a new court, featuring a revised...
View ArticleIntroducing the RTC Big East Preseason Power Rankings
College basketball is back! Seven Big East teams open their seasons tonight, including a few big match-ups like St. John’s vs. Wisconsin and Georgetown vs. Oregon. There is no better time to unveil the...
View ArticleCreighton’s Three-Point Barrage Enters The Big East
A lot was “new” at Omaha’s Centurylink Center on Tuesday night: a new conference, new logo, and a new year. Not new, however, was the deluge of three-pointers Creighton hoisted up in beating Marquette...
View ArticleThree Thoughts On Butler’s Win Over Marquette
Walker Carey is an RTC Correspondent. He filed this report following Saturday’s game in Indianapolis between Marquette and Butler. Butler entered Saturday’s home contest with Marquette needing a...
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