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UConn women’s hockey captures Hockey East championship in double-OT thriller
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UConn women’s hockey captures Hockey East championship in double-OT thriller

No. 6 UConn women’s hockey picked up its second Hockey East Tournament trophy in three years after beating No. 5 Northeastern in double overtime, 2-1, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum. The tightly-contested matchup saw two highly-ranked Husky squads locked into a defensive battle in front of the largest crowd at a Hockey East final […]

Big East Tournament possibilities
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Big East Tournament possibilities

When the season starts every time has the same goal: Final Four. That goal goes out the door early for some teams, but it adjusts: make the tournament as an at large. For some teams that is achievable, the rest change course: win the auto-bid. After that it becomes just about being in the best […]

Xavier 89-87 Marquette: Survive and advance
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Xavier 89-87 Marquette: Survive and advance

There was no chance this team was ever going to coast to a Big East Tournament win, was there? There were two possible scripts here: Xavier gets up big and lets the other team back in it.

Xavier v. Marquette: Big East Tournament Preview
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Xavier v. Marquette: Big East Tournament Preview

The season, they tell us, is a marathon, not a sprint. Having trained for, executed, and now completed that marathon, Xavier now has a sprint to save its campaign. Out of the blocks, Xavier will first be tasked with running down Marquette. The Golden Eagles finished seventh in the league, part of a five-team morass […]

Big East men’s bracket set: UConn could see rematch vs. Marquette in quarterfinals
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Big East men’s bracket set: UConn could see rematch vs. Marquette in quarterfinals

The Big East Tournament field is officially set, and the UConn men’s basketball team could get another shot at Marquette in Thursday’s quarterfinal round. UConn, the No. 2 seed, will meet the winner of the No. 7 seed Golden Eagles and No. 10 seed Xavier (6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Peacock) for a 7 p.m. tip-off at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. The quarterfinal game will air on FS1. St. John’s ...

The Big East Tournament picture becomes more muddled
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The Big East Tournament picture becomes more muddled

Xavier’s main goal in the Big East Tournament is to avoid UConn. The Musketeers have played with every other team in the conference, even playing Creighton even after a blowout and leading Seton Hall significantly before doing a bit of self-tripping on that one as well. Still, they’ve been with everyone… except UConn. Losing to […]

RESILIENCE: Georgetown Upsets Villanova, Will Face UConn
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RESILIENCE: Georgetown Upsets Villanova, Will Face UConn

Your Georgetown Hoyas pulled off a stunning 78-64 upset over third-seeded Villanova in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night. Many of the Georgetown faithful have watched this program weather a decade of frustration, but head coach Ed Cooley has found a squad with resilience late in his third season. The Blue and Gray […]

St. John’s cruises past Providence to advance to Big East Tournament semifinals
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St. John’s cruises past Providence to advance to Big East Tournament semifinals

NEW YORK — There wasn’t another fight in Thursday afternoon’s rematch between St. John’s and Providence. Not in the literal sense, nor in a basketball sense. Behind smothering first-half defense and double-doubles from Zuby Ejiofor and Bryce Hopkins, St. John’s cruised past Providence, 85-72, at Madison Square Garden to advance to the Big East Tournament semifinals. On Friday night, top-seeded ...

Xavier v. UConn: Big East Tournament preview
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Xavier v. UConn: Big East Tournament preview

There are no secrets in a conference tournament, not one like the Big East Tournament. The perfect symmetry of the double round robin comes home to roost as the countdown to the selection show turns from days to hours. Not only has every team put 20 games of film into the historical record, but every […]

UConn women’s basketball fans claim Azzi Fudd’s mom Katie in Big East Legends celebration
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UConn women’s basketball fans claim Azzi Fudd’s mom Katie in Big East Legends celebration

The crowd at the Big East Tournament was overwhelmingly filled with UConn women’s basketball fans, but when Katie Fudd was announced as Georgetown’s Big East Legend during halftime of the Huskies’ game Saturday, the fans at Mohegan Sun Arena roared as though she was one of their own. And in a way, she is. Katie played for Georgetown from 1998-2001, but she wasn’t rooting for her Hoyas when ...