Manhattan, NY – The St John Red Storm hosted the Villanova Wildcats Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden looking for their third straight victory. St John’s, down 20 (66-46) with 4:27 minutes left in the second half went on a 23-6 run to cut the lead to three points (72-69). Tareq Coburn would miss a […]
Marquette Tops Georgetown in Big East Opener
Milwaukee, WI – Playing before an energized home crowd of just under 15,000 fans, Marquette jumped out to an 11-0 lead, saw Georgetown cut the lead to five at halftime before pulling away behind the play of freshman point guard Markus Howard and senior wing Jujuan Johnson to post a 76-66 victory in the Big […]
Xavier Outlasts Wake Forest
Cincinnati, OH – Xavier raced out to a fast start as they often do when their playing in front of their home crowed at Cintas Center. Then Wake Forest was able to settle down and get right back into things as they tied the score up at 15 halfway through the first half. The rest […]
Wisconsin Erupts in 2nd Half to Top Marquette
Milwaukee, WI – Trailing Marquette by five points at halftime, Wisconsin erupted for 58 second-half points and cruised to a 93-84 victory over the Golden Eagles in the schools’ annual intrastate game on Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The Badgers got a big second-half lift from starting center Ethan Happ, who sat […]
Xavier Snaps Two Game Skid With Win Over Utah
Cincinnati, OH – Today’s game was a strong early season non-conference match-up between two teams with high expectations this season as the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 faced the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East. This was the first time that these two basketball programs have ever met. Both teams came out playing tight defense, […]
Colorado Edges Xavier in Boulder
Boulder, CO – It was locally noted that the resume of 13th ranked Xavier Musketeers (7-2) includes 14 NCAA Tournament appearances in the last 15 seasons, six Sweet 16 visits and two appearances in the Elite Eight so one could see why playing against the University of Colorado Buffaloes would have an electric atmosphere. The […]
Marquette Thwarts Fresno State Comeback
Milwaukee, WI – The Marquette Golden Eagles have struggled to play from ahead in a number of games this first month of the season, and on Tuesday night at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, that inability to maintain and grow a lead almost cost them a victory. Falling behind 47-28 after the first 20 minutes […]
Temple Tops St. Joe’s in Battle of the Birds
Philadelphia, PA – After starting the year 1-2, with losses to New Hampshire and UMass, Temple Owls shocked ranked West Virginia and Florida State en route to a NIT Season Tip Off Championship last week. Still, the Owls were slight underdogs heading into Wednesday night’s contest with their city rival St. Joseph’s Hawks.. But behind […]
Villanova Pummels Big Five Foe
Philadelphia, PA – The only other time the University of Pennsylvania hosted the reigning NCAA Champion at the Palestra was on January 27, 1986, and coincidentally that team was also Villanova. That contest ended in a 68-64 Villanova win. This one would not be as close. Despite star senior and preseason Big East Player of […]
