Big east tournament

• The Big East is on a down year, but they're still one of the deepest conferences in college basketball.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Really, it didn't matter who had the most points at the end of the night. It was who had the most players standing. You wanted a war of attrition? You got it, in Rutgers' 61-58 win over St. John's.
(NJ.com)
• The Bearcats pulled together during suspensions, beat ranked teams down the stretch, and were rewarded with a pair of off days in New York.
(Atlantic City Press)
• With their season on the brink the Huskies should get a big boost heading into the Big East Tournament next week in New York as head coach Jim Calhoun is expected to return to the sidelines following back surgery earlier this week.
(Examiner)
• Louisville opened the second half with a 9-2 run and never looked back on the way to beating Villanova 63-47 in a Big East womens basketball tournament second round game Saturday at the XL Center in Hartford. Louisville, the No.
(Hartford Courant)
• HARTFORD — The streaky debut season of Geno Auriemma was mercifully winding to a close back in February of 1986 when the Huskies headed into the Big East tournament following a loss in the regular-season finale.
(Register Citizen)
• MARQUETTE 83, GEORGETOWN 69 No. 8 Marquette was 33 of 45 from the free-throw line and outscored No. 11 Georgetown, 24-8, in points off turnovers, defeating the visiting Hoyas and denying them a double bye in the Big East tournament.
(New York Times)
• The Big East tournament field is set, and DePaul gets the defending national champions. Marquette and Notre Dame, meanwhile, get a couple days off. Before Saturday, the Blue Demons were locked into the No.
(Chicago Tribune)
• This will be West Virginia's last one for sure, maybe for Syracuse and Pittsburgh, too.
(New York Post)
• Freshman Jamee Crockett and senior guard Jeremiah Kelly were the dominating pair in a dominating performance over the Pirates (19-11, 8-10), whose NCAA Tournament hopes were hurt by the loss.
(Chicago Sun-Times)